Inexpensive and Environmentally-friendly Transportation Solution in East St Paul!

Coming from Northeast Minneapolis, it took me over an hour to bus to my college Metropolitan State University in St Paul. Because I only still use the Metro Transit bus and lightrail, I understand the importance of it for work, my college, and to see live entertainment. I look up its routes usually just from its website's trip planner or Google Maps.

Taking this type of public transportation is far less expensive and takes less energy than driving, but can take about an hour just to go to 10 miles in many cases. Prices are generally only $1.75 (and $2.25 during rush hour) a ride that can transfer 2 1/2 hours, or passes that include $59/month for rides that require a regular fare, $85/month for rush hour, or less than $200/semester for college students depending on which school they go to. With these prices, the warmth and relaxation it provides, it usually being safer than driving in snow and ice especially, and the fact that it does not ruin our environment nearly as much as other vehicles do, it should be the choice for getting from place to place for many more people. For those making the decisions on Metro Transit, I also propose that more routes be established for faster rides and less waiting and walking.

One great solution to this is to expand the lightrail all the way to East St Paul. Personally the lightrail train makes me getting to my new job at the Mall of America so much easier, but not everyone in Minnesota is so lucky right now to both live and work near lightrail stations. However the Gateway Corridor should provide the same in East St Paul, and with enough support, aka voices that matter, the lightrail will go where it is also needed to the Eastside of the twin cities!