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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
Metro Transit
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

News

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Bryan Walck (top left), Kellie Irving (top middle), John Obert (top right), Miles Turpin (bottom left) and Katie Roth (bottom right). Not pictured: David D. Quintana.
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
March 6, 2026
Metro Transit
A Metro Transit bus approaches a stop.
The new service covers a 13-mile corridor, bringing service to an expected 117,000 people.
Dec. 9, 2025
Ramsey County
Ramsey County breaks ground on METRO Bronze bus rapid transit line.
The Bronze Line will span about 10 miles and include 22 stations, five miles of bus lanes and two new bridges.
Dec. 4, 2025
Metro Transit
The METRO E Line will be opening on December 6.
The METRO E Line will run along University, Hennepin and France avenues between the University of Minnesota and Edina.
Nov. 26, 2025
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The agency looks to hire more officers, TRIP agents and security to further support the 21% drop in serious crime.
Nov. 13, 2025

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
Metro Transit
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
Metro Transit
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
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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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Metro Transit Tunnel
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
Metro Transit
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
Metro Transit
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