Rider's Almanac Blog

Transit Police help move nearly 400 people into permanent housing

Posted by Laura Baenen | Feb. 16, 2021

Nearly 400 people have found permanent housing in the two years since the Metro Transit Police Department and the Metropolitan Council's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) partnered to help those sheltering on transit. The first move-in [...]

COVID-19 Light Rail

Stronger filters will provide cleaner air on light rail vehicles

Posted by Drew Kerr | Feb. 16, 2021

Technicians Jeff Stanley, left, and Rich Cipala, right, designed custom frames for the enhanced air filters they are installing in light rail vehicles. Air filters that can more efficiently capture virus-causing particles are being installed in [...]

Bus Rapid Transit

D Line construction contract awarded

Posted by John Komarek | Feb. 10, 2021

On Feb. 10, the Metropolitan Council awarded a $26.1 million contract to Thomas and Sons Construction Inc. for construction of the METRO D Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. “This project is another step towards Metro Transit’s commitment to [...]

Bicycle

Alert staff get stolen bike back in right hands

Posted by Laura Baenen | Feb. 5, 2021

Some alert Metro Transit staffers are being praised for their help reuniting a man with his stolen bike. In January, the man's bike was taken when he briefly left it unlocked while inside a Richfield store. A photo of the missing bike on the [...]

Community Public Art

On buses and at shelters, artists seek to bring ‘hope and happiness’

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 21, 2021

Artists Melodee Strong, left, and Timi Bliss, right, with their shelter artwork. When Timi Bliss wrote and illustrated her books “In Search of the Gingerbread Man” and “In Search of the Sandman,” she put her granddaughter Charlie at the [...]