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 ...

A Commuting Gamechanger

15,000 bikes on METRO a month? Surprising survey says Houston is dying to become a bike city

By Whitney Radley

03.26.13 | 1:11 pm

An update has been released on the commuter survey conducted over the past month by METRO and the Houston-Galveston Area Council, and the findings might surprise you. According t ...

Tough choices

No laughing matter: Houston trending in wrong direction with quality of life eroding, report says

By Clifford Pugh

02.27.13 | 3:28 pm

A few years ago, our Montrose neighborhood group was fighting a street closure and our councilman, Jew Don Boney, wasn't very supportive. "This is a 'happy problem'," he said, ...

The Last Mile

A streetcar in EaDo? District aims to make public transportation retro cool in Houston

By Whitney Radley

09.26.12 | 3:30 pm

With METRO's easternmost line nearing completion, the East End is looking toward more alternative transit options. Foremost in its sights? A streetcar. "Part of our ...

Stringing the beads

A bikeable Houston? Feds kick in $15 million to connect key parts of the city with bike trails

By Whitney Radley

06.22.12 | 3:06 pm

Have you been cursing the lack of connectivity of Houston's bike trails to bus stops, rail lines and even other bike trails? Your problems may soon be resolved. On Friday, Federal Highway A ...

The girth of Venus

The best ways to watch the transit of Venus: Cool glasses and food trucks in on HMNS celestial party

By Sarah Rufca

06.04.12 | 1:48 pm

The jury is still out on whether it's going to usher in the age of Aquarius, but the alignment of Earth, Venus and the sun is going to produce at least one cool effect. The transit of Venus ...

Houston's Transit Future: A Three-Part Transit Symposium

Asia Society Texas Center

05.14.12

This three-part transit symposium helps citizens understand important issues that will be in the November transit referendum. The event will offer government officials, citizen leaders and loc

Transit Mishap

Update: METRO rail service restored after shutdown left riders stranded in the heat

By Steven Thomson

06.29.11 | 2:32 pm

Update 2:51 p.m.: METRO service is running again after workers went rail car to rail car to restore the power. The system was down for about an hour. ------------------------------------------- ...

On the Road

Menage à transit: Could three-way street strategy ease Houston congestion?

By Steven Thomson

06.20.11 | 10:10 am

After decades in which car drivers remained masters of their own street domain, two guest stars are finally winning some attention: Bicyclists and pedestrians. Like any new experience, the three-wa ...

Frequency over Quantity

Houston ranks a pitiful No. 72 in job access via public transit according to new Brookings study

By Steven Thomson

05.14.11 | 11:30 am

Editor's note: Remarks from METRO board member Christof Spieler are taken from a earlier, unpublished CultureMap interview about the future of Houston public transit.  D ...