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In Coon Rapids, hobbyists create scaled-down Northstar

Posted by Laura Baenen | April 3, 2019

Customers who ride the Northstar Commuter Rail Line must look up to take in the nearly 300,000-pound, 16-foot tall locomotives that pull passenger cars between Minneapolis and Big Lake. But in the basement of a former Coon Rapids grocery store [...]

Bus Community St. Paul

On Transit Driver Appreciation Day, admiration goes both ways

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 19, 2019

Transit Driver Appreciation Day was designed to put the focus on operators like Shelly Logelin, who started working at Metro Transit in 2013. But when students from Saint Paul Public School’s Focus Beyond Transition Services visited Metro [...]

Community

On/Off the Clock with Paul Hollen

Posted by John Komarek | Dec. 20, 2018

Name: Paul Hollen Lives: Minneapolis Job: Assistant Transportation Manager, South Garage Years of service: 5 1/2 How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? After working 20 years in a few different industries, I [...]

Community Shelters

Students ask how neighbors feel about nearby bus stops

Posted by Drew Kerr | July 26, 2018

Metro Transit and community partners have spent a lot of time asking customers how they feel about their bus stop – questions that have led to investments in new shelters, light and other bus stop improvements. Building on that work, students [...]

Community Transit Information

Bus Buddies help refugees build confidence, join community through transit

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 20, 2018

One of the first places refugees resettling in the Twin Cities can turn to for support is the International Institute of Minnesota, which offers classes and other resources to help them become self-sufficient. But without a driver’s license or a [...]

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