Transit Improvements

Blue and yellow bus with red trim at a but stop with passengers boarding.

Bus

Metro Transit continues to expand its offerings of fast, frequent bus rapid transit lines, including the METRO Gold Line, the state’s first bus rapid transit line to operate partially on its own roadway between downtown St. Paul and Woodbury, which opened in March 2025. The METRO B Line (currently Route 21) will open in June 2025; the METRO E Line (currently Route 6) in December 2025.

 

Planning continues on the METRO F Line (currently Route 10), METRO G Line (currently Route 62 and Route 68), METRO H Line (currently Route 3), and the METRO Purple Line, which will connect communities between downtown St. Paul and northeast suburbs. 

 

Metro Transit is undertaking an arterial BRT plan update to identify the next three planned arterial bus rapid transit (BRT) lines – the J, K, and L lines – planned to open between 2030 and 2035.

Metro Transit also is always looking for ways to improve its transit service, which includes making routes faster and more reliable, through its Speed & Reliability Program and Better Bus Route projects.  

White bus with blue and yellow accents.

Network Now

The Met Council’s endorsement of Network Now follows more than a year of engagement with riders, transit workers, and local leaders. The framework will be implemented through quarterly service changes made over the coming years as resources allow. 

Fully implementing the improvements outlined in Network Now would expand transit service by 40% compared to 2023 levels. 

Block of granite carved into the form of a Great Northern locomotive drive wheel.

Facilities

Learn more about Metro Transit’s work to beautify its facilities through Public Art and improve the customer experience through its Better Bus Stops program. You can get involved in your neighborhood and Adopt-A-Stop.

White, blue and yellow light rail car at Government Plaza.

Light Rail

Work is already under way on construction of the METRO Green Line Extension (also known as the Southwest Light Rail Project) between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. Planners are also working on the proposed METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau Transitway) between downtown Minneapolis and northwest communities.

Thumbnail map of future METRO lines.

Long-term plans

Metro Transit is looking to the future while it serves the Twin Cities region today. See the long-range planning work done in the Metropolitan Council’s Transportation Policy Plan, a document that guides regional transportation planning through 2050.