Left Out

Uptown's rapid bus transit plan takes a blow: $460 million proposal voted down by one council

By Whitney Radley

04.23.13 | 4:03 pm

A Houston-Galveston Area Council committee voted not to include the Uptown Management District's proposed Bus Rapid Transit system among the projects included in the governmental plan ...

Troubles on the tracks

Railroad Revival Tour canceled, Band of Horses reschedules at House of Blues

By Whitney Radley

10.09.12 | 7:30 am

First, the bad news: The second annual Railroad Revival Tour has been derailed.  The eight-stop tour was to feature outlaw country stars Willie Nelson and Jamey Johnson playing sold out co ...

Riding the rails

Full speed ahead for 205 MPH bullet train between Houston and Dallas? 2020 set as target date

By Whitney Radley

08.16.12 | 12:03 pm

The 250-mile trip between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth made in 90 minutes or less? Texas Central High-Speed Railway leaders say that it's possible, without public financing and within the next ...

Back-Up Plans

Lana del Ray, The Fray & Third Eye Blind bail on SXSW Music; here are some worthy replacements

By Dan Solomon

03.11.12 | 6:03 pm

Lost amid the hype that comes with the initial release of the SXSW band list is a disappointing truism: Like soldiers storming the beach at Normandy, there’s going to be some attrition, and n ...

Running a red light

Close call for Ziggy's: A dump truck & a METRO train collide and cafe almost takes the brunt of it

By Tyler Rudick

10.04.11 | 11:21 am

A METRORail train derailed after colliding with a dump truck at the corner of Main Street and Capitol Tuesday morning. Thirteen passengers, and both the train and dump truck driver, were sent ...

What's next?

When the commute goes Dr. Seuss: Flying fish the latest obstacle thrown in Houston drivers' way

By Sarah Byerley

07.25.11 | 1:06 pm

If you were unlucky enough to be heading to work around 6:30 this morning, you might have happened upon an unsightly scene: Frozen fish scattered throughout the northbound lanes of Highway 59 near ...

Fast trains, slow politics

Is Texas finally ready to jump aboard a high-speed rail? Going faster takes a long time

By Peter Barnes

03.14.11 | 2:09 pm

After missing out on the last round of funding, Texas is finally in a position to spend some of the $53 billion the Obama administration recently proposed for a high-speed rail. Boasting five of th ...

The Sweet Science Stars

Boxing Gym is a contender: Movie about an Austin gym delivers a TKO

By David Theis

12.22.10 | 7:04 pm

Looking for some Christmas uplift? I can recommend a happy dose from an unlikely-sounding source: Boxing Gym, the latest documentary from the great Frederick Wiseman. First, let me state the ob ...

The CultureMap Interview

Riding the musical rails: Song man/anti-networker Tom Russell gets off the train for Houston

By Susan Darrow

10.21.10 | 6:10 pm

The storied career of singer-songwriter Tom Russell has taken him all over the world. Early on, somewhere between teaching school in Nigeria during the Biafran War and driving a New York cab, he pl ...

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