METRO: Think Outside the Bus

Do you have a workplace "spouse?' At METRO, there are numerous workplace spouses, just like any other workplace. And just like spouses, they bicker, they laugh, they help each other out, and sometimes they divorce and move on. Tatia interviews a group of workplace spouses and friends at METRO and examines her own quest for a spouse at work.

Molly and Tatia are in Anaheim, California for a national conference and interview Dean Harris from Western Reserve Transit Authority. WRTA is getting ready to test an Autonomous bus, but before that discussion, Dean and Molly discuss their divorce from being work spouses and Tatia is questioning her work spouse trust issues. And Grace, well, just listen!

Tatia and Molly talk with community leader Tara Mosley Weems about her Women Supporting Women event at Hardesty Park on September 21, 2024. There will be live entertainment, speakers, vendors, and women owned business to support throughout the day. Let's go!

The Akron PRIDE March and Festival is Saturday, March 24th and METRO is a proud sponsor of the festival and has a group of the METRO team in the March. Join Molly and Tatia as they discuss with PRIDE organizer and volunteer, Phil Montgomery, how Pride got started, how it's grown over the years, and what to expect this year. Just another way we are CommUNITY Driven!

Join Tatia and Molly this week as we talk with Forever R Children about their new shower bus for the unhoused. Talk about thinking outside the bus, or inside the bus really! There is some lollygagging talk with Eric during our Moment of Grace and Jarrod tackles the three S's and some non-negotiables in the world of showering!

Tatia and Molly meet with the dynamic owner of Srina Tea House & Cafe, located near METRO's administrative offices on Kenmore Blvd. Srina is changing the way you look at organic foods and teas and is helping with the Kenmore Blvd revitalization efforts. Can you say chicken & waffles? YUM!

Join Tatia & Molly for a chat with the Akron NAACP President Judi Hill. They delve into voter registration and the power of your vote. Remember, METRO Direct is FREE on election day in November!

Join us this week as we learn about what it takes to be a bus operator (did Molly say "all up in your grill?") and learn how to apply. Find out about METRO's hiring event where you can stop by to test drive a bus!

Akron Summit County Public Library (ASCPL) and METRO sit down to talk about all the happenings in the world of the ASCPL. From Library On the Go, to the story machine, a 150th anniversary, and Elmo cake pans the library has reinvented itself and is Thinking Outside the Book! (see what we did there?)

This week we are honored to welcome the Acting FTA Administrator Veronica Vanterpool. We discuss women in transit, safety, transit oriented development, transit career paths and hiring, and system redesigns. Join us on this look at transit from a national and local perspective.

Welcome Nate to METRO's Planning Department. As the new Director Nate is ready for the challenges of transit planning and the many benefits transit offers to make communities vibrant. Also, what is your favorite plant or flower...Nate wants to know, based on his past career. Hmmmm?

Join us as we talk about Earth Day and how public transit is green each and everyday, just by taking cars off the road... and so much more!

This week we are discussing the The Domino Effect, a new initiative to recognize METRO team members and sponsored by Dominos Pizza. We also have a moment of Grace on what pizza topping people like. YUMMY!

Meet Shawn, METRO's Chief of Police. Find out how he got started and how his approach to policing is creating a community inside and outside METRO buses. Also, find out who are some of our favorite cops and detectives on tv and in the movies.

The sound of METRO is this week's episode. Listen to radio spots over the years promoting METRO's events and services. Hear a never before heard spot, two controversial radio spots, and hear from a guitar playing bus rider who creates his own music and plays the guitar, sometimes while riding. >>>Look up Adonis Boyd on Spotify to hear more of this METRO rider's music.

METRO and its team members give back both professionally and in their personal lives. Take a listen to team members who are making a difference. Bambi is always on the go and Robin created alldogs.net to help fund the needs of shelter dogs.

Learn about METRO's Mechanic Apprentice Program, toddler sized wrenches, if Molly has ever driven a bus, and hear about the first jobs of others in our community.

Interview with CFO Angie Neeley-Awards for Finance Excellence...and DECORATING?

2023 Recap with METRO CEO Dawn Distler

METRO changed routes on 6/4/2023. Learn how it's going and ever evolving!

Let's learn about METRO's Summit Stories and where our transit-loyal riders are going this week!

Premier episode of Think Outside The Bus podcast.