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Metro Transit is the transportation resource for the Twin Cities, offering an integrated network of buses, light rail and commuter trains as well as resources for those who carpool, vanpool, walk or bike. It is working to add a light-rail link between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul as well as developing enhanced express bus service throughout the region.

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Metro Transit
The Metropolitan Council has endorsed Network Now, a framework for making transit service for Metro Transit, Minn., riders more available on busy corridors throughout the day on nights and weekends and between suburban communities.
Network Now will make transit more available on busy corridors throughout the day, nights and weekends, as well as between suburban communities.
June 9, 2025
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The Safe and Strong University Avenue initiative ensures law enforcement is visible while leveraging service providers to guide people to health and human resources.
May 29, 2025
Metropolitan Council
Metro Transit Gold Line opened March 22.
The Metro Gold Line is the first of three BRT lines Metro Transit will open in 2025 and will provide frequent all-day bus service across a 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 94...
March 25, 2025
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Metro Transit's ridership has increased during the past year while crime has declined.
The agency saw a 13 percent increase in ridership in March 2024 from March 2023, as well as reported crime declined 7.7 percent from the first quarter of 2023 to the first quarter...
April 30, 2024
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Met Council approves expansion of Minneapolis' Metro Transit's electric bus fleet.
Metro Transit will receive 20 new 40-foot zero-emission buses to be used on its local service routes.
April 29, 2024
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The Metropolitan Council, ATU Local 1005 approve new labor agreement with wage increases.
Under the new contract, wages for all ATU-represented workers will increase 13 percent from July 2023 through August 2025, higher wage rates will be available for second- and ...
March 4, 2024
Metro Transit
Micro Mix
After the expansion, customers will be able to request rides in a roughly five square mile area of north Minneapolis.
Feb. 21, 2023
Metro Transit
Riders boarding Metro Transit
The new guidelines consider boardings and how frequently a stop is used by customers with mobility devices.
Jan. 9, 2023
Metropolitan Council
Ceremonial groundbreakers: Met Council Chair Charlie Zelle, Washington County Commissioner Stan Karwoski, Washington County Commissioner Lisa Weik, U.S. Representative Betty McCollum, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Ramsey County Commissioner Rafael Ortega, Ramsey County Commissioner Trista MatasCastillo, Maplewood Council Member Nikki Villavicencio.
The bus rapid transit project will run along a 10-mile corridor and will begin service in 2025.
Oct. 21, 2022
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Wayfinding Metro Transit
As customers arrive, they will be greeted by new pavement markings, column wraps and kiosks at key locations around the station.
June 21, 2022

Videos

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With Super Bowl 52 set to take place in Minneapolis, Metro Transit has released a video highlighting how to purchase and use Game Day Fan Express Tickets for Super Bowl 52 light...
Jan. 31, 2018
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The Metro Transit Police Department has welcomed three new members to the K-9 Unit: Nico, Jack and Carlo. Metro Transit introduced their newest K-9 members as well as their handlers...
Jan. 4, 2017
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This week's transit update includes videos from Bay Area Rapid Transit, Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS), Auckland Transport, Metro Transit, TransLink and Hillsborough Area...
Aug. 26, 2016
Metro Transit Office of TOD – Your One-Stop TOD Shop
Metro Transit’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Office is the go-to source for TOD information in the Twin Cities region.
Aug. 26, 2016
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This week’s transit update includes videos from TriMet, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Metropolitan Transit System, Metro Transit, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority...
April 29, 2016
New Light Rail Safety Feature Being Rolled Out System Wide
The new headlight system called the "Wig Wag" will improve train visibility, Metro Transit explains how the system works or its rail cars.
April 29, 2016
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Bill Jones, executive director of the Rock n' Read Project, discusses his online auction purchase of a retired bus that will be re-used as a mobile learning lab.
April 29, 2014

