Transit Information
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 10:13:00 AM
Senior Graphic Designer Leah Janz has made a lot of maps. But none have been quite as ambitious as her latest creation, which depicts each of the current and future Light Rail Transit and Bus Rapid Transit lines that make up the METRO
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Northstar
Posted by Laura Baenen |
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 2:10:00 PM
Jeremy Spilde, manager of commuter rail maintenance, in a service pit at Northstar's Operations & Maintenance Facility in Big Lake, Minn.
Locomotives and passenger cars that have been operating for the past decade on the Northstar
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Know Your Operator
Posted by John Komarek |
Friday, April 26, 2019 8:00:00 AM
Latchman Bhagwandin waited eight years to enter the United States. Today, he makes sure METRO A Line riders don’t wait more than 15 minutes for a bus.
As a child in French Guyana, he lived with relatives while his parents worked in New York.
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How We Roll
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 12:04:00 PM
Taking transit provides some obvious benefits, like saving thousands of dollars a year on gas, repairs and car insurance and having the freedom to safely use the phone that’s become an extension of your right hand. But as many Metro Transit
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Awards
Bus
Light Rail
METRO Blue Line
METRO Green Line
Minneapolis
Safety
Posted by Laura Baenen |
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 1:42:00 PM
Train Operator Sarah Gibson’s laid-back approach won her Metro Transit’s Rail Rodeo crown last Saturday.
“I really didn’t do much to prepare. This is what I’ve been doing for five years now so operating a train is almost second nature, and
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