Rider's Almanac Blog

Buses moving from Hennepin to Nicollet during construction

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 11, 2019

There will be a lot more buses moving up and down Nicollet Mall soon. Beginning Monday, April 15, routes that normally serve Hennepin Avenue will be detoured to Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. The detours will remain in place for up [...]

On Off The Clock

On the Clock/Off the Clock: Senior Planner Adam Smith

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 11, 2019

On the Clock/Off the Clock features provide an introduction to the people who spend their days working at Metro Transit and their free time involved in a variety of interesting hobbies. Read more On the Clock/Off the Clock features here. [...]

C Line

Electric Bus put through paces in METRO C Line corridor

Posted by John Komarek | April 4, 2019

Buses – especially a brand-new technology like an electric bus – are not like consumer cars where you can buy it off the lot and drive away. For any bus to work along any route, it needs to be tested, retested, and calibrated. Onboard buses, [...]

Community Minneapolis Northstar

In Coon Rapids, hobbyists create scaled-down Northstar

Posted by Laura Baenen | April 3, 2019

Customers who ride the Northstar Commuter Rail Line must look up to take in the nearly 300,000-pound, 16-foot tall locomotives that pull passenger cars between Minneapolis and Big Lake. But in the basement of a former Coon Rapids grocery store [...]

Route of the Week

Better service, quirky destinations grow Route 32 ridership

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 1, 2019

Ask people why they ride Route 32, and you’ll likely hear something about how convenient it is. Route 32 runs largely along Lowry Avenue between the Robbinsdale Transit Center and the Rosedale Transit Center, serving several key destinations and [...]