Rider's Almanac Blog

Special MTPD team focuses on trouble areas to address customers’ concern

| Sep. 16, 2020

Since this summer, the Transit Response Unit (TRU) team has been using data to proactively address customers’ concerns like disorderly conduct, smoking, drinking, and other inappropriate behaviors. “We are combining technological resources a [...]

In This Together

In This Together: Manager of Route Planning Cyndi Harper

| Sep. 16, 2020

Across the organization, Metro Transit employees’ work has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. These "In This Together" Q&As illustrate how employees are adapting both on and off the clock. Read more interviews here. How has the [...]

In This Together

In this Together: Body Shop Supervisor Tony Parenteau

Posted by John Komarek | Sep. 11, 2020

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Mother and daughter begin careers as mechanics together

Posted by John Komarek | Sep. 8, 2020

After seeking jobs with her four-year college degree, Kadejah Young decided it was time for a career change. "I knew I wanted to go back to school, but not for something I wouldn't use," Kadejah said. Through her mother's longtime [...]

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New technology will provide a better idea of when next bus will arrive

Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 3, 2020

Traffic lights, weather and other variables have always made predicting when buses will arrive at their next stop a complicated endeavor. But new technology now promises to give customers a much better idea of when the next bus will [...]