News & Events

Following months of analysis and community engagement, Metro Transit finalized recommendations for the next three bus rapid transit (BRT) alignments that will become the METRO F, G, and H lines.

Between mid-December and the end of January, our GooseChase event drew 80-plus enthusiastic teams to embark on “missions” in pre-identified locations of the regional parks system.

Shuttered businesses, canceled gatherings, reduced business capacity, working from home, and social distancing have ultimately meant reduced travel across the region.

The Metropolitan Council will introduce fares beginning March 1 for essential health care workers who use the service.

Edina will purchase single-family homes, make sure they’re up to code, and then lease them to us. We will rent the homes to lower-income working families and oversee the day-to-day management.

Metro Plant scientists say research they’re doing with colleagues at the University of Minnesota Genomics Center could help predict COVID-19 outbreaks even before testing can identify cases.

As the region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Met Council distributes about $200 million every two years to projects that meet regional transportation needs.

The goal is to improve connections between the new bus rapid transit line and other bus routes.

Over the course of the 2020 construction season, project staff and our contractor encountered unforeseen conditions in Minneapolis that will take longer to overcome.

The Metropolitan Council awarded $3 million in polluted-site cleanup grants that promote redevelopment and economic opportunity in the region.

The Metropolitan Council awarded $5.5 million in grants for affordable housing, the largest award from the affordable housing fund in the 25-year history of the Livable Communities program.

Bridging facilities, designed to attract people to the regional parks who have not visited before, are part of an update to the 2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan.