A Local’s Guide to the Blue and Green Lines
Learn how METRO light rail works and where the trains go. This introduction covers the Blue and Green lines and answers your common questions.
Category: Transit
National Links: That Buzzing Sound
Weekly roundup highlights urban policy, transportation, and city design issues collected by The Overhead Wire and shared via Greater Greater Washington.
Street Views: The Great Multi-Modal Get-Together
The Minnesota State Fair’s investment in options to “get there” by transit and biking sets a year-round example for the metro.
Transit Will Fail Until We Address Homelessness, Opioid Use
Metro Transit ridership is up, but it hasn’t returned to pre-COVID levels. And it won’t on light rail until trains feel safe.
The Quarterly Transit Report: August 2025
New and improved bus service metro-wide brings the Network Now goals — improved access, serve today’s travel patterns — one step closer.
How Driving Less Benefits Us
Driving less provides personal benefits and societal ones. Less rushing means a more involved day-to-day.
Training Our Focus on the Second Trump Regime
With the uncertainty of federal funding, Minnesota has an opportunity to step up and provide local funding for public transit, including trains.
Let’s (St)roll There: to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
A transit-only trip to the U of M Arboretum in Chaska celebrates regional bus, trail and ride-share systems.
Beat Traffic! Ride Transit and/or a Bike
Tired of freeway gridlock, endless construction and stressful commutes? Here’s a beginner’s guide on how to get started with biking and transit!
The Quarterly Transit Report: June 2025
Updates and analysis from the recent Metro Transit schedule change that replaced the workhorse Route 21 with the B Line Bus Rapid Transit.