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Career Tracks: Ryan Munn, Maintenance Supervisor

Many people who work at Metro Transit take on new responsibilities and roles throughout their careers. Career Tracks highlights the paths employees have taken to their latest assignment and where they see themselves going next. To learn more about career opportunities, visit metrotransit.org/careers. [...]

Metro Transit Police Department’s Homeless Action Team Offers many services to unsheltered individuals

Over 500 people have found permanent housing since the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) and the Metropolitan Council's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) partnered to help those sheltering on transit. The first move-in facilitated by the partnership occurred on Feb. 6, 2019. This effort is spearheaded by MTPD’s Homeless Action Team (HAT), which has been working to help unsheltered individuals in the region since early 2018. [...]

10 Questions with Metro Transit - Annika

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

Know Your Operator: Nathan Michaelson

After many years as a union carpenter, Nathan Michaelson decided he needed a change. "Construction is a feast-or-famine business," Nathan said. "Some years, you're making great money. Other years, you're just waiting for the next paycheck." [...]

Community Service Officer: This experience changed me forever

After earning a degree in criminal justice and spending 14 months as a Community Service Officer, Faysal Geylani will begin the Metro Transit Police Department’s academy next week, the next step in his path to becoming a sworn police officer. [...]