Recent examples
BRT. Traveling in a dedicated bus lane, passengers on METRO Gold Line travel through Saint Paul, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale and Woodbury in only 35 minutes. Ramsey and Washington Counties, through the Gateway Corridor Commission, initiated studies on this corridor in 2010. Following the completion of environmental analysis and adoption of the preferred option into the region’s transportation policy plan, Metro Transit became the project lead while the counties continued to fund nearly half of the total project cost. Service started March 22, 2025.
Passenger Rail. Amtrak Borealis provides a second daily passenger train between Union Depot in Saint Paul, Milwaukee and Chicago, stopping at many smaller cities and towns in between. Ramsey County participated in studies and planning led by MnDOT and WisDOT starting in 2015. Service started May 21, 2024 with Borealis ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers in its first year.
LRT. People travel between the Twin Cities on METRO Green Line over a million times each year. The route takes you from Union Depot in downtown Saint Paul, through the State Capitol and University of Minnesota, to Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. Ramsey County led the project starting in 2001 and transferred it to Metro Transit in 2006. Service started on June 14, 2014.