Metro Transit Bus Ride to New Transit Hub 2014 .

METRO Green Line Time Lapse: Lowertown St. Paul to Target Field .

METRO Green Line as it travels from St. Paul's Lowertown to the new Target Field Station in Minneapolis. Front and rear view footage shot with GoPro cameras mounted to the body of a new Siemens S70 light-rail vehicle during a test run of the METRO Green Line. The new line opens June 14, 2014. metrotransit.org/greenline

Safety on the Green Line

Man Hit by Bus in Uptown

Metro Transit Fights on Buses

Light Rail Derailment Simulation on Green Line

Crews Practice Emergency Response with Light Rail Derailment Simulation

Target Field Station Testing

Pedestrian struck, killed by Metro Transit LRT

Metro Transit employee celebrates 50 years

Metro Transit's Twinkle Bus in the Holidazzle Parade

Metro Transit's Twinkle Bus in the Holidazzle Parade on Dec. 14,2013

Metro Transit's Twinkle Bus (Bus # 7326)  has a lot of lights. In fact, there are 23,120 of them spread across the perimeter of the 40-foot hybrid-electric bus. The lighting -- including 7,980 blue, 7,420 yellow, 6,090 green, 630 red and 280 white LED bulbs -- makes for quite a display

Time-lapse of METRO Green Line

This is a time lapse by blogger of Eccentric Aspects.


A Time-lapse Tour of St. Paul's Green Line from cynick on Vimeo.

Buses return to Washington Avenue on U of M campus

Buses return to Washington Avenue on U of M campus today.

Happy Birthday Northstar

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the Northstar

New Bus Stop Signs

Informational presentation to the  Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee on Monday, October 21, 2013  New Bus Stop Signs  link to presentation



Sounds like bus stops along the Green Line will be the first to be replaced. All sign in the sytem should be replaced in 3 years.

Washington Avenue Transit Mall

Metro Transit buses training on the Washington Avenue Transit Mall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. The buses will be running on the Metro Green Line right of way through the campus area.

Multi Agency Emergency Drill 2012

Multi Agency Emergency Drill 2012 involving Northstar Commuter Rail  and Metro Transit.

Minnesota State Fair at Como Transit Center

The Como Transit Center at the Minnesota State Fair. on Sept.2,2013

Close Call

Bike involved in a close call talks about his experience.

New Metro Transit Police Officers

 



 

The Metro Transit Police Department has added 19 new full-time officers to its ranks. Officers were sworn in this afternoon by Chief John Harrington at a ceremony in Minneapolis.

“This well-qualified group of full-time officers will fill a key role for our region’s growing transit system – particularly as we prepare for METRO Green Line light-rail service next year,” Harrington said. “Metro Transit customers represent many different cultural backgrounds and this diverse group of officers is reflective of the many communities that make up the Twin Cities.”

The 19 officers come from various law enforcement backgrounds. Five of the officers have previous sworn law enforcement experience totaling nearly 24 years of service.  The new officers represent diverse community backgrounds including African-American, Somali and Latino and several are bilingual, speaking Arabic, Somali or Spanish.

The new officers join 64 licensed and sworn full-time and 60 existing part-time Metro Transit Police officers. This addition will result in a net increase of 15 more full-time Metro Transit Police officer positions – for a total of 83. The growing department added 22 additional part-time officers in April of this year and plans to hire an additional 26 part-time officers this fall.

Green Line Update