In May, the temperature increased, and so did MVTA ridership!
May Highlights:
1. Systemwide ridership is up 8.3% compared to 2025 through May
2. MVTA Connect broke a single-month ridership record with 20,800 rides. This is up 19.3% from 2025.
3. Express ridership is up 10.3%
REMINDER: MVTA’s Summer Service Change begins tomorrow, June 1 ☀️🚌
Be sure to check how your route may be impacted before you ride. Click the link below for details and updated schedules.
🔗: https://t.co/nFdayFoCpx
🚲 It’s #NationalBikeMonth!
Did you know 3% of MVTA riders bike to their bus stop or station?
All MVTA buses are equipped with bike racks on the front, and many stations offer bike racks and locker. Try combining biking and transit on your next trip!
Join the MVTA South Metro Transit Coalition of Businesses today! 🚍
The Coalition is a FREE partnership program connecting employers with MVTA to improve workforce mobility, transit access, and regional collaboration.
Join the coalition today: https://t.co/aQ8uhIdvPq
There’s still time to send a note to your driver for a chance to win an MVTA prize package!
🎉 5 winners will receive an MVTA prize package
📅 Winners announced Monday, June 1
📧 Be sure to include your email to be entered
Submit your message here:
https://t.co/nsn4vxmvQ5
Also, join MVTA and the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce, MN, for a Station Open House on Wednesday, June 17, from 8:30–10:30 AM!
RSVP using the link below!
🔗: https://t.co/iy2qMMqNG6
🎉157th Street Station in Apple Valley is reopening on Monday, June 1! 🎉
We’re excited to welcome riders back with added service from the station, including:
Route 420 to Apple Valley Transit Station & Dakota County Technical College
Route 477 to Downtown Minneapolis
Today, we remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. ❤
Reminder: MVTA will operate a weekend schedule today, Monday, May 25.
🔗: https://t.co/zT71phMa7s
In honor of Memorial Day, MVTA buses will operate on a weekend schedule on Monday, May 25.
That means the routes that normally operate on weekends will be operating with the schedules used on weekends.
Click the link below to learn more.
🔗: https://t.co/zT71phMHX0
MVTA is proposing a couple updates as part of the 2026 Fall Service Change.
Proposed Changes:
🟢 Routes 490 and 493 would be combined to provide additional trip options from Southbridge Crossings Park & Ride and Marschall Road Transit Station
🔗: https://t.co/IfTl372ocZ
Has your driver gone above and beyond? Let them know! 🚌
Submit a message through the link below for a chance to win one of 5 MVTA prize packages 🎉
🗓️ Winners announced Monday, June 1
📧 Include your email to be entered
🔗: https://t.co/nsn4vxmvQ5