Intermodality

KUHF reports that the city, the Gulf Coast Freight Rail District, and METRO have reached an agreement on a grade separation on Harrisburg to allow the East End Line to reach Magnolia Transit Center. City Councilman James Rodriguez: “This whole Metro Solutions works if you’re able to connect to a major transit center, so going [...]

Note: this is an April Fool’s blog post. The outcome described occurred only in an alternate universe where transportation agencies coordinate their planning. The problems are real; the solutions — for now — are not. In October of 2007, METRO realized they had a problem. The Federal Railroad Administration has long permitted light rail tracks [...]