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Metro Transit is the primary public transportation operator in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest operator in the state.^[1]

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1967 establishments in Minnesota
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Transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Accessibility

Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities.

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Alan Voorhees

Alan Manners Voorhees (December 17, 1922 – December 18, 2005) was an American transportation engineer and urban planner who designed many large public works in the United States and elsewhere.

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Amalgamated Transit Union

The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor organization in the United States and Canada that represents employees in the public transit industry.

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Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Apple Valley, Minnesota

Apple Valley is a city in northwestern Dakota County in the State of Minnesota, and a suburb of the Twin Cities.

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Bde Maka Ska

Bde Maka Ska (previously named Lake Calhoun, its former official designation) is the largest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes.

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Becker, Minnesota

Becker is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, between the Mississippi and Elk Rivers.

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Big Lake, Minnesota

Big Lake is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States.

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Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, south of downtown Minneapolis At the 2020 census, the city's population was 89,987, making it Minnesota's fourth-largest city.

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Bombardier BiLevel Coach

The BiLevel Coach is a bilevel passenger railcar currently built by Alstom and previously by Bombardier, Hawker Siddeley Canada, the Canadian Car and Foundry (Can Car), and the UTDC.

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Bottineau LRT

The Bottineau LRT (Metro Blue Line Extension) is a proposed light rail line extension in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul Metro area, projected to run northwest from Target Field station in downtown Minneapolis to the communities of North Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Brooklyn Park.

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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Brooklyn Center is a first-ring suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.

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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Brooklyn Park is a suburban city on the west bank of the Mississippi River, upstream from (north of) downtown Minneapolis in northern Hennepin County.

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Burnsville, Minnesota

Burnsville is a city south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota.

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Bus

A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.

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Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system.

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Bus stop

A bus stop is a place where buses stop for passengers to get on and off the bus.

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Carl Pohlad

Carl Ray Pohlad (August 23, 1915 – January 5, 2009) was an American financier from Minnesota.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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A contactless smart card is a contactless credential whose dimensions are credit card size.

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Dakota County, Minnesota

Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, located in the east central portion of the state.

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Eden Prairie is a city southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County and the 16th-largest city in the State of Minnesota, United States.

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Edina, Minnesota

Edina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis.

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Eminent domain

Eminent domain (also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, resumption/compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is the power to take private property for public use.

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Environmental impact statement

An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment".

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Fare

A fare is the fee paid by a passenger for use of a public transport system: rail, bus, taxi, etc.

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Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.

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First Transit

First Transit was an American transportation company.

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Flexity Swift

The Bombardier Flexity Swift is a series of urban and inter-urban tram, light rail and light metro vehicles manufactured by Bombardier Transportation.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Fort Snelling station

Fort Snelling station is a light rail station on the Blue Line in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region of the U.S. state of Minnesota, named after the nearby Fort Snelling historic fort structure.

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Gillig

Gillig (formerly Gillig Brothers) is an American designer and manufacturer of buses.

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Gillig Low Floor

The Gillig Low Floor (originally named Gillig H2000LF and also nicknamed Gillig Advantage) is a transit bus manufactured by Gillig since 1997.

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Go-To card

The Go-To card is a contactless smart card used to pay fares for bus, light rail, and commuter rail lines operated by Metro Transit and other transit agencies in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Go-To card are transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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Head-up display

A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

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Headway

Headway is the distance or duration between vehicles in a transit system measured in space or time.

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Hennepin Avenue

Hennepin Avenue is a major street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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Horsecar

A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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Interstate 35W (Minnesota)

Interstate 35W (I-35W) is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Minnesota, passing through downtown Minneapolis.

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Interstate 94 in Minnesota

Interstate 94 (I-94) in the US state of Minnesota runs east–west through the central portion of the state.

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Island Press

Island Press is a nonprofit, environmental publisher based in Washington, D.C., United States, that specializes in natural history, ecology, conservation, and the built environment.

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Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos; July 15, 1951) is an American politician, actor, and retired professional wrestler.

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Labour movement

The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests.

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Lake Street (Minneapolis)

Lake Street is a major east-west thoroughfare between 29th and 31st streets in Minneapolis, Minnesota United States.

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Lane departure warning system

In road-transport terminology, a lane departure warning system (LDWS) is a mechanism designed to warn the driver when the vehicle begins to move out of its lane (unless a turn signal is on in that direction) on freeways and arterial roads.

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Light rail

Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.

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List of bus transit systems in the United States

The following is a list of presently-operating bus transit systems in the United States with regular service.

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List of rail transit systems in the United States

This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States.

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Livery

A livery is an identifying design, such as a uniform, ornament, symbol or insignia that designates ownership or affiliation, often found on an individual or vehicle.

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Mall of America

Mall of America (MoA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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Mall of America station

The Mall of America station is the busiest transit center in Minnesota, with bus and light rail service linking the Mall of America to many destinations in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro.

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Maple Grove Transit

Maple Grove Transit is a suburban public transit provider in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota serving the city of Maple Grove. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Maple Grove Transit are bus transportation in Minnesota.

