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Train operator Latina Laramee marks personal milestones this Mother’s Day  

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Posted by Laura Baenen | May 4, 2021

For Mother’s Day, Train Operator Latina Laramee of Fridley can celebrate herself this year. A single mother, Laramee landed a bus operator job with Metro Transit in 2011. The change allowed her to have one job instead of three, while still [...]

Light Rail METRO Blue Line METRO Green Line Transit Police

Transit Police help move nearly 400 people into permanent housing 

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Posted by Laura Baenen | Feb. 16, 2021

Nearly 400 people have found permanent housing in the two years since the Metro Transit Police Department and the Metropolitan Council's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) partnered to help those sheltering on transit. The first move-in [...]

COVID-19 Light Rail

Stronger filters will provide cleaner air on light rail vehicles 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Feb. 16, 2021

Technicians Jeff Stanley, left, and Rich Cipala, right, designed custom frames for the enhanced air filters they are installing in light rail vehicles. ​ Air filters that can more efficiently capture virus-causing particles are being installed in [...]

Community Light Rail

Pandemic prompts rail supervisor to put 3-D printer to good use   

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 19, 2020

 Senior Rail Supervisor Jonathon Hendrickson has always been compelled to help.    This year, he found the opportunity to do so by finding new uses for a 60-watt laser cutter he’s largely used to create gifts, and a 3-D printer he purchased [...]

Light Rail METRO Green Line

SWLRT full funding shows dedication to transit’s future 

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| Sep. 18, 2020

From General Manager Wes Kooistra In a year full of challenges for Metro Transit, we received great news on Sept. 14. The Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension), a vital extension of our transit system, received its Full Funding Grant [...]

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