TRANSPORTATION
METRO’s board of directors approved the Veteran Owned Business Enterprise and Disability Owned Enterprise programs during its Sept. 22 meeting. (Courtesy Pexels)
METRO introduces programs to support businesses owned by veterans, those with disabilities
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
Harris County Precinct 3 is studying a project that would expand West Riley Fuzzel Road from a two-lane roadway to a four-lane concrete boulevard between I-45 to 200 feet west of West Hardy Road. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County Precinct 3 studying West Riley Fuzzel Road expansion
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
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
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
TxDOT is preparing to begin construction later this year on a project that will expand FM 1960 from six to eight lanes between Hwy. 249 and Cutten Road. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Construction on Willowbrook-area FM 1960 widening project delayed until late 2022
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
Harris County Precinct 3 officials said construction is nearing completion on a project to install a traffic signal at the intersection of Aldine Westfield and Sciaaca roads. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Work nears completion on improvements at intersection of Aldine Westfield, Sciaaca raods
Work continues on a project to construct a 2,100-foot-long concrete twin bridge on Gosling Road over Spring Creek to tie into the four-lane concrete boulevard to the north and south. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Work continues on Gosling Road bridge over Spring Creek
Construction is underway on a project to widen Gosling Road from two to four lanes with a raised median between West Rayford Road and Creekside Forest Drive in north Spring. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Construction continues on Gosling Road Segment 3 widening
Work is underway on a project to replace the I-45 southbound frontage road bridge over Cypress Creek. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
TxDOT expedites construction timeline for I-45 southbound frontage road bridge replacement
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