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METRO Gold Line

METRO Gold Line opening set for March 2025 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Monday, April 1, 2024 3:35:00 PM
Gold Line will be one of three Bus Rapid Transit lines opening in 2025 The METRO Gold Line – the state’s first Bus Rapid Transit line to operate primarily within bus-only lanes – will open on March 22, 2025, project leaders have announced. [...]
Transit Oriented Development

Development along transit expanding housing choices, tax base 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Friday, March 22, 2024 5:13:00 AM
Lynda Stanley, a lifelong member of Union Congregational United Church of Christ, and church moderator Cynthia Budd in front of an affordable apartment complex under construction on former church land next to their church, which is in the [...]

Appreciation for transit workers runs around the clock 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:45:00 PM
Transit is a 24/7/365 operation. So, in celebration of Transit Employee Appreciation Day, we’re shining a light on just a few of the nearly 2,900 transit workers who keep our region moving all day and all night, every day of the year. Inspired [...]
How We Roll

How We Roll: Jamison Swift, Senior Manager, Business Technology 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Friday, March 8, 2024 8:25:00 AM
How do you get to work? Living in Fridley, I have a couple different ways to get to work. My preference is to use my bike and/or the Northstar train. I live under two miles away from the Fridley Station and so depending on weather, timing, or [...]

Labor agreement increases wages for transit workers 

Posted by Drew Kerr | Thursday, February 29, 2024 8:27:00 PM
The Metropolitan Council this week approved a labor agreement with the ATU Local 1005 that increases wages for frontline transit workers. The ATU Local 1005 represents more than 2,000 bus and train operators, technicians, public facility [...]
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