While riding the Blue Line over the holidays, Ernest Morales III was approached by a Metro Transit officer who asked him: "Did you pay your fare?" Morales — Metro Transit's police chief, who had indeed paid the fare — later laughed about the encounter with the community service officer (CSO) and said it was proof that the transit agency's new fare compliance program is working. The officer .
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After taking a gander at passenger demand, Metro Transit is extending its New Year’s Eve light-rail schedule so the final trains of the night leave downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis past midnight. The schedule had initially called for the final light-rail departures of 2023 to roll out around 11:15 p.m. from the downtown St. Paul Union Depot and Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. .