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Marq2 transit corridor

The Marq2 transit corridor is a north–south thoroughfare in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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Martin Olav Sabo

Martin Olav Sabo (February 28, 1938 – March 13, 2016) was an American politician who served as United States Representative for, which includes Minneapolis; the district is one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota.

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MCI D-Series

The MCI D-Series is a model of motorcoach bus produced by Motor Coach Industries (MCI).

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Metro A Line (Minnesota)

The Metro A Line is a bus rapid transit line in the Twin Cities, Minnesota operated by Metro Transit. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro A Line (Minnesota) are bus rapid transit in Minnesota.

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Metro Blue Line (Minnesota)

The Metro Blue Line is a light rail line in Hennepin County, Minnesota, that is part of the Metro network. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro Blue Line (Minnesota) are light rail in Minnesota.

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Metro C Line (Minnesota)

The Metro C Line is a bus rapid transit line in Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis, Minnesota operated by Metro Transit. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro C Line (Minnesota) are bus rapid transit in Minnesota.

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Metro D Line (Minnesota)

The Metro D Line is a bus rapid transit line in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro D Line (Minnesota) are bus rapid transit in Minnesota and transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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Metro E Line (Minnesota)

The Metro E Line is a planned bus rapid transit route in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Edina. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro E Line (Minnesota) are bus rapid transit in Minnesota.

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Metro G Line (Minnesota)

The Metro G Line, previously known as the Robert Street Corridor, is a proposed bus rapid transit corridor, from Little Canada to West Saint Paul via downtown Saint Paul on Rice and Robert Streets. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro G Line (Minnesota) are bus rapid transit in Minnesota.

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Metro Green Line (Minnesota)

The Metro Green Line (formerly called the Central Corridor) is an light rail line that connects the central business districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota as well as the University of Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro Green Line (Minnesota) are light rail in Minnesota.

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Metro Transit (Minnesota)

Metro Transit is the primary public transportation operator in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest operator in the state. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Metro Transit (Minnesota) are 1967 establishments in Minnesota, bus rapid transit in Minnesota, bus transportation in Minnesota, commuter rail in Minnesota, Intermodal transportation authorities in Minnesota, light rail in Minnesota, Paratransit services in the United States and transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)

The Metropolitan Council, commonly abbreviated Met Council or Metro Council, is the regional governmental agency and metropolitan planning organization in Minnesota serving the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area, accounting for over 55 percent of the state's population.

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Metropolitan planning organization

A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy-making organization in the United States that is made up of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, also less commonly known as Wold–Chamberlain Field, is a joint civil-military public international airport serving the Twin Cities in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Minnesota Legislature

The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Minnesota State Highway 51

Minnesota State Highway 51 (MN 51) is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 5 (W. 7th Street) in Saint Paul and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 694 / U.S. Highway 10 in Arden Hills.

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Minnesota State Highway 55

Minnesota State Highway 55 (MN 55) is a state highway that runs across the central part of state taking a diagonal route from its western most at the North Dakota state line near Tenney to its easternmost point at the intersection with U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) in Hastings.

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Minnesota State Highway 65

Minnesota State Highway 65 (MN 65) is a highway in the east–central and northeast parts of the U.S. state of Minnesota, which starts at its split from I-35W, skipping past the downtown Minneapolis core, only to resume at the intersection with Washington Avenue (Hennepin County Road 152) at the north end of downtown Minneapolis to continue north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S.

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Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis.

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The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, also known by the acronym MVTA, is a public transportation agency that serves seven communities in the southern portion of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Minnesota Valley Transit Authority are bus transportation in Minnesota and transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis.

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Mobile browser

A mobile browser is a web browser designed for use on a mobile device such as a mobile phone, PDA, smartphone, or tablet.

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Moral suasion

Moral suasion is an appeal to morality, in order to influence or change behavior.

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Motor Coach Industries

Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is a North American multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in production of motorcoaches.

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MPI MPXpress

The MPI MPXpress is a line of diesel-electric locomotives built by MotivePower (a subsidiary of Wabtec) for commuter rail service.

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New Flyer

New Flyer is a Canadian multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in the production of transit buses.

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New Flyer Low Floor

The New Flyer Low Floor is a line of low-floor transit buses that was manufactured by New Flyer Industries between 1991 and 2014.

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New Flyer Xcelsior

The New Flyer Xcelsior is a line of transit buses available in 35-foot rigid, 40-foot rigid, and 60-foot articulated nominal lengths manufactured by New Flyer Industries since 2008.

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Nicollet Mall

Nicollet Mall is a twelve-block portion of Nicollet Avenue running through Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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North Loop, Minneapolis

The North Loop is a neighborhood in the Central community of Minneapolis.

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Northstar Line

The Northstar Line is a commuter rail route in the US state of Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Northstar Line are commuter rail in Minnesota.

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Northtown Mall (Blaine, Minnesota)

Northtown Mall is a shopping mall located in Blaine, Minnesota, United States.

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Paratransit

Paratransit (the term used in North America) or Intermediate Public Transport (also known by other names such as community transport (UK)), is a type of transportation services that supplement fixed-route mass transit by providing individualized rides without fixed routes or timetables.

