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We ask transit agency leaders about economic, social and political trends impacting their operations right now.
The Northstar Commuter Rail line had a particularly strong year, with ridership up more than 12%.
As part of the APTA Annual Meeting, METRO asked top executives what they liked about their job. Here are their answers.
The “cab car” of each train will be marked with graphics inside and out that designate it as the location for free customer Wi-Fi access.
Was named GM of Metro Transit in 2004. Today, Lamb oversees a bus and rail system with nearly 2,800 employees who operate two rail lines and nearly 900 buses on 125 routes.
The agency is set to move forward with several projects, including the recently opened BRT system, an 11-mile light rail system set to launch in mid-2014, and an ambitious decade-long project that will convert Metro’s highest ridership bus routes into rapid bus service corridors.
Metro Transit said it has has leased a locomotive from the Utah Transit Authority. The locomotive, which will be the sixth in the Northstar fleet, currently is en route to the Big Lake, Minn., maintenance base. It will enhance long-term service reliability and ease maintenance pressures.
Assuming morning riders return home this afternoon, first-day totals will reach 2,414 rides, 70 percent of average weekday ridership expected during the first year.
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