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Posts in Category: Metropass

Career Tracks: Amina Wolf, acting deputy director of bus operations

Posted by John Komarek | March 4, 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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Commuter Choice Awards celebrate sustainable transportation leaders

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 7, 2019

A bakery that boasts of being St. Paul’s only carbon-free carb delivery and a YMCA that rewards members for working out on the way to their workouts were recognized as area mobility leaders this week. Metro Transit and Transportation Management [...]

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Commuter Choice Awards recognize promoters of sustainable transportation

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 2, 2018

When Thrivent Financial began considering building a new corporate center in downtown Minneapolis, the company had to find ways of helping employees who relied on parking lots that would be lost during construction. Part of their answer: [...]

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New transit-friendly HQ a perfect ‘Match’

| Dec. 14, 2015

When Be the Match relocated to its new North Loop headquarters, Michael Smith thought he'd continue driving to work. But weeks after the relocation, he gave up on the idea of driving and using one of the few underground parking spaces available [...]

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Ready, Set, Go-To

| Dec. 19, 2013

Go-To Cards are the easiest way to pay a fare when boarding a Metro Transit bus or train – as customers are increasingly noticing. Go-To and Go-To lite cards were used to pay for a record 57 percent of fares in November, and have accounted [...]