So for the same price for the 11-mile light rail line, you could buy 7,500 buses. These buses are 38 feet long. So the length of 7,500 buses, rolling bumper to bumper, would be 285,000 feet.

By Shannon Fiecke It almost seemed too good to be true when a provision allowing consideration of commuter rail on the Dan Patch Line sailed through the state Legislature this session. Given the ...

Eden Prairie’s Republican lawmakers are hesitant to support the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line amid calls from DFL legislators for the project to be included for funding in a ...

The METRO Green Line Extension completion date, set for sometime in 2023, will likely be extended, according to Southwest Light Rail Transit spokesperson Trevor Roy. Because of construction ...

A 5 INVESTIGATES review of more than 1,200 fare citations issued on light rail trains reveals more than half of fare evaders ...

Frozen by Elon Musk’s DOGE personnel, the USAID program purchased $70 million in commodities in 2024 from Minnesota vendors.

A photographer sets out to walk the Twin Cities’ light rail routes, documenting the cityscapes that the trains traverse and ...

Metro Transit’s resurgence continued last year as ridership on buses and trains rose for the third consecutive year, while ...

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) of Central Oklahoma wins a USDOT grant to evaluate at-grade crossings along a ...

For the third year in a row, ridership has grown on Metro Transit, and officials hope that Twin Cities area residents will ...

Transit and environmental advocates who pushed for the sales tax to expand rather than maintain transit are not happy with ...

The intersection at University and Snelling avenues has long been a hub for transit in the Twin Cities. At one time, it was streetcars. Now, it’s the crossroads of the Green Line light-rail and the A ...