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Minneapolis, the 'City of Lakes,' may rebill itself as the 'City of Rail' with the opening of the Hiawatha Light Rail line.(Metro Transit)

From: Railway Age  |  Date: 8/1/2004  |  Author: Luczak, Marybeth

We understood early on that first impressions were paramount to our system's success," says Edward Hunter, assistant general manager-Transit System Development for Metro Transit (MT), operator of the Twin Cities' new $715.3 million Hiawatha Light Rail system (and provider of local bus service). That's why management's mission from the start has been to be "very responsive and sensitive to the community," he explains.

Since the Federal Transit Administration issued a Notice to ...

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