The system under which the Hiawatha light-rail line and future rapid-transit lines will operate will be known as "Metro" when the Central Corridor line begins service in 2014. 
Transportation
Delta Air Lines is spearheading a reinvention of airport concessions at MSP, and the results are already apparent.
Overall ridership on Metro Transit services climbed 3.5 percent in 2011, driven primarily by increased bus rides; rail transportation, meanwhile, fell just short of year-prior levels.
The DriveScribe mobile application blocks incoming calls, e-mails, and text messages while a vehicle is in operation; provides voice commands; and calculates a "safe driving score" after each trip; among other functions.
The new "Delta Away We Go" app allows Facebook users to plan a trip, invite their friends, discuss details, and purchase plane tickets without ever leaving the social-networking site.
Several months after acquiring a motorcycle company and then a maker of low-speed electric-powered vehicles, the Medina-based company has bought a stake in Brammo, which makes electric motorcycles.
With the closure of the regional airline's Eagan office, about 200 of the company's 800 jobs in the state will reportedly be cut, and it's unclear how many workers will be offered other jobs at the company's Memphis, Tennessee office.
Sun Country Airlines' "Winter-Is-Just-Around-the-Corner" sale features one-way fares starting at $79, and comes on the heels of a similar-and successful-promotion last month.
Federal authorities have given permission for engineering work to begin on the downtown Minneapolis-to-Eden Prairie light-rail line and approved a route for the proposed Twin Cities-to-Duluth passenger train.
Electric vehicles on the rise.
The Great Minnesota Get-Together has raised at-the-gate prices by $1 for adults and $8 for children.
The Davis family, Minnesotans who own Cambria Holdings and Davisco Foods, purchased the airline, which emerged from bankruptcy in February. An attorney representing the trustee in the Petters bankruptcy case, who oversaw the transaction, said that the involved parties sought to keep the price confidential, and declined to disclose the sales price.
Sears Imported Autos had to choose between two German luxury brands. Here’s why it picked Mercedes-Benz.
The airport is expected to close Thursday afternoon, and-assuming water levels drop as expected-reopen at least its primary runway to air traffic on Monday.