Rider's Almanac Blog

Redesigned website focused on trip planning, simplicity 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 16, 2019

In most cases, visitors to Metro Transit’s website have already decided they want to ride. That’s why Metro Transit’s newly redesigned website puts trip planning, real-time information and service updates front and center. The new design will go [...]

Reduced fare program described as a ‘lifesaver’ 

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Posted by John Komarek | Dec. 16, 2019

In Rosalind Graham’s world, every dollar counts. So when Metro Transit introduced a fare program that would allow her to ride for $1, she welcomed the opportunity to cut costs. The Minneapolis resident enrolled in what’s known as the Transit [...]

How We Roll

How We Roll: Kyle Burrows 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 16, 2019

“How We Roll​” celebrates Metro Transit employees who commute and travel to many other destinations using transit or by biking, walking or carpooling. Kyle Burrows, Senior Planner How do you get to work? I take the Route 21 from our house [...]

Bus

Referral, encouragement turns one career change into two 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 16, 2019

It doesn’t take long to see that bus operators Crystal Garrison (above left) and Yolanda Sims (above right) are close friends. On a recent weekday afternoon, they laughed frequently as they traded stories about their first few months at [...]

Northstar

Decade later, Northstar remains a draw for faithful and new riders 

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Posted by Laura Baenen | Dec. 12, 2019

Cary Schaller lives in Big Lake and works in downtown Minneapolis. But for the past decade, he’s spent just a few minutes of his daily, hourlong commutes in his personal vehicle. That’s because Schaller has been riding the Northstar Commuter [...]

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