TRANSPORTATION
The agency's capital improvements budget increased 106% from last year with funding for METRONext and new electric buses. (Courtesy METRO)
METRO adopts largest budget in agency history
Person on a smartphone.
TxDOT launches new travel app for Houston
Photo of local officials and Collins Aerospace representatives cutting a ribbon
Collins opens its doors at the Houston Spaceport & Houston sees transportation investment from state
The United Transportation Program aims to help infrastructure updates and development throughout the state. (Courtesy Texas Department of Transportation)
Texas Transportation Commission adopts 10-year road construction plan
A project to expand Northpark Drive from four to six lanes between Hwy. 59 and Russell Palmer Road and add an overpass over the railroad went out to bid on Aug. 17 with construction expected to begin shortly after. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Northpark Drive overpass project goes out for bid
The plan includes METRO’s five high-occupancy vehicle and high-occupancy toll lanes along I-45 North, I-45 South, I-69 North/Hwy. 59 North, I-69 South/Hwy. 59 South and Hwy. 290. (Courtesy METRO)
METRO makes weekend use of high-occupancy vehicle, toll lanes permanent
All I-45 southbound lanes near Conroe will be closed Aug. 19-22. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
All I-45 southbound lanes will be closed Aug. 19-22 from Crighton Road to FM 1488
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County board members and government officials gathered Aug. 15 to celebrate the Federal Transit Authority award. (Courtesy METRO)
Federal Transit Authority awards METRO $21.6M for electric buses
Greater Houston area residents may be seeing more of their monthly expenses go toward transportation costs. (Nathan Colbert/Community Impact Newspaper)
Q&A: How vehicle, gas prices are affecting Houston commuters, economy
Close up of the top of traffic cones, with a construction hat on one of the cones. A construction vehicle is in the background.
Harris County commissioners approve $37.7M in engineering design contracts for all-electronic tollways
Construction is slated to begin this fall on a project to replace the existing center turn lane on FM 1314 with a raised median between Ferne Drive and South Loop 494. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Work slated to begin this fall on FM 1314 safety improvements
Sanjay Ramabhadran (left), chair of METRO's board of directors, swears in Roberto Treviño, Harris County Toll Road Authority executive director, to the board. (Courtesy METRO)
METRO adds HCTRA executive director to its board
Segment 1 runs from Business FM 1960 to Twigswroth Lane, while Segment 2 runs from Twigsworth Lane to the San Jacinto River bridge. (Ronald Winters/Communtiy Impact Newspaper)
Work underway on FM 1960 Segment 2 widening project
A police officer rides parallel to light rail tracks on a segway
METRO Police Department introduces C.A.R.E. unit to aid unhoused individuals
Segment 1 runs from Business FM 1960 and Twigsworth Lane, while Segment 2 runs from Twigsworth Lane to the San Jacinto River bridge. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Construction continues on FM 1960 Segment 1 widening project
Work continues on a project to build a new four-lane bridge on Timber Forest Drive where it crosses the Union Pacific Corp. railroad tracks. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Work continues on Timber Forest Drive bridge over Union Pacific Corp. Railroad
Following an announcement in April that Spirit Airlines would be adding an aircraft maintenance facility and 50 jobs to Houston, the airline company announced via a news release July 19 that it will also be adding a new pilot and flight attendant crew base to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Courtesy Spirit Airlines)
Spirit Airlines to add 450 jobs with new pilot, flight attendant crew base at IAH
An aerial shot of highways in Texas.
TxDOT adds $150M in funding for rural, urban public transportation
A bus driver sits at the wheel of a METRO bus.
METRO board allocates millions for bus operator safety, retention