A performance audit of the controversial Southwest Light Rail's delays in construction and cost overruns will be released Monday morning by the Office of the Legislative Auditor's Financial Audit ...

A new 1% metro sales tax helps fund transit operations and maintenance so local communities no longer have to subsidize it.

Metro Transit estimates 95,000 people rode the light rail over the weekend – some waiting in lines ... but Pawlenty said he is cautious about projects to expand the service. “I think Minnesota needs ...

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a light rail train on Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to Metro Transit. For the third year in a row, ridership has grown on Metro ...

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metro Transit Green Line light rail train Wednesday afternoon ... Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Turning right on Fourth Street to cross I-694, the full busway reappears in the center of the street. It turns south next to ...

Early Wednesday morning, the agency said there are roughly 180 road and bridge construction projects planned for the season, ...

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metro Transit Green Line light rail train Wednesday afternoon ... led to the pedestrian’s death. ©2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit startribune.com.

Before the pandemic, Metro Transit spokesperson Laura Baenen said the organization predicted the Gold Line would carry 6,000 on average each weekday. Over the last five years, bus and light rail ...

Metro Transit officials hope its new Gold Line is a bit like a gold rush: fast and valuable. If so, it will add to the steady success of bus rapid transit (BRT) lines. More than 8 million rides were ...

From the staff at WCCO: “A pedestrian was struck and killed by a light rail train on Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul according to Metro Transit ... “The ACLU of Minnesota announced Wednesday ...

Justin Vonashek kicks off his first day as MTA Metro-North Railroad ... Also, Seattle’s Sound Transit readies for the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opening next month; and California’s Sonoma-Marin ...