Labor agreement increases wages for transit workers
Posted | Feb 29, 2024
The Metropolitan Council this week approved a labor agreement with the ATU Local 1005 that increases wages for frontline transit workers. [...]
New fare technology will bring many benefits, including contactless payments
Posted | Feb 28, 2024
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
Posted | Feb 28, 2024
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
Posted | Feb 28, 2024
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
Posted | Feb 22, 2024
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. [...]