Articles

PSTA
PSTA meets with community members over its Connected Community Bus Network.
PSTA is updating its bus schedules and routes while Metro Transit has endorsed a plan to improve Metro Transit service by 40 percent.
March 28, 2025
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Metro Transit TRIP Agents.
Metro Transit’s operating budget focuses on improving safety on its system while COTA’s operating and capital budgets focus on more frontline staff, increased service, improved...
Dec. 13, 2024
Metro Transit
Lesley Kandaras has been named as Metro Transit's next general manager.
Kandaras has worked for both Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council and will be the first woman to permanently hold the position of general manager.
July 28, 2023
Metro Transit
Officials with Metro Transit, Metro Transit Police Department and community organizations held an event June 1 to kick off the agency's Transit Service Intervention Project.
The project will bring together community partners to enhance social services outreach and improve Code of Conduct enforcement on the Twin Cities’ transit system.
June 2, 2023
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Metro Transit held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Metro B Line bus rapid transit project, which will begin serving customers in 2024.
Metro Transit’s sixth BRT route promises to connect Uptown in south Minneapolis and Union Station in St. Paul with travel times that are 20 percent faster than current bus service...
May 9, 2023
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Members of Metro Transit's security team.
STM is launching new efforts to address security and maintenance on its system while Metro Transit provides an update to its Safety & Security Action Plan.
May 5, 2023
Metro Transit
The Metropolitan Council approved more than $80 million in funding for regional transit projects in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area.
The Met Council approved more than $80 million in funding for transit-related projects as part of its significant bump in formula funding from the IIJA.
Dec. 28, 2022
Metro Transit
Officials celebrate the opening of Metro Transit's fifth BRT line, the D Line, which will connect two major transit hubs - Mall of America to Brooklyn Transit Center - along an 18-mile corridor.
The 18-mile BRT route connects Mall of America, downtown Minneapolis, Richfield, Bloomington and Brooklyn Transit Center.
Dec. 5, 2022
Metro Transit
Ruby M. Daniels, Assistant Transportation Manager/Chair of Advancing Women in Transit, Metro Transit
Ruby M. Daniels, Assistant Transportation Manager/Chair of Advancing Women in Transit, Metro Transit
Aug. 23, 2022
City of Minneapolis
Bus lanes on Hennepin were part of a pilot project that began in 2019. [Photo: city of Minneapolis]
The project will reconstruct a 1.4-mile section of Hennepin to improve pedestrian and cycling traffic and create two transit priority lanes.
Aug. 5, 2022

