Archive for April, 2006

More Culberson politics for Universities line?

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Three weeks ago, stakeholders for METRO’s Universities line gathered at St. Luke’s UMC. Houston Mayor Bill White told the enormous crowd that “we make our best decisions when we listen to each other,” and “this won’t be the end of the conversation.” Houston City Council Members Anne Clutterbuck, Ada Edwards, and Pam Holm have […]

And we wonder why we can’t afford great urban transit yet?

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Before each Tuesday meeting of the Commissioners’ Court, all the Harris County department heads gather for an agenda briefing on Monday. I sat in on it this morning and this item caught my attention:

1.a.3. Recommendation that the County Judge be authorized to execute transportation improvement agreements as part of the Metro Multi-Cities Program between the […]