Houston Public MediaLight rail riders are experiencing delays along the METRO Red Line after adjustments to the timing of traffic lights.
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Houston ISD high school students will be able to use METRO transit services, at no cost to them, to get to and from school this year.
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calebSign the petition to bring back the University BRT to Houston!!
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Build What We Voted For: In Support of Mass Transit & METRONext
The Issue: Mayor Whitmire and METRO Chair Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock, a CenterPoint Energy executive, have undemocratically shelved METRONext, an ambitious plan to accommodate a growing and densifying population, reduce travel/wait times, advance transit equity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and support a sustainable and healthy future for our region. Instead of abiding by the will of the people, they have proposed their own plan, METRONow, which shifts focus from mass transit to significantly boost police funding, non-ADA compliant ridesharing services provided by Evolve (a nonprofit co-founded by CenterPoint Energy) despite the agency already offering similar ADA compliant services such as curb2curb and METROLift, and repaving roads that offer no METRO bus service (e.g. Texas Avenue). METRONow is also major step back on climate action as it scales back transit plans and includes investment in a fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in lieu of electric buses buses with zero-tailpipe emissions that are a key element of METRONext. Background: In 2019, by two-thirds majority, Harris County voted to fund METRONext, The plan includes a 75-mile BRT network - large electric buses on dedicated lanes that operate similar to light rail - a central part of which is the University Corridor BRT , a 25.3 mile line running across Houston's working-class communities from Westchase Park-and-Ride to Gulfton, Montrose, Third Ward/UH/TSU, and then north through Second Ward and Fifth Ward to Tidwell Transit Center. Why this Matters: The University Corridor BRT's route goes through working-class communities such as Gulfton, Third Ward, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens which have faced decades of environmentally racist development patterns. In Gulfton, Houston's densest neighborhood, 12% of residents do not have cars. The neighborhood is also an "urban heat island" which has been recorded to be up to 17 degrees hotter than the coolest parts of Harris County. Much of this is attributed to greenhouse gas emissions as well as heat-generating/absorbing transportation infrastructure. At a time when the cost of living - cars, insurance, rent, groceries, etc. - is rising, Houston deserves an affordable, sustainable and reliable transit system that connects people in all communities to the places we need to travel: home, work, school, places of worship, shopping, health, and recreation, in as efficient, and timely a manner as possible. We must ensure that all communities have access to transit; no community should be left behind. Our Petition: Enough is enough! Sign this petition to express your support for METRONext projects like the University Corridor BRT that would connect Houston's working-class communities, and to let Mayor Whitmire and Chair Brock know that you expect them to abide by the will of the people and build what we voted for!
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) is relaunching a direct bus route between downtown Houston and Bush Intercontinental Airport, with service beginning this Sunday.
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The federal funding will go toward transportation-centric planning in Houston's Gulfton neighborhood.
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Less than a year after its construction, a roundabout in North Houston has already caught the attention of Mayor Whitmire and other city offices after reports of safety concerns.
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Houston Metro will now have a route that is serviced by all-electric buses
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A Houston transportation advocacy group is "alarmed" after METRO removed from its website this week pages for three planned bus rapid transit lines, including the 25.3-mile University Corridor.
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Is METRO scrapping its plans for bus rapid transit in Houston?
The region's public transit provider, which has six new board members, recently removed from its website the pages for three planned bus rapid transit lines, including a 25.3-mile route with stops at multiple colleges and universities in the city. Bus rapid transit was part of an initiative backed by Harris County voters in 2019.