Six months after its launch, Metro Transit’s new E-Line connecting Northeast Minneapolis and Edina has already become one of its most-traveled bus routes.
The E-Line has averaged about 5,600 daily rides since its opening in December, making it the third busiest Metro Transit bus route, behind the D-Line’s 11,600 average daily rides and the B-Line’s 9,900 average daily rides, according to 2026 data from the agency.
For most of the day, the 13-mile-long E-Line runs every 10 to 12 minutes, picking up and dropping off riders every third- to half-mile…