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The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County has approved a one-time $1.8 million payment to workers on the front line during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Houston
11:15 AM Jul 24, 2020 CDT
METRO board approves $1.8 million payment for frontline workers during COVID-19
METRO saw a 53% drop in total monthly ridership in May 2020 compared to last year. Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Houston
1:59 PM Jun 26, 2020 CDT
METRO: Transit ridership fell 53% in May compared to last year
METRO now requires all riders to wear face coverings in all vehicles, facilities and transit centers. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Houston
3:28 PM Jun 25, 2020 CDT
METRO board passes mask requirement; fare collection to resume
METRO transit mask requirement
Houston
2:11 PM Jun 22, 2020 CDT
METRO may require passengers to wear masks while riding transit
METRORail
Houston
5:00 AM Jun 11, 2020 CDT
METRORail to interrupt weekend service for maintenance
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County could see over $100 million in losses in sales tax revenue in fiscal year 2020-21. (Courtesy METRO)
Houston
5:33 PM May 20, 2020 CDT
METRO sales tax revenue could see over $100 million hit in fiscal year 2020-21
Park & Rides will resume limited services beginning May 18. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Houston
12:53 PM May 15, 2020 CDT
METRO to reopen Park & Rides on limited basis May 18
METRORapid
Houston
5:25 AM May 13, 2020 CDT
METRO begins test runs for rapid transit service through Uptown district
A METRO bus operator working the 2 Bellaire route has tested positive for COVID-19. The transit provider is asking passengers who traveled the route to carefully monitor their status. (Courtesy METRO)
Houston
1:54 PM May 11, 2020 CDT
Bellaire route bus operator tests positive for COVID-19, METRO says
METRO saw a 25% drop in monthly ridership numbers in March 2020 compared March 2019. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Houston
2:40 PM May 7, 2020 CDT
METRO: March 2020 transit ridership down 25% compared to last year
Houston Mayor Slyvester Turner announced the creation of the Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities Food Assistance Program to help deliver groceries to people with disabilities. Courtesy METRO.
Houston
11:15 AM Apr 22, 2020 CDT
METROLift to make 500 grocery deliveries a week to people with disabilities
Three bus operators have tested positive for coronavirus, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County announced April 14. The new cases bring the total number of positive cases to 10 METRO employees and one contractor. (Courtesy METRO)
Houston
11:00 PM Apr 14, 2020 CDT
METRO: 3 bus operators test positive for coronavirus
Installing orange meshes across local buses is one of the measures METRO is taking to ensure appropriate social distancing between bus operators and passengers. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Houston
12:20 PM Apr 8, 2020 CDT
METRO heightens preventative COVID-19 measures
A METRO employee and a contractor have tested positive for COVID-19, the transit provider announced April 2, the fifth and sixth cases announced by the transit provider within the last week. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Houston
8:32 AM Apr 3, 2020 CDT
METROLift contract driver, METRORail cleaner test positive for COVID-19; agency now has six workers affected
METRO bus
Houston
5:26 PM Mar 31, 2020 CDT
Two additional METRO employees test positive for COVID-19
METRO
Houston
12:34 PM Mar 30, 2020 CDT
METRO reduces Park & Ride service, closes HOV lanes; two employees test positive for COVID-19
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Six Sugar Land restaurants, including Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, are participating in Houston Restaurant Weeks 2020. (Courtesy Perry's Steakhouse & Grille)
Houston
7:00 PM
Sugar Land features Houston Restaurant Weeks participants, city to ticket those without masks: News from the metro
Downtown skyline view from Sam Houston Park.
Houston
4:20 PM
How to get rent relief: Houston’s proposed expansion program to offer at least $19 million in aid
Montrose streets
Houston
6:00 AM
Walk/bike study lays out path for Montrose to become ‘20-minute neighborhood’
Local restaurants offer special multicourse prix-fixe menus during Houston Restaurant Weeks. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Houston
7:00 PM
Houston Restaurant Weeks returns, 3 new eateries open in Katy: News from the metro
Four baseball teams, including the Sugar Land Skeeters, will compete in 56 games at Constellation Field this July and August. (Courtesy Sugar Land Skeeters)
Houston
7:00 AM
Sugar Land Skeeters start summer stretch, Black Restaurant Week returns: Business and community updates from Houston area
Regent Square, a mixed-use project near Allen Parkway, is one of dozens of projects in the pipeline inside the Loop. (Matt Dulin/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
7:35 AM
Houston's Inner Loop multifamily construction boom faces COVID-19 headwinds
Firefighters, police officers, solid waste collectors and bus drivers in Houston have all been affected by coronavirus exposure. (Courtesy Pexel)
Houston
6:30 PM
From solid waste collectors to firefighters, Houston’s public workers facing strain from coronavirus exposures
apartment complex
Houston
8:57 AM
MAP: More than 2,000 apartment units under construction in Katy area
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller recently backed a movement calling for the reopening of winery and distillery tasting rooms and brewery and brewpub taprooms. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Houston
7:00 PM
Museum scales back reopening, bar owners react to second shutdown and more: Houston-area business, community news
North Houston Highway Improvement Project
Houston
1:44 PM
H-GAC group will look at crafting a five-party agreement around I-45 overhaul