via: myfoxhouston.com HOUSTON – A male who was seen running away from the scene of a minor vehicle accident has died after he was struck by a METRO bus. The male was involved in the two-vehicle accident on Westheimer Road near State Highway 6 around 12:15 a.m. Thursday and ran east on Westheimer Road. Police […]
HOUSTON — A METRO bus collided with another METRO bus near downtown Houston Monday. Officials said a METRO bus was traveling on Quitman Street at Maurie when it was rear-ended by another METRO bus shortly after 8 a.m. Read More
via: myfoxhouston.com HOUSTON – Construction began after 6 a.m. Tuesday in preparation to lay down light rail lines that will extend METRO service into southeast Houston. METRO Southeast Houston Expansion Begins: MyFoxHOUSTON.com Read more: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/traffic/110705-metro-southeast-houston-expansion#ixzz1RFrahVjQ
Veteran Houston news anchor and reporter Jerome Gray has accepted the position of vice president and senior press officer for Metro. Most recently anchor at KPRC (Channel 2), Gray’s contract with the NBC affiliate was not renewed late last year. According to a Metro news release: Gray, a media professional with more than 20 years […]
Some MetroLift riders complain that the service is rarely on time and has caused missed appointments. Melanie Almaguer was just 15-years-old when she lost the use of her arms and legs. I met her when she was in the hospital just after she was shot between the eyes during a robbery. Police thought it ended […]
…about 120 contracts related to expansion efforts will be suspended or canceled, while the Metro awaits either federal funding stalled by Buy America violations or some alternative board action. Read More:
Citing a decline in tax revenue and a drop in ridership, the Metro board Thursday announced the transit agency would see a $49 million shortfall during this fiscal year. The overall money crunch had already begun to slow construction on the North and Southeast light-rail lines, which have yet to receive $900 million in funding […]
The Metropolitan Transit Authority will shut down its entire Main Street light-rail line for much of the weekend to make way for construction of a bridge for Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Read more
Via HOUSTON (KTRK): The METRO board of directors meets today and big changes are in store. The agency has been embattled in a document shredding scandal for weeks and today Houston Mayor Annise Parker is expected to announce her 5 new appointments to the board. As we’ve been telling you now for quite some time, […]
by khou.com staff HOUSTON—A Metro bus and a light rail train collided Monday afternoon near the St. Joseph Medical Center in downtown Houston. It happened around 2:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Parkway and Main Street. Officials said at least 18 people were taken to the hospital after the crash. None of the injuries appeared to […]
Eliminating fares on Metro buses and trains, as Mayor Annise Parker recently suggested, would cripple the agency’s light-rail expansion plans and force reductions in service to people who depend on public transportation, board chairman David Wolff said on Thursday. At the close of the monthly board meeting, Wolff read aloud his Feb. 11 letter to […]
The train and bus are seen after the accident in Houston...
