The Metropolitan Council is the regional policy-making body, planning agency, and provider of essential services for the Twin Cities metropolitan region. The Council's mission is to foster efficient and economic growth for a prosperous region.
The cities of Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Hennepin County, Minn., were given the opportunity to review early drafts of the design plans for station locations, track ...
The agency notes crime was down 17.5 percent in Q2 2024 vs Q2 2023 while ridership has increased nine percent in the first half of 2024 compared to the first half of 2023.
The document evaluates the potential social, economic and environmental benefits and impacts that may occur because of the design, construction and operation of the METRO Blue...
The agency saw a 13 percent increase in ridership in March 2024 from March 2023, as well as reported crime declined 7.7 percent from the first quarter of 2023 to the first quarter...
The Metropolitan Council received $700,000 in funding for the Blue Line Extension in Minneapolis, Minn., while the city of Huntsville, Ala., received $850,000 for a potential ...
Kandaras has worked for both Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council and will be the first woman to permanently hold the position of general manager.
The recommendations by the University of Minnesota note the focus of the line’s development should be on the benefits it brings to the people currently living and working along...
The project will bring together community partners to enhance social services outreach and improve Code of Conduct enforcement on the Twin Cities’ transit system.
Metro Transit’s sixth BRT route promises to connect Uptown in south Minneapolis and Union Station in St. Paul with travel times that are 20 percent faster than current bus service...
The Met Council approved more than $80 million in funding for transit-related projects as part of its significant bump in formula funding from the IIJA.
Since 2014, Metropolitan Council research staff have tracked trends and geographic patterns of poverty in the Twin Cities region — in particular, concentrated poverty, which ...
The Gold Line is one of three new BRT lines Metro Transit will open next year, expanding the region’s network of Metro lines that provide reliable, all-day service and stations...
Under the new contract, wages for all ATU-represented workers will increase 13 percent from July 2023 through August 2025, higher wage rates will be available for second- and ...
The Metro Transit Blue Line Extension will extend the existing Blue Line light rail 13.4 miles north, connecting communities in North Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Brooklyn...
The new east metro bridge connects the cities of Oakdale and Woodbury and will have dedicated lanes for the Metro Gold Line bus rapid transit corridor, which is scheduled to ...
The funding will keep project work going through 2024, establishes a governance process for the project and identifies responsibilities between Hennepin County and the Metropolitan...
The EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction planning grants are designed to provide flexible support to states, metropolitan areas, tribes and territories in the climate planning and...
The new division will provide a more consistent approach to complicated and critical infrastructure projects that are significant in size and complexity and have substantial financial...
![An existing Blue Line train in Minneapolis. [Metro Transit]](https://img.masstransitmag.com/files/base/cygnus/mass/image/2022/06/16x9/MetroTransit_blueLine_creditMetroTransit.62b3f977465ea.png?auto=format,compress&fit=&q=45&h=139&height=139&w=250&width=250 "An existing Blue Line train in Minneapolis. [Metro Transit]")
