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Downtown boosters want buses off Nicollet Mall

Some frequent transit users wouldn't be pleased if this happens Each the Downtown Storefront Working Group, convened by the town, and the Minneapolis Foundation issued reports last yr recommending buses be moved off of Nicollet Mall. Each reports say moving...

Road to zero-emission buses proves difficult for Minnesota transit agencies

In 2017, Metro Transit received a $1.7 million federal grant to purchase eight battery-electric accordion buses to be used on the C Line, a rapid bus line that runs from downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Center. Photo by H. Jiahong Pan In...

Metro Transit taps private security company to implement fares, code of conduct on buses and light-weight rail

Using private contractors relatively than Metro Transit staff is a change in plans from what had been envisioned for the reason that Legislature approved a transit safety plan in May. MinnPost file photo by Peter Callaghan Metro Transit will engage a...

Technology, not only luck, keeping Metro Transit buses and trains running on time

Ensuring buses and trains arrive at stops and stations when the schedule says they may is the first reason for signal priority and other interventions. MinnPost photo by Corey Anderson You’re on a bus or a train that's a bit of...

St. Paul Public Schools brings back yellow buses for college students at Central, Harding and Washington Tech — but not Como

Within the late summer and early fall of 2021, St. Paul Public Schools determined that a bus driver shortage would force some last-minute transportation changes for 4 of town’s largest high schools, canceling yellow school bus pick-ups and replacing...

Remove buses from Nicollet Mall. Downtown Minneapolis will depend on it.

Without office employees, many skyway businesses can’t survive either, and positively not past 3pm. MinnPost photo by Bill Lindeke Stop me when you’ve heard this before: big changes are coming to Nicollet Mall. Unlike the expensive reconstruction eight years ago, which...

Crime rose on Metro Transit trains and buses in 2022

Green Line train MinnPost file photo by Bill Kelley Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. The Star Tribune’s Janet Moore reports crime on Metro Transit trains and buses increased by 54% between 2021 and 2022, in keeping with...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...