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Plastic seats the new norm on light rail vehicles

| Sep. 9, 2021

The cloth seats customers once found – and sometimes avoided – on light rail vehicles are no more. This summer, light rail technicians finished swapping out more than 13,000 cloth seat backs and bottoms with new, custom-designed plastic seats [...]

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Route 3 changes provide a simpler, more reliable ride

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 26, 2021

Simpler is better. That's the mantra behind route and schedule changes that took effect in August on Route 3, which connects downtown Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota and downtown St. Paul. To help prevent customer confusion, [...]

Bus COVID-19 METRO Blue Line METRO Green Line Minneapolis St. Paul

Resuming service with renewed commitment to community

| June 2, 2020

From General Manager Wes Kooistra Words cannot capture the pain caused by George Floyd’s horrific and senseless death. The destruction of community resources and local businesses added to that pain. As General Manager, I want to assure [...]

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Community invited to take new look at Chicago-Lake Transit Center

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 5, 2020

Community members and a nationally acclaimed design firm are being invited to help imagine the next chapter for the Chicago-Lake Transit Center, one of the busiest boarding locations in the Twin Cities. The 13-year-old transit center, just [...]

Light Rail METRO Blue Line METRO Green Line Minneapolis St. Paul

Technician training program creates careers, pride

Posted by Laura Baenen | Aug. 5, 2019

Chapman Templer, Toua Yang and Chee Vang might still be working at lower-paying jobs without advancement opportunities had they not enrolled three years ago in a paid on-the-job training program to become light rail train technicians. They [...]

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