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Driving through history: Bill Obedoza and the first Bus Roadeo

In the spring of 1975, in a parking lot across from the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, the very first Metro Transit Bus Roadeo rolled into action. [...]

10 Questions with Metro Transit - Zane

We hear and learn from our actual customers as they answer our "10 Questions with Metro Transit!" Today we meet Zane! [...]

Mother-Son duo navigate Metro Transit together

A mother’s persistence is why Peter Blomgren became a Metro Transit bus operator. [...]

Know your Operator: Shawn Nevins

Shawn Nevins has only one regret about becoming a bus operator at Metro Transit: “I wish I had done it sooner.” [...]

Construction ahead: Efforts to build out, maintain transit network continue in 2025

Riders encouraged to plan ahead as road construction, rail maintenance projects get underway [...]