Archive for January, 2006

Intermodal Center: the pieces

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

Since the Northern Intermodal Center (METRO’s name for the thing, as far as I can tell) has sparked discussion in our forums as well as at Houstonist, Houston Strategies, and Off the Kuff, I figured it’s worth a little more discussion.

(Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center, photo from DART)

Since METRO hasn’t gone out and said what […]

Grand Central Station?

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

The Chronicle reported on Friday that the METRO board hired Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects to design the intermodal transportation center just north of Downtown.

The ITC is an important aspect of the revised METRO Solutions plan unveiled in June. This is where the Main Street light rail line, Bus Rapid Transit lines to the North […]