By Grace Jacobson / News Director

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The New Year brings a new way for planning your trips with Metro Bus.

Metro Bus Fixed Routes are now on Google Maps!

Google Maps gives multiple route options to Metro Bus riders, which can be adjusted for current or later departure times.

It also allows them to plan trips, send to others, save for future use and add them to their calendars.

If riders don’t want to use Google Maps, they can still use the Trip Planner tool, interactive route maps and PDFs of schedules on ridemetrobus.com and the Metro Bus Smart Ride App.