Rider's Almanac Blog

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Mechanic Technician Dan Aasen

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 9, 2019

On the Clock/Off the Clock features provide an introduction to the people who spend their days working at Metro Transit and their free time involved in a variety of interesting hobbies. Read more On the Clock/Off the Clock features here. [...]

Awards Bicycle Community Metropass

Commuter Choice Awards celebrate sustainable transportation leaders

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 7, 2019

A bakery that boasts of being St. Paul’s only carbon-free carb delivery and a YMCA that rewards members for working out on the way to their workouts were recognized as area mobility leaders this week. Metro Transit and Transportation Management [...]

B Line

Community members voice support for the METRO B Line

Posted by John Komarek | May 2, 2019

The proposed METRO B Line promises to provide fast, frequent service connecting Minneapolis and Saint Paul along Lake Street/Marshall, and potentially along Selby to downtown Saint Paul. At South High School, community members got their first [...]

Transit Information

Meet the mapmaker behind the ambitious new METRO map

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 1, 2019

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 [...]

Northstar

Northstar facility, fleet in line for major overhauls

Posted by Laura Baenen | April 30, 2019

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 [...]