News and Updates

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• December 2018
• October 2018
• August 2018
• July 2018
• June 2018
• May 2018
• February 2018

Press Releases

• Council Chair Announces Gold Line Project Corridor Management Committee Membership (Apr. 2018)
• Community members sought for advisory role for Gold Line BRT (Feb. 2018)
• Major step forward for long-awaited East Metro transit line (Jan. 2018)

Media and News Coverage

• Gold Line plans now include downtown loop, Pioneer Press, December 2018
• Locations of Gold Line transit stations being refined, public feedback sought, East Side Review, November 2018
• Gold Line bus-rapid transit to offer six stops in downtown St. Paul, Star Tribune, November 2018
• Gold Line seeks public input about St. Paul extension, Pioneer Press, October 2018
• Should the Gold Line bus loop through downtown St. Paul or end at Union Depot?, Star Tribune, October 2018
• St. Paul City Council members lean in favor of Gold Line's downtown loop, Pioneer Press, October 2018
• Lose the Loop? Gold Line officials torn over downtown rapid-transit bus route, Pioneer Press, October 2018
• Latest Gold Line plan adds downtown St. Paul loop, Woodbury park and ride, Pioneer Press, August 2018
• Tiny mobile home city of Landfall warily awaits Gold Line bus-rapid transit, Star Tribune, July 2018
• Gold Line planners seek feedback at open house, Woodbury Bulletin, July 2018
• Picking up speed on the east metro’s Gold Line, Pioneer Press, July 2018
• East Metro's transit time is coming, MPR, Jan. 2018
• Gold Line bus rapid transit wins critical federal approval, Star Tribune, Jan. 2018
• Woodbury-to-St. Paul Gold Line surges ahead with federal designation, new projects, Pioneer Press, Jan. 2018
• With rapid bus line on board, developer shifts plans for site in Oakdale, Star Tribune, Jan. 2018
• Washington County OKs increased contribution to Gold Line, Pioneer Press, June 2017
• Ramsey County imposes half-cent sales tax for public transit, Pioneer Press, June 2017
• Gold Line busway gets millions toward a 2024 opening, Star Tribune, Feb. 2017
• Gold Line commission approves new route alignment, Finance and Commerce, Dec. 2016
• Woodbury, Oakdale warming to new Gold Line route, Star Tribune, Nov. 2016
• East metro group makes its case for more transit in Dakota, Ramsey and Washington counties, MinnPost, April 2016
• A bus line far in St. Paul's future caught the eye of some developers, Star Tribune, March 2016
• Bus rapid transit projects move forward in the Twin Cities, Star Tribune, Sept. 2015
• $1M federal grant to help plan for Gateway Corridor development, Pioneer Press, Sept. 2015
• Leveraging BRT on the Gateway Corridor, Finance and Commerce, April 2015
• 3M Co. sees Gateway route as recruitment tool, Finance and Commerce, Feb. 2015
• Counties award $141 million in transit grants, Finance and Commerce, Nov. 2014
• Rapid bus favored for St. Paul to Woodbury line, MPR News, July 2014
• Gateway Corridor officials head to Los Angeles to study bus rapid transit, MinnPost, June 2014
• Legislature helps Gateway Corridor, other projects in Washington County, Star Tribune, May 2014 
• St. Paul-Woodbury transit plan gets White House nod, MPR News, May 2014
• For St. Paul's East Side, rail and bus transit routes studied, Pioneer Press, June 2013
• McCollum to back Washington County transit initiatives, Woodbury Bulletin, Nov. 2012
• East metro panel backs bus rapid transit plan, Star Tribune, Oct. 2012
• Gateway Corridor line should be next, backers say, Finance and Commerce, Jan. 2012
• Transit options listed for I-94 to and from parts east, MinnPost, Feb. 2011
• Study will determine transit options for I-94 from the east, MinnPost, Aug. 2010