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Posts in Category: METRO Orange Line

Career Tracks: Amanda Walker-Hunter, assistant transportation manager

Posted by John Komarek | March 22, 2022

Many people who work at Metro Transit take on new responsibilities and roles throughout their careers. Career Tracks highlights the paths employees have taken to their latest assignment and where they see themselves going next. To learn more [...]

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I-35W & Lake Street Station opening October 18

Posted by John Komarek | Oct. 13, 2021

After decades of visioning and community input, the I-35W & Lake Street Station will open to the public on Monday, Oct. 18. The two-level station, in the center of I-35W, will be served by several local and express routes and, starting [...]

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Outreach drives Orange Line-related service changes

Posted by John Komarek | May 21, 2021

As part of the Orange Line Connecting Bus Study's Recommended Plan, Route 515 consolidates from three variations to one. In anticipation of the METRO Orange Line’s late-2021 opening, Metro Transit is proposing a host of bus service changes that [...]

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Orange Line at the center of an exciting new chapter for I-35W

Posted by John Komarek | July 23, 2019

Gov. Tim Walz addresses the media and a crowd at the METRO Orange Line groundbreaking ceremony at the Knox Avenue Park & Ride. From General Manager Wes Kooistra Sixty years ago next month, Twin Cities motorists celebrated the opening of [...]

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Key I-35W transit improvements moving forward

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 9, 2017

Two key improvements included in plans for a new Bus Rapid Transit line on Interstate 35W will be built thanks to a key federal approval. The Federal Transit Administration’s Letter of No Prejudice allows local funding to be used on a [...]

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