Rider's Almanac Blog

Detection system keeps trains moving safely through airport tunnel

| May 19, 2022

A few people a year, deer and the occasional raccoon try to walk, run or scamper through the light rail tunnel under the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. But they don't often get very far without being detected. Sensors in the [...]

Career Tracks

Career Tracks: Komi Afoutou, assistant transportation manager

Posted by John Komarek | May 9, 2022

Many people who work at Metro Transit take on new responsibilities and roles throughout their careers. Career Tracks highlights the paths employees have taken to their latest assignment and where they see themselves going next. To learn more [...]

Career Tracks

Career Tracks: David Hanson, assistant director of field operations

Posted by John Komarek | May 9, 2022

Many people who work at Metro Transit take on new responsibilities and roles throughout their careers. Career Tracks highlights the paths employees have taken to their latest assignment and where they see themselves going next. To learn more [...]

Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Terence Brown

Posted by John Komarek | May 2, 2022

Twenty years after completing his service in the U.S. Army, Terence Brown found a career that fit his personality and experience at Metro Transit. From 1990 to 1996, he served as combat engineer, and was hours away from being shipped to the [...]

Where I'm From

Where I’m From: Proeun Doeun, bus operator