They have been a long time coming, but bike racks are finally here for METRO’s buses! METRO launched its bike racks on buses program Friday with a press conference and festival event at their headquarters. Woody Speer of BikeHouston and I were among the first riders to test our bikes in the new racks!
The […]
CTC is a member-driven organization and it’s time for our annual member meeting!
This year, we will meet at an exciting new venue: Houston TranStar’s operations center on Old Katy Road. TranStar is Houston’s futuristic control center to:
provide real-time traffic data operate dynamic highway message signs manage regional emergencies like hurricanes and floods dispatch SafeClear wreckers for crashes […]
Back in February, State Representative Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) introduced HB 1813 which calls for direct election of Houston METRO board members. Currently, METRO’s nine-member board is appointed by each of the local governments within its service area. As a result, 16 elected authorities –- the City of Houston, Harris County, and 14 smaller municipalities -– […]
The City of Houston Charter calls for the City to prepare a general plan for future development and infrastructure. In summer 2006, City Council voted a budget amendment authorizing the Planning Commission to create a workplan to move the City towards producing a general plan. Since then, there has been heated public debate about what […]
