Rider's Almanac Blog

Smaller, solar-powered real-time signs being tested at select bus stops

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 12, 2022

A new transit information tool – one that looks a lot like the devices people use to read e-books – is being tested at a few busy bus stops. The tablet-sized displays, attached to the poles holding bus stop signs, provide real-time departure [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Sgt. Tim Lawrence

Posted by John Komarek | Jan. 6, 2022

How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? I started working for the Metro Transit Police Department in October 2012. I was working as a reserve officer for a different department and the chief of that [...]

Career Tracks

Career Tracks: Ben Novak, light rail vehicle maintenance training supervisor

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 5, 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 [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Tim Kizer, Transit Control Center Supervisor

Posted by Lindsey Geyer | Dec. 28, 2021

Lives: North Metro Years of Service: 7 How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? Before coming to transit, I worked at Anoka County as a 911 dispatcher, spent five years in private security for different [...]

Transit Police

Officers, civilians recognized at annual police awards

Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 13, 2021

Sgt. Kelly Franco, the Metro Transit Police Department's 2020 Officer of the Year, at Union Depot Station. Over the past two years, Metro Transit police have put in long hours, confronted the risks of COVID-19, and responded to calls for [...]