Rider's Almanac Blog

Know Your Operator: Veronica Carter, South

Posted by John Komarek | Aug. 17, 2021

As a young woman finding her career path, Veronica Carter wasn’t afraid to take chances or move to find opportunities. A little over two decades later, her search ended in 2015. “Getting a job with Metro Transit helped ground me,” [...]

Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Tanya Young, Blue Line

| Aug. 13, 2021

Tanya Young tells people she was raised to be a train operator on the METRO Blue Line. As a child, she lived just east of Hiawatha Avenue, at the time a one-lane highway with apple trees. Her mom ran a business in downtown Minneapolis, and [...]

COVID-19 From the GM

Commitment to continual improvement will not be short-lived

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 12, 2021

A message from General Manager Wes Kooistra In a few short weeks, service on several express routes serving downtown Minneapolis, downtown St. Paul, and the University of Minnesota will be restored or expanded. We’ll also begin running light [...]

State Fair

Scaling back State Fair service is a hard, but correct choice

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 11, 2021

From General Manager Wes Kooistra Due to a shortage of bus operators, we will be providing significantly less State Fair express bus service this year compared to prior years. Scaling back our traditional service level was an incredibly [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Vamilar Ngungkpan, Heywood Operator

Posted by John Komarek | Aug. 6, 2021

How did you come to work at Metro Transit? In 2012, my wife and I had two kids back to back so I needed a second income to support my family. I had a technician degree and a job as a medical device technician at a big research hospital, but [...]