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Posts in Category: Bus Rapid Transit

Input sought on North Minneapolis BRT plans 

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| Nov. 16, 2015

Residents are invited to provide feedback on plans for a new arterial Bus Rapid Transit Line that will serve North Minneapolis at a series of November open houses. Like the A Line on Snelling Avenue​, the C Line will improve on local bus service [...]

Good Question: How are the back doors on buses controlled? 

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| May 6, 2015

In most cases, Metro Transit encourages bus passengers to exit through the rear door so boarding customers can get on quickly. But customers who use the rear exit often wonder why the doors don’t always immediately open. For safety reasons, the [...]

Transit Police going beyond the bus in North Minneapolis 

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| Feb. 10, 2015

Metro Transit patrol officer Sidney Jones didn’t grow up in North Minneapolis. But when he moved here from Kansas City a decade ago he landed squarely in the middle of the community, making his home on Russell Avenue North. After experiencing [...]

METRO Orange Line more than the sum of its parts 

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| May 19, 2014

From Christina Morrison, METRO Orange Line Project Manager Bus Rapid Transit is not a new concept for Interstate 35W. In fact, several improvements have been made to set the table for BRT, including bus-only shoulders, the 46th Street Station, [...]

Route 50: Limited stops for longer rides 

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| Dec. 6, 2013

When the snow fell on Wednesday, it took Brandon Vanhee more than an hour to make the 15-mile trek from his home in Otsego to Maple Grove’s Parkway Transit Station. The rest of his journey to the University of Minnesota wasn’t nearly as [...]

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