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Smaller shelter shown off at State Fair

Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 2, 2015

A student-designed waiting shelter with a reduced footprint and other innovative features is on display at the Minnesota State Fair. The shelter was designed by architecture graduate student Amy Van Gessel as part of a class at the University of [...]

Community Light Rail State Fair

A city commute in crop art

Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 2, 2015

Sarah Leismer wanted to bring a little bit of the city to the collection of mostly rural-inspired crop art on display at the Minnesota State Fair. The result: a detailed representation of a Metro Transit light-rail train passing the [...]

Community St. Paul Student Pass

Students make the case for expanding transit access

| June 25, 2015

For several years, high school student Spencer Willits has used transit to travel to and from school, work and other activities. At 16-years-old, he says riding buses and trains has given him greater independence to travel around the Twin Cities [...]

Bus Community Know Your Operator

Top operators recognized for safe driving, customer service

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 17, 2015

Every weekday morning, operator Rodney Smith makes four 12-mile journeys between Normandale Community College and downtown Minneapolis on Route 535. With a full load of customers in tow, he guides a 40-foot bus through rush hour traffic on [...]

Community METRO Green Line Minneapolis St. Paul

At one-year mark, Green Line going strong

| June 15, 2015

For the last eight months, Aaron Martin has used the METRO Green Line to get to not one but two jobs – one at the Town Hall Brewery in Cedar-Riverside and another at the Oceanaire in downtown Minneapolis. The ease of his commutes is a near-daily [...]

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