st. cloud metropolitan transit commission the transit center in downtown st. cloud serves both metro bus lines and jefferson lines buses . slogan the people picker uppers founded 1969 headquarters 665 franklin avenue ne locale st. cloud minnesota service area benton county sherburne county and stearns county minnesota service type bus service paratransit routes 19 hubs 2 fleet 37 website http www.ridemetrobus.com the st. cloud metropolitan transit commission branded as metro bus is the primary provider of mass transportation in st. cloud minnesota . service is provided daily using a fleet of 37 full sized buses . the agency was formed in 1969 after the private st. cloud bus lines began to cut routes and increase fares leading the minnesota state legislature to establish a transit authority to make up for perceived inadequate service . nineteen total routes are available in the system providing access to the community via nearly 700 bus stops . thirteen city routes are provided plus the northstar link which connects commuters to the northstar line train to minneapolis . additionally five routes are primarily intended for st. cloud state university scsu students . about 2.4 million people used the service in 2009 . metro bus is one of the only public transit agencies in the nation to have transit signal priority at all traffic lights . since 2003 a universal transit pass has been part of scsu fees which has greatly increased ridership . a downtown transit center serves as a transfer point for many lines and also serves jefferson lines intercity buses and northstar link service . contents 1 regular routes 2 northstar link 3 st. cloud state university routes 4 external links regular routes edit most of these routes operate in loops originating at the downtown transit center at the corner of 1st street south and 5th avenue south . on weekdays most routes run every half hour during rush hours and every hour during non rush hours . on weekends most routes run every hour . 1 waite park 2 pantown 3 westside 4 northside 5 southside 6 eastside 15 7 eastside 45 weekdays only 9 southeast 10 westwood departs from mcleland rd encore capital gr does not run on sundays 11 university 12 route 75 departs from 11th av s 22nd st s weekdays only 21 sauk rapids 15 weekdays only 22 sauk rapids 45 31 sartell 32 sartell departs from sartell walmart 33 southwest departs from crossroads center northstar link edit the northstar link route 887 is a commuter bus route connecting st. cloud to metro transit s big lake station which is currently the northernmost stop on the northstar line commuter rail service which opened in 2009 . the train is eventually expected to serve st. cloud directly but the northstar link bus has taken on the role in the meantime . the northstar link makes three stops in st. cloud the downtown transit center scsu and a commuter parking lot at lincoln avenue se and u.s. highway 10 . on fridays a special midday northstar link roundtrip designated 887f continues to from downtown minneapolis making additional stops at elk river ramsey anoka and coon rapids . the northbound trip treats those northstar stations as flag stops disembarking passengers must tell the driver at minneapolis boarding passengers must call ahead . st. cloud state university routes edit 91 husky shuttle day loop between wick science building and parking lots at south end of campus 92 husky shuttle night loop extends up to north side of campus 93 sundowner 95 late night departs from transit center external links edit metro bus northstar link retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title st. cloud metropolitan transit commission & oldid 741167150 categories bus transportation in minnesota navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 20 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view