In the News

2021

• Minnesota is ‘rolling in cash’: Let’s use it to connect Minnesotans to jobs (MinnPost, June 18, 2021)

• Bills would put safety officers on buses and LRT, lower fare evasion fines (Star Tribune, March 16, 2021)

• Legislators close to a deal on Metro Transit fare enforcement (MinnPost, March 4, 2021)

• Metro Transit: Two of next three BRT buses should run through east metro (Pioneer Press, February 23, 2021)

2020

• Turns out ‘ambassadors’ would make Metro Transit trains and buses safer (MinnPost, July 24, 2020)

• Metro Transit’s new B Line will extend to downtown St. Paul, a victory for transit advocates (Pioneer Press, January 2, 2020)

2019 and older

• Ecolab's Doug Baker throws support behind Uptown-to-downtown St. Paul rapid-transit line (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, May 8, 2019)

• Study: For every dollar invested in transit, Twin Cities gets $2.90 in benefits (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, April 25, 2019)

• Transit coalition push includes $120 million ask for Greater Minnesota (Grand Forks Herald, December 11, 2018)

• Poll: Minnesota voters say state should spend more on mass transit (Star Tribune, October 3, 2018)