Help to Debunk Maplewood’s Arguments Against the Purple Line
Now that the Maplewood mayor and City Council have written off the Purple Line BRT, bus advocates can take action to ensure this project rolls forward.
Category: Transit
The State Fair and How We Got There
Buses, trains and bikes offered convenient alternatives to car travel for the nearly 2 million people who gathered at the Minnesota State Fair this year.
Comment on the Blue Line Extension: It’s Time for Municipal Consent!
The METRO Blue Line Extension project has entered the municipal consent phase. Learn here how to provide input on project design.
Incorporating Environmental Justice into the Blue Line Extension
The Blue Line light rail extension project released its impact statement and is seeking municipal consent for improved transit in northwest Minneapolis.
St. Paul Needs to Connect its Brewery to its Bike Trail
Few Twin Cities breweries connect directly to off-street bike trails. St. Paul Brewing should — and possibly soon could — with a popular trail beyond its fence line.
Putting Metro Transit Under the Microscope
A dedicated rider and longtime chronicler of mass transit screams into the void about route and service improvements he’d like to see from Metro Transit.
The Enlightened Urbanist: Deconstructing the Perfect Gatekeeper
Consider how others view the urbanist community, with fears of gatekeeping and alienation, and take the opportunity to extend a helping hand.
Blue Line Extension: How’s Metro Transit?
The Blue Line Extension project slowly approaches. In preparation, writer Richie Song sees what traveling the northwest metro by transit is like without it.
The Quarterly Transit Report: June 2024
Our Quarterly Transit Report is back, with good news: Metro Transit ridership is up, nearly across the board, and service increases are set to follow.
A Suburban New Yorker Develops a St. Paul State of Mind
How moving to St. Paul from a car-focused small town granted “the urbanist-oriented freedom to go where I please” for one college student.