Unused Metro Transit Buses in North Minneapolis Storage Lot

Metro Transit buses in a storage lot in North Minneapolis at night.
Metro Transit buses in a storage lot in North Minneapolis at night.

Metro Transit operates the bulk of bus and rail service across Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the surrounding Twin Cities metro area. Its fleet includes standard 40-foot coaches like the ones numbered here, typically pulled from routes for storage, repair, or reassignment between garages. During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency cut scheduled service significantly as ridership dropped, leaving more buses parked than usual. Metro Transit is run by the Metropolitan Council, the regional planning body that also oversees transit for the seven-county Twin Cities area.

Photo taken in April 2020.

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