5 EYEWITNESS NEWS found there are mixed reactions to Metro Transit’s new Gold Line, which opens Saturday. The Gold Line is a bus rapid travel route that runs from Woodbury to St. Paul, serving 16 ...
Since Metro Transit opened the Gold Line in March, Fred LaPlant has been taking the new rapid bus line to his job as a lab manager at Solventum on the 3M campus in Maplewood a couple of times a week.
The $505 million Gold Line bus rapid transit project, which is slated to begin service in the east metro in March, will be extended to downtown Minneapolis in 2027, Metro Transit announced Tuesday.
The Gold Line is now in action, connecting 10 miles of the east metro with a dedicated bus route for faster and smoother commutes. Riders, who were ready for the opening on Saturday as early as 5 a.m.