Rider's Almanac Blog

Better service, quirky destinations grow Route 32 ridership

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 1, 2019

Ask people why they ride Route 32, and you’ll likely hear something about how convenient it is. Route 32 runs largely along Lowry Avenue between the Robbinsdale Transit Center and the Rosedale Transit Center, serving several key destinations and [...]

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On Transit Driver Appreciation Day, admiration goes both ways

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 19, 2019

Transit Driver Appreciation Day was designed to put the focus on operators like Shelly Logelin, who started working at Metro Transit in 2013. But when students from Saint Paul Public School’s Focus Beyond Transition Services visited Metro [...]

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Know Your Operator: DJ Gonte

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 15, 2019

Growing up in Ethiopia’s capitol city, DJ Gonte didn’t live far from a train station. Watching the trains pull in and out gave him an early and deep love for railroading. Years later, it would also lead him to what he now describes as his [...]

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Know Your Operator: Kieyonn Bogan

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 13, 2019

After putting in an application to serve as a school bus driver, Kieyonn Bogan headed home on a Metro Transit bus and passed Nicollet Garage. Bogan grew up near the south Minneapolis garage and regularly took the bus to Roosevelt High School and [...]

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Construction leads to detours in downtown Minneapolis

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 4, 2019

Multiple routes will be detoured off a busy downtown Minneapolis street beginning Saturday, March 9, the first of several service changes that will occur this year due to road construction in the city center. Beginning March 9, southbound [...]