Metro Council needs your help!

Wow, second blog entry in a month! Can you believe it?

Reading the paper this morning, a big headline in the Metro section told readers that the Metropolitan Council, which oversees Metro Tranit, is looking for simpler names for its "burgeoning" transit system in the Twin Cities.

Right now, you just have the Northstar rail and the Hiawatha light rail - but Metro Transit will be adding Bus Rapid Transit lines and new light rail lines (if funding isn't severely cut), and possibly another commuter rail line. Eventually, it'll get pretty confusing, especially to visitors to our Twin Cities.

But, according to the Metropolitan Council, this new name will only apply to rapid bus transit and light rail. Then, they will color code the separate lines - for instance, lets say the Met Council decides to call it the "T" (which still is an iconic logo for Metro Transit). Then, the Met Council might change the Hiawatha light rail to "The Blue Line," the Central Corridor light rail to "The Red Line," and so forth.

So, what would you call the new rapid transit system around here? The Met Council wants to hear from you. Through 5 pm on March 18, you can send suggestions to: data.center@metc.state.mn.us. Peronally, I like the "T," but, apparently, Pittsburgh uses that moniker for its transit. For the full article from today's Pioneer Press, click "Metro Council needs your help!"