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Posts in Category: State Fair

A Line opening sparks curiosity, enthusiasm

| June 14, 2016

Car free for the last five years, Michelle Quaranto relies on transit to travel between her home near the Green Line’s Raymond Avenue Station and her job in Eagan. So when the A Line opened on Saturday, she was eager to see how her commute would [...]

Bus Ridership State Fair

State Fair ridership reaches new high

Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 11, 2015

Metro Transit provided 575,348 rides to and from the 2015 Minnesota State Fair — an 8 percent increase over last year and the highest express and regular route ridership ever. The ride total accounted for 16 percent of State Fair attendance, [...]

Bus Community Shelters State Fair

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 [...]

Bus Express Bus In the News State Fair

Ridership strong on State Fair's opening weekend

| Aug. 26, 2013

Fairgoers poured onto buses before pouring into the Midway over the first weekend of the Minnesota State Fair. As of Sunday, nearly 80,000 customers had boarded Metro Transit's express State Fair buses or used regular route service to get to the [...]

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