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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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Many hands make snow work

Posted by Drew Kerr | Feb. 23, 2022

Responding to winter weather is a team effort. From our service garages to our Transit Control Center, employees are out early and often preparing for, responding to, and ultimately cleaning up any time snow falls. As snow fell on Tuesday, Feb. [...]

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Bus lanes come to Seventh Street in downtown Minneapolis

Posted by John Komarek | Oct. 19, 2021

A splash of red paint will help buses move a little easier through a busy downtown Minneapolis corridor. Crews from the City of Minneapolis this month began marking the city’s newest bus lane by applying red paint to a nine-block stretch [...]

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“It means everything”: Operator celebrates 45 years of service

Posted by Drew Kerr | Oct. 12, 2021

When Operator Melanie Benson pulled up to the bus stop on Lagoon Avenue Monday morning, as she’s done hundreds of times over the years, a few familiar faces were there to greet her. There was also a plaque to be presented, commemorating Benson’s [...]

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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, [...]

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