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Minneapolis commute made easy with Maple Grove Transit

Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 4, 2015

For nearly 20 years, Leslie Ross has taken the bus to and from his job in downtown Minneapolis. Since moving to Maple Grove in 2007, that’s meant riding Maple Grove Transit Route 781, an express service that gets him from to and from work in a [...]

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Transit-oriented development brings new life to Lake Street

Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 3, 2015

Drawn by its affordability and central location, Michael Denny moved to the Corcoran neighborhood more than 36 years ago. Cities across America were in decline but even then, he said, he had a feeling good things were going to happen in this corner [...]

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Waiting for the bus while lounging in the ‘Living Room’

| Oct. 22, 2015

Pillows, a chess board, markers, books and string lighting aren’t the kinds of things people are usually surrounded by while waiting for a bus. But a new temporary shelter that went up this week in Minneapolis incorporates all of those things, [...]

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 [...]

Bus Community From the GM METRO Green Line Minneapolis Ridership St. Paul Transit Improvements

2014: A historic year for Metro Transit

| Dec. 30, 2014

As we prepare to close the books on 2014, I’d like to briefly reflect on all of the incredible progress Metro Transit has made over the last 12 months. It was, in short, an incredible and historic year for our organization, our customers and our [...]

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