June 27 | 2023
The Transportation Omnibus bill recently signed by Gov. Tim Walz includes up to $2 million in state funding for the Transit Service Intervention Project – a coordinated effort to connect people who shelter on transit with social services and other support. The new transportation bill is already helping Metro Transit improve safety measures. We're looking for more service contractors to partner with us.
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In response to concerns of displacement around the planned Blue Line Extension, Hennepin County and the Met Council launched a first-of-its-kind community-oriented, anti-displacement initiative. For more than a year, the diverse stakeholders comprising the Anti-Displacement Work Group gathered to study and recommend ways to minimize physical, cultural, and economic displacement along the planned light rail. Read the group's recommendations report it published in May.
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