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A METRO Blue Line train with two cars is seen in this undated image from Metro Transit. The agency will test reducing light-rail trains from three vehicles to two as a way to evaluate the impact on customer experience.
The program that will take effect this summer will examine if a reduced number of light-rail vehicles per train equates to customers feeling safer.
July 13, 2022
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After 20 years of service, the tunnel's alarm system was replaced this week with new equipment.
May 24, 2022
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A C Line BRT bus drives in downtown Minneapolis, near the Target Center.
C-TRAN and Metro Transit offer examples of how expanding a BRT line to a network offers a host of opportunities to bring better service, improved efficiency and better cost-effectivenes...
March 22, 2022
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Brian Funk, Metro Transit deputy general manager and COO
Funk’s career began as a bus operator and will soon mark 20 years with Metro Transit.
Jan. 28, 2022
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When the METRO Purple Line opens in 2026, it will join several BRT routes already in operation in the region including the METRO A Line.
The approval marks the transition of leadership for the 15-mile BRT project from Ramsey County to the Metropolitan Council.
Dec. 14, 2021
Fleet availability is expected to improve with the installation of the next generation of technology.
Sept. 3, 2021
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A Blue Line train in Minneapolis.
Original plans for the light-rail project were scrapped last August following resistance from a potential freight rail owner, but officials vowed to find an alternative route ...
March 12, 2021
Transit employees from across the nation joined efforts in a new video encouraging mask wearing while using public transit.
The agencies have produced a video with “a simple task” request of riders: Wear a mask.
Jan. 8, 2021
Metropolitan Council
A rendering of the Hopkins station on the Southwest LRT route in Minnesota.
Two of the projects have Full Funding Grant Agreements in place while five projects are advancing towards readiness to receive a construction grant agreement.
Dec. 18, 2020
Metropolitan Council
Existing Metro Transit Blue Line
The planned extension of Metro Transit’s Blue Line is regrouping after plans for its original alignment fell apart this summer.
Oct. 12, 2020
Metro Transit has introduced a new service for public transit customers that allows them to directly connect with Metro Customer Service or Metro Public Safety without having ...
July 31, 2018
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Metro C Line map.
Representatives from the Metropolitan Council, Metro Transit, Hennepin County, city of Minneapolis and city of Brooklyn Center grabbed their shovels Tuesday, March 20, to break...
March 21, 2018
Metro Transit's next rapid bus line will bring battery-electric buses to the Twin Cities for the first time.
Oct. 18, 2017
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Katie Roth, Project Manager, Bus Rapid Transit, Metro Transit
Sept. 15, 2017
Thanks to a sponsorship by Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., the Metro Bus trolley will run every Wednesday night from 5-9:25 pm for the Summertime by George! event June 14-Aug. 30.
June 6, 2017
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The first of several scheduled partial light rail shutdowns that will allow for track maintenance and repairs will take place for Metro Transit.
March 23, 2017
For the sixth consecutive year, Metro Transit provided more than 80 million annual rides, reaching the third-highest annual ridership since 1981.
Jan. 16, 2017
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An app introduced on November 3 by Metro Transit provides customers another way to board buses and trains – their smartphone.
Nov. 3, 2016
Job seekers interested in pursuing a career as a Metro Transit light rail technician are invited to apply for a spot in a training program that will get underway later this year...
Sept. 26, 2016
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Job seekers interested in pursuing a career as a Metro Transit light rail technician are invited to apply for a spot in a training program that will get underway later this year...
Sept. 23, 2016
Metro Transit recently celebrated a top national award that recognizes its record ridership and success in a range of areas, including safety, operations, maintenance and community...
Aug. 11, 2016
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The first of a dozen rapid bus lines to be built by Metro Transit throughout the region, the A Line runs from Rosedale Center in Roseville, down Snelling Avenue through Falcon...
July 13, 2016
Thanks to a sponsorship by Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., the Metro Bus trolley will run every Wednesday night from 5-9:25 pm for the Summertime by George! event June 15-Aug. 31.
June 7, 2016
Metropolitan Council
The shading on this map shows employment concentrations along the proposed Southwest LRT line and regional destinations on existing METRO Green and Blue Lines and planned Blue Line Extension.
A reverse commuter from northeast Minneapolis who works at one of the largest employers in Minnesota, the CEO of a family-owned company, a senior housing official and a pizza ...
May 5, 2016
Community leaders from around the region broke ground Thursday on a project aimed at improving public transit service in the south metro.
April 29, 2016
Metro Green Line customers can experience another dimension of public art at new light-rail stations with Sound Point – an interactive audio tour offered by Metro Transit and ...
June 30, 2014
Metro Transit
The project created 5,445 construction jobs and $252 million in construction payroll, with workers coming from more than 60 Minnesota counties ranging from the Canadian border to Iowa. The Metro Green Line also created 177 permanent operations and maintenance jobs for downtown St. Paul and has spurred more than $1.7 billion in development along the line.
Customers boarded Metro Green Line trains 139,027 times during the first five business days of regular operations (Mon., June 16 – Fri., June 20), averaging 27,805 rides per weekday...
June 26, 2014
The Metro Transit Police Department honored 23 officers and six civilians whose actions helped promote and maintain a safe transit environment at the department’s 2014 Awards ...
June 6, 2014
A new stairway-elevator tower connecting the St. Paul skyway to street-level transit at the Metro Green Line’s Central Station opened to the public June 5.
June 5, 2014
Metro Transit has rebuilt its website to improve online trip planning and expand access to transit tools and content for customers using mobile devices.
June 2, 2014
Bus service enhancements that strengthen connections to the Metro Green Line will go into effect when the new light-rail line opens on June 14.
May 27, 2014
Developers have announced at least $2.5 billion worth of new construction and redevelopment projects within a half-mile of the Metro Green Line since engineering work began more...
May 14, 2014
Metro Transit, Xcel Energy and the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce recognized Earth Day today by the highlighting energy-conserving features of the rail center that is home...
April 22, 2014
Elected officials, Metro Transit Police and St. Paul Police April 17 announced a coordinated campaign of education and enforcement to promote safety along the Metro Green Line...
April 17, 2014
This week, Metro Transit and the region’s Transportation Management Organizations (TMOs) launched Switch My Trip, a campaign that encourages Twin Cities workers and residents ...
April 2, 2014
A study of transit alternatives in the Midtown Corridor recommends a combination of rail in the Midtown Greenway and enhanced bus service on Lake Street as the best long-term ...
Feb. 12, 2014
Light rail between Minneapolis and St. Paul will link Twin Cities residents to neighborhoods and the two downtown's starting Saturday, June 14, with free rides and day-long community...
Jan. 23, 2014
Customers boarded Metro Transit buses and trains nearly 81.4 million times in 2013, an increase of more than 300,000 rides (0.4 percent) over 2012.
Jan. 23, 2014
Beginning today, every Metro Transit Northstar train will provide an area offering complimentary Wi-Fi service for customers.
Sept. 23, 2013
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The Metro Transit Police Department has added 19 new officers to its ranks.
The Metro Transit Police Department has added 19 new full-time officers to its ranks.
Aug. 5, 2013
After three weeks of regular service, customers are boarding Metro Red Line buses an average of 798 times each weekday, and an average of about 450 times on weekend days.
July 25, 2013
Metro Transit presented 60 awards honoring the best Twin Cities bus and train operators at a ceremony this morning in Minneapolis.
June 6, 2013
Metro Transit’s commitment to safety earned top honors this week from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
May 10, 2013
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Metro Transit has purchased about 71,000 kilowatt-hours of wind-generated electricity to run its Hiawatha line for Earth Day.
Using Xcel Energy’s Windsource program, Metro Transit has purchased about 71,000 kilowatt-hours of wind-generated electricity — about a day’s worth of the power required to operate...
April 22, 2013
Customers boarded Metro Transit buses and trains more than 81 million times in 2012 — an increase of 165,044 rides (0.2 percent) over 2011.
Jan. 18, 2013
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On weekdays, hybrid-electric buses will serve nearly all trips on Metro Transit's routes 63, 64 and 68. On weekends, they will operate on routes throughout the East Metro.
Metro Transit will improve transit service throughout the East Metro by assigning 33 of its newest, quietest and lowest-emissions hybrid-electric buses to routes operating on ...
Dec. 10, 2012
Former St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington was sworn in on September 4, 2012 as the seventh Chief of Metro Transit Police. Met Council Regional Administrator Pat Born is pictured right and Metro Transit General Manager Brian Lamb is pictured at left.
Former St. Paul police chief and current Minnesota state senator John Harrington was recently named to serve as the new chief of police at Metro Transit
Sept. 12, 2012