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Rider's Almanac Blog

New fare technology will bring many benefits, including contactless payments

Angst over lost fare cards and long lines to buy tickets after big events will be things of the past after a planned upgrade to fare validators found at stations and on vehicles. [...]

Leukemia diagnosis, love of transit lead mother-daughter to Adopt-A-Stop program

People have a lot of reasons for adopting bus stops and light rail stations through the Adopt-A-Stop program.

For Keshawn Williams and her daughter Josephine, the inspiration came from an unlikely place – a leukemia diagnosis that hospitalized Josephine in 2023. [...]

Rooftop solar panels keeping the light on at bus shelters

Have you noticed solar panels on the top of some of our shelters?

Since 2022, these roof-mounted solar panels have been used to keep the lights on at 19 shelter locations in Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul. [...]

Expanded on-board presence coming to Metro Transit’s light rail lines

As another step in the continued effort to improve the transit experience, a new team dedicated to assisting riders will begin traveling on light rail vehicles on Friday, Feb. 23. [...]

Annual transit ridership grows 16% as bus service expands

Metro Transit provided nearly 45 million rides in 2023, a 16% increase from 2022 and the second consecutive year of growth following a pandemic-driven drop in ridership. Average weekday ridership was 136,893. [...]