Rider's Almanac Blog

Artwork highlights the connection between transit, regional parks

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 20, 2019

Large, colorful monarch butterflies may give you a ride to a regional park this summer. Metro Transit has wrapped two buses, dubbed Nature Connectors, with a beautiful painting designed by Minneapolis muralist Greta McLain and created in her [...]

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Employees recall opening days of Metro Transit’s rail lines

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 20, 2019

To hear John MacQueen tell it, the METRO Blue Line’s June 26, 2004, opening was hardly a sure success. “One of the strangest things was nothing worked well, except the day before we opened,” said MacQueen, the Blue Line’s first rail transit [...]

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Big commitment brings ‘Small Kindnesses’ back to life

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 11, 2019

Joe Scala firmly believes art supports individuals’ well-being. He also believes it should work properly. Those dual beliefs have been in evidence for the past 15 years as Scala has voluntarily and dutifully looked after nearly two-dozen [...]

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C Line heralded as ‘future’ of Twin Cities transportation

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 11, 2019

The METRO C Line had been open less than four hours when Brandon Martin found himself boarding at one of the Bus Rapid Transit line’s new stations for the second time that day. “I don’t know what magic you’re using, but the bus seems to just [...]

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Know Your Operator: Henry Bridges

Posted by John Komarek | June 10, 2019

Henry Bridges said he’d never move to Minnesota. Today, he’s a senior instructor at Heywood Garage. As a native New Yorker, Bridges was used to the big city and lots of people. Occasionally, he’d visit family in Minnesota. To him, the [...]