Community
Minneapolis
Northstar
Posted by Laura Baenen |
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 12:08:00 PM
Customers who ride the Northstar Commuter Rail Line must look up to take in the nearly 300,000-pound, 16-foot tall locomotives that pull passenger cars between Minneapolis and Big Lake.
But in the basement of a former Coon Rapids grocery store
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Route of the Week
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Monday, April 1, 2019 9:39:00 AM
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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Bus
Community
St. Paul
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00:00 AM
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
Light Rail
METRO Green Line
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Friday, March 15, 2019 8:24:00 AM
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
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:47:00 PM
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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