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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-10-03

Light rail riders are experiencing delays along the METRO Red Line after adjustments to the timing of traffic lights.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-08-07

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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calebcalebjasik@mas.to
2025-04-22

Sign the petition to bring back the University BRT to Houston!!

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@houstondsa.bsky.social #Houston #HoustonMetro #SafeStreets

Houston DSA In 2003, Harris County voted for a mass transit network which included a University line. Federal funding was blocked by former Rep. John Culberson. In 2019, Harris County voted for a mass transit network which included a University line. Federal funding was blocked by Mayor John Whitmire. Enough is enough. The need to better connect our communities remains. Join our campaign to demand that our leaders build the transit we voted for: Our Vote, Our METRO Learn More/ Sign the Petition >>>The Issue Mayor Whitmire and METRO Chair Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock, a CenterPoint Energy executive, have undemocratically shelved METRONext, a voter-approved 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 voters, they have proposed their own plan, METRONow, which shifts focus from transit to: 1. Policing a. Significant increases to METRO Police funding b. Taking over HPD's $25m traffic enforcement budget - once part of its $1B budget 2. Microtransit services provided by Evolve Houston, a nonprofit co-founded by CenterPoint Energy a. non ADA-compliant b. non-unionized c. the agency already offers similar services (curb2curb, METROLift, Gulfton Circulator) that are ADA compliant and operated by unionized drivers 3. Repaving roads a. Including those that offer no METRO bus services By scaling back on mass transit, METRONow is also a step back on climate action and abandons the light rail expansion to Hobby Airport and fleet of electric buses with zero-tailpipe emissions which were key elements of METRONext.Background In 2019, by two-thirds majority, Harris County voted to fund METRONext, The plan includes a 75-mile BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) 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. In June 2024, Mayor Whitmire blocked S1b in federal funding, the first major cut to MetroNext, and the University Corridor BRT was shelved. The University Corridor BRT is the second voter-approved mass transit line between Hillcroft and Eastwood - the first was a light rail line, part of the 2003 referendumWhy This Matters • The University Corridor BRT's route sends it through communities such as Gulfton, Third Ward, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens which have faced decades of environmentally racist development patterns. Gulfton, Houston's densest neighborhood, is 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. Also, according to the Houston Chronicle, 12% of Gulfton residents do not have cars. 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. At a time when the cost of living - cars, insurance, rent, groceries, etc. - is rising, we must ensure that all communities have access to transit; no community should be left behind.
Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-04-11

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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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-11-08

The federal funding will go toward transportation-centric planning in Houston's Gulfton neighborhood.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-10-30

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 Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-09-03

Houston Metro will now have a route that is serviced by all-electric buses

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calebcalebjasik@mas.to
2024-07-02

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#Houston #HoustonMetro #Metro

calebcalebjasik@mas.to
2024-06-16

#Houston #HoustonMetro #Walkability #Buses

Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-05-03

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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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-01-09

Houston police are still searching for a man suspected of being involved in a stabbing incident that left one dead on a Houston Metro train Sunday night. Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia@www.houstonpublicmedia.org
2023-10-20

METRO to offer free rides to polling locations in Houston next week

Voters need to inform bus operators or fare inspectors that they are going to, or coming from a polling location for a free lift next week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2023/10/20/467310/metro-to-offer-free-rides-to-polling-locations-in-houston-next-week/

#earlyVoting2023 #elections #houstonMetro #MetropolitanTransitAuthority

straystrayfaux
2022-11-18

Why is it that when I just barely miss the that's running on time that always means the next bus is gonna run late?!

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