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Park and ride

A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapid transit, light rail, or commuter rail), or carpool for the remainder of the journey.

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People mover

A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system.

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Plymouth Metrolink

Plymouth Metrolink is the public transit system that serves Plymouth, Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Plymouth Metrolink are bus transportation in Minnesota.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.

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Richfield, Minnesota

Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

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Riverview Corridor

The Riverview Corridor is a transit corridor connecting Downtown Saint Paul and the Mall of America in Bloomington via the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.

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Rosedale Transit Center

Rosedale Transit Center is a transit center in the Saint Paul suburb of Roseville, Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Rosedale Transit Center are bus rapid transit in Minnesota.

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Rush hour

A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County.

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Scott County, Minnesota

Scott County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Selby Avenue

Selby Avenue is a street in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that runs east–west from Summit Avenue near downtown toward the Mississippi River.

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Shoulder (road)

A shoulder (American English), hard shoulder (British English) or breakdown lane (Australian English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway.

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Siemens S700 and S70

The Siemens S70 and its successor, the Siemens S700, are a series of articulated low-floor light-rail vehicles (LRV) and modern streetcars manufactured for the United States market by Siemens Mobility, a division of German conglomerate Siemens AG.

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Snelling & Dayton station

Snelling & Dayton is a bus rapid transit station on the Metro A Line in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Snelling Avenue station

Snelling Avenue station is a light rail station along the Metro Green Line in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Snowplow

A snowplow (also snow plow, snowplough or snow plough) is a device intended for mounting on a vehicle, used for removing snow and ice from outdoor surfaces, typically those serving transportation purposes.

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Southdale Center

Southdale Center is a shopping mall located in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities.

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Southwest LRT

The Southwest LRT (Metro Green Line Extension) is an under–construction light rail transit corridor in Hennepin County, Minnesota, with service between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Southwest LRT are light rail in Minnesota.

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SouthWest Transit

SouthWest Transit is a public transportation agency that is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and SouthWest Transit are bus transportation in Minnesota and transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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St. Cloud, Minnesota

St.

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St. Paul Pioneer Press

The St.

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Target Field station

Target Field station (formerly known during construction under the names of Minneapolis Intermodal Station, Downtown Minneapolis/Ballpark Station, and The Interchange) is a multimodal commuter train and light rail station in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.

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Transfer (public transit)

A transfer allows the rider of a public transportation vehicle who pays for a single-trip fare to continue the trip on another bus or train.

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Transit bus

A transit bus (also big bus, commuter bus, city bus, town bus, urban bus, stage bus, public bus, public transit bus, or simply bus) is a type of bus used in public transport bus services.

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Transit mall

A transit mall is a street, or set of streets, in a city or town along which automobile traffic is prohibited or greatly restricted and only public transit vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, and emergency services are permitted.

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Transport hub

A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes.

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Twin City Rapid Transit Company

The Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT), also known as Twin City Lines (TCL), was a transportation company that operated streetcars and buses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Twin City Rapid Transit Company are commuter rail in Minnesota, light rail in Minnesota and transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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University of Minnesota Campus Shuttle

The University of Minnesota's Campus Shuttle is a zero-fare bus service operating on the University's Minneapolis and St. Paul (Falcon Heights) campuses. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and University of Minnesota Campus Shuttle are bus rapid transit in Minnesota, bus transportation in Minnesota and transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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Urban Partnership Agreement

The Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) is an effort of the United States Department of Transportation and agencies in four metropolitan areas across the country which are testing out several technologies as an effort to reduce congestion in urban areas. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and urban Partnership Agreement are transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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Vehicle vinyl wrap

A vehicle vinyl wrap is the automotive aftermarket practice of completely or partially covering a vehicle's original paint with a vinyl wrap.

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White Bear Lake, Minnesota

White Bear Lake is a city in Ramsey County in the state of Minnesota, United States.

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Woodbury, Minnesota

Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States, eight miles (13 km) east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94. Metro Transit (Minnesota) and Woodbury, Minnesota are 1967 establishments in Minnesota.

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46th Street station (Metro Transit)

46th Street station is a light rail station on the Metro Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Transit_(Minnesota)

Also known as 5th Street Transit Station, Hi-Frequency Network, Line F (Metro Transit), Line F (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), Line F (Minnesota), Line H (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), Line H (Minnesota), Metro F Line, Metro F Line (Minnesota), Metro H Line, Metro Line F, Metro Line H, Metro Transit (Minneapolis), Metro Transit (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), Metro Transit (Minneapolis-St Paul), Metro Transit (Minneapolis-St. Paul), Metro Transit (Saint Paul), Metro Transit (St Paul), Metro Transit (St. Paul), Metro Transit (Twin Cities), Metropolitan Council Transit Operations, Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro Transit, Minnesota Bus Rapid Transit, Route F (Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro), Route H (Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro).

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Metro Transit (Minnesota), the Glossary

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See also

1967 establishments in Minnesota

Bus rapid transit in Minnesota

Bus transportation in Minnesota

Commuter rail in Minnesota

Intermodal transportation authorities in Minnesota

Light rail in Minnesota

Paratransit services in the United States

Transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul

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