Keep MN Moving

05/10/2019

Ecolab CEO Doug Baker and Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter were recently joined by business and civic leaders to highlight the importance of the B Line bus rapid transit (BRT) to businesses and employees, visitors, residents and more. They also discussed the need for high-quality transit to help attract and retain workers. Please watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ApQc8bH4ig0

03/29/2019

At a busy park & ride in the west metro this morning, business and civic leaders called for transit investment. Minneapolis Regional Chamber President Jonathan Weinhagen said "Inaction is not an option. The longer we wait to make these investments, the more it will cost us. Those costs won't just be monetary - they'll also be lost time and lost productivity - things we can never get back."

03/22/2019

Keep MN Moving testified at the Minnesota House of Representatives Transportation Committee in support of strategic & important transit investments in Governor Tim Walz's budget. Transit gets Minnesotans to jobs, school, events & more -- with more than 12 million transit rides in Greater MN each year and 95 million in the metro area. Many employers are telling us that more & more of their employees want to get to work via transit, but not enough good options exist right now.

02/26/2019

Statement from Keep MN Moving regarding bus improvement projects included in Gov. Walz's bonding proposal - https://mailchi.mp/mzacompany/statementfeb26bonding

02/20/2019

Via MinnPost: "The bus system in the Twin Cities and surrounding communities received special attention in Gov. Tim Walz’s budget proposal Tuesday: He wants electric coaches, new routes and more frequent service."

02/19/2019

Statement from Keep MN Moving on Walz transit proposal - https://mailchi.mp/mzacompany/statementfeb19

02/05/2019

ADVISORY: Georgia Republican State Representative & Vice President of Metro Atlanta Chamber to speak about transportation progress - https://mailchi.mp/mzacompany/advisoryfeb7

12/14/2018

We launched Keep MN Moving this week because we must expand transit across the state to increase access to jobs and attract future workers. We hope you'll join with us to make it happen!

You can watch our full press conference online here.

B Kyle (President of the Saint Paul Area Chamber), Jonathan Weinhagen (President of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber) and Will Schroeer (Executive Director o...

12/13/2018

Finance & Commerce: Keep MN Moving group aims to boost transit - "A new business coalition wants to ensure transit development is a conversation for the entire state, not just the Twin Cities area."

New business coalition forms to boost support statewide

12/12/2018

KARE 11: Leaders from across Minnesota are teaming up to push for more transit across the state.

Keep MN Moving supports investments in cost-effective and well-designed transit because our goal is a thriving, economically healthy state.

Leaders from across Minnesota are teaming up to push for more mass transit across the state. The Minneapolis Regional Chamber, St. Paul Area Chamber, and "East Metro Strong" have formed "Keep Minnesota Moving." They want to expand bus systems and rapid transit bus lines, and not just in the metro.

12/12/2018

The launch of Keep MN Moving is in today's Star Tribune:

“We want to end the us-vs.-them discussion that’s been occurring and bring Minnesotans together around transit plans,” Jonathan Weinhagen, president and CEO of the Minneapolis chamber, said at a news conference Tuesday.

The time is right, they say, with new state leaders.

12/11/2018

We support better transit in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota because our goal is a thriving, economically healthy state.

A new coalition of metro area groups called “Keep Minnesota Moving” will push at the State Capitol not only for more funding for transit in the Twin Cities, but also in Greater Minnesota. Will Schroeer with East Metro Strong points to a MN-DOT report that says rural Minnesota has 120 million dol...