Weekday trips reduced from August 2019 - December 2022
This map shows the scale and geographic distribution of service reductions on buses and LRT. All areas of the region have been impacted and the reductions are proportional. The biggest reductions have been in areas that have the highest level of service. This map includes routes and segments where some service remains and does not include suspended routes or branches. Service changes made in 2023 are not included.
Weekday route and segment suspension as of December 2022
This map shows the two types of suspensions: where the entire route has been suspended and where a section of a route is not operating. Most of these routes are commuter express routes, low productivity routes, or where riders had an alternative. This does not include routes and segments that are officially eliminated in the METRO Orange or D Line corridors as those changes were part of a public engagement process before implemented. At the end of 2022 there were 64 routes that were suspended.
Average weekday bus and light rail boardings between 2019-2022
This series of maps illustrates how ridership has changed geographically at four points in time: Fall 2019 (pre-pandemic), Fall 2020 (after pandemic-related service changes had stabilized), Fall 2021 (after some service restoration) and Fall 2022 (workforce shortage and reliability issues). The yellow-shaded areas are places where the number of low-income residents and communities of color exceeds the regional average. There is a noticeable contraction in the number and size of the dots between 2019 and 2020, and ridership is slowly rebuilding since 2020. In 2022 Metro Transit carried 38.8 million riders, which is about half of our 2019 ridership of 78.8 million.
August 7 - December 6, 2019
September 14 - October 16, 2020
September 13 - October 15, 2021
December 3 - December 31, 2022
Weekday trips by bus stop and light rail stations between 2019-2022
This series of maps illustrates how service levels, expressed as the number of trips serving a stop or station, has changed geographically at four points in time: Fall 2019 (pre-pandemic), Fall 2020 (after pandemic-related service changes had stabilized), Fall 2021 (after some service restoration) and Fall 2022 (workforce shortage and reliability issues). There is a noticeable contraction in the number and size of the dots between 2019 and 2020, with reductions continuing in 2021 and 2022 due to the operator shortage. In December 2022 Metro Transit operated about 70% of the service hours we had in 2019. Service has been restored at a rate that exceeds the rebound in ridership.
September 2019
September 2020
December 2021
December 2022
Daily weekday transit trips by city from September 2019 and December 2022
These maps reflect the number of weekday trips provided in each community on buses and LRT. Service levels remain highest in Minneapolis and St. Paul, with some growth in Bloomington as well due to the opening of the METRO Orange and D Lines. Brooklyn Center, Maplewood and Richfield also continue to have a lot of service. Columbus, Forest Lake, White Bear Lake, Newport, St Paul Park and communities west of Minnetonka had no service operating in late 2022. The map does not reflect the Route 645 changes planned in June 2023, which will restore service to several Lake Minnetonka communities. Please note Metro Transit does not make any service planning decisions in Eden Prairie, Chaska, Chanhassen, Savage, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Plymouth, and Maple Grove. Metro Transit does not make any planning decisions aside from the METRO Red and Orange Lines in Burnsville, Eagan and Apple Valley.
September 2019
December 2022
