Rider's Almanac Blog

“Just try to be accepting”: Operator offers advice on Transgender Day of Visibility

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 29, 2021

Twenty years ago, Marissa Higgins got a round-trip plane ticket to Minneapolis hoping to access the resources she was seeking to become her true self. Higgins found what she was looking for and, with help from the University of Minnesota’s [...]

Operators thanked for being there when region, riders needed them

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 25, 2021

Bus and train operators were celebrated on Thursday, March 18, as Metro Transit and other transit agencies celebrated Transit Driver Appreciation Day. To recognize their efforts, displays celebrating operators were up throughout the day at [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Antoine Whylly

Posted by John Komarek | March 15, 2021

Years of service: 7 Job: Operator/ATM training Lives: Forest Lake Garage: East Metro How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? In 2009, I graduated with a business [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Jon Christopherson, commuter rail mechanic

| March 14, 2021

Lives: Monticello Township Years of service: 12 Family: Wife, four adult sons and three grandchildren. How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? I had been through a series of layoffs from Northwest Airlines in 2005 [...]

Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Ismail Jama

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 11, 2021

Growing up in Toronto, Ismail Jama often got around using the city’s subway and streetcar networks. So when he moved to Minneapolis as an adult, he was naturally intrigued at the prospect of becoming a train operator at Metro Transit. To give [...]