Rider's Almanac Blog

Brian Funk becomes next Chief Operating Officer

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 21, 2022

Brian Funk, who will soon celebrate 20 years with Metro Transit, will serve as the agency’s next deputy general manager-chief operating officer. Funk has filled the role in an acting capacity since Vince Pellegrin's 2021 retirement. The [...]

Know Your Operator

Know Your Operator: Duane Moore

Posted by John Komarek | Jan. 13, 2022

As a young man working at a local grocery store, Duane Moore had had enough of working long hours on his feet all day. He came across an advertisement for drivers at Metro Transit and applied. Today, he helps train other operators. But like [...]

Transit Information

Smaller, solar-powered real-time signs being tested at select bus stops

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 12, 2022

A new transit information tool – one that looks a lot like the devices people use to read e-books – is being tested at a few busy bus stops. The tablet-sized displays, attached to the poles holding bus stop signs, provide real-time departure [...]

Career Tracks

Career Tracks: Ben Novak, light rail vehicle maintenance training supervisor

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 5, 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 [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Tim Kizer, Transit Control Center Supervisor

Posted by Lindsey Geyer | Dec. 28, 2021

Lives: North Metro Years of Service: 7 How did you come to work at Metro Transit and what do you do? Before coming to transit, I worked at Anoka County as a 911 dispatcher, spent five years in private security for different [...]