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Press releases
Media and news coverage
- Gold Line bus-rapid transit project between St. Paul, Woodbury clears federal hurdle, Star Tribune, January 2020
- Gold Line bus rapid transit takes steps toward construction, federal funding, Star Tribune, October 2019
- How would you use the Gold Line? Woodbury residents answer, The Bulletin, October 2019
- Woodbury reaffirms support for Gold Line project, The Bulletin, September 2019
- East Metro's Gold Line costs rise to $461 million due to electric buses, added infrastructure, Pioneer Press, May 2019
- Cost of Gold Line bus-rapid transit could increase to $461 million, Star Tribune, May 2019
- Gold Line gets a $4.5 million boost for I-94 bridge, Pioneer Press, February 2019
- Maplewood considers bridge over 94 to increase access to Gold Line bus route, Star Tribune, February 2019
- Gold Line plans now include downtown loop, Pioneer Press, December 2018
- Gold Line bus-rapid transit to offer six stops in downtown St. Paul, Star Tribune, November 2018
- Gold Line seeks public input about St. Paul extension, Pioneer Press, October 2018
- Should the Gold Line bus loop through downtown St. Paul or end at Union Depot?, Star Tribune, October 2018
- St. Paul City Council members lean in favor of Gold Line's downtown loop, Pioneer Press, October 2018
- Lose the Loop? Gold Line officials torn over downtown rapid-transit bus route, Pioneer Press, October 2018
- Latest Gold Line plan adds downtown St. Paul loop, Woodbury park and ride, Pioneer Press, August 2018
- Tiny mobile home city of Landfall warily awaits Gold Line bus-rapid transit, Star Tribune, July 2018
- Picking up speed on the east metro’s Gold Line, Pioneer Press, July 2018
- East Metro's transit time is coming, MPR, Jan. 2018
- Woodbury-to-St. Paul Gold Line surges ahead with federal designation, new projects, Pioneer Press, Jan. 2018
- Washington County OKs increased contribution to Gold Line, Pioneer Press, June 2017
- Ramsey County imposes half-cent sales tax for public transit, Pioneer Press, June 2017
- Gold Line busway gets millions toward a 2024 opening, Star Tribune, Feb. 2017
- Gold Line commission approves new route alignment, Finance and Commerce, Dec. 2016
- Woodbury, Oakdale warming to new Gold Line route, Star Tribune, Nov. 2016
- East metro group makes its case for more transit in Dakota, Ramsey and Washington counties, MinnPost, April 2016
- A bus line far in St. Paul's future caught the eye of some developers, Star Tribune, March 2016
- Bus rapid transit projects move forward in the Twin Cities, Star Tribune, Sept. 2015
- $1M federal grant to help plan for Gateway Corridor development, Pioneer Press, Sept. 2015
- Leveraging BRT on the Gateway Corridor, Finance and Commerce, April 2015
- 3M Co. sees Gateway route as recruitment tool, Finance and Commerce, Feb. 2015
- Counties award $141 million in transit grants, Finance and Commerce, Nov. 2014
- Rapid bus favored for St. Paul to Woodbury line, MPR News, July 2014
- Gateway Corridor officials head to Los Angeles to study bus rapid transit, MinnPost, June 2014
- Legislature helps Gateway Corridor, other projects in Washington County, Star Tribune, May 2014
- St. Paul-Woodbury transit plan gets White House nod, MPR News, May 2014
- For St. Paul's East Side, rail and bus transit routes studied, Pioneer Press, June 2013
- East metro panel backs bus rapid transit plan, Star Tribune, Oct. 2012
- Gateway Corridor line should be next, backers say, Finance and Commerce, Jan. 2012
- Transit options listed for I-94 to and from parts east, MinnPost, Feb. 2011
- Study will determine transit options for I-94 from the east, MinnPost, Aug. 2010