METRO debuts visions for a new rail Central Station
Top designers brought out their best offerings Thursday for a new light rail Central Station, to be located on Main Street between Capitol and Rusk Streets. The Downtown District, in partnership with...
View ArticleWatch the road, because Friday is Bike to Work Day
Pump up your tires. Friday is Houston Bike to Work Day. You can chart your own path or join the group ride that’s scheduled to depart at 7 a.m. Friday from the Bike Barn, 5339 Weslayan, to ride to...
View ArticleMetro rail construction causes downtown lane closures
As part of Metro light rail construction downtown, restoration of the roadway on Texas Avenue is requiring some temporary lane closures through next week, Metro announced. During peak traffic hours,...
View Article9 hurt in accident involving Metro bus
A least nine people were injured Tuesday when a Metro bus rear-ended a vehicle in northwest Houston, causing a chain-reaction crash involving 11 vehicles, according to the Metropolitan Transit...
View ArticleActivist chains himself to tree to block move for Metro rail line
Ovide Duncantell, director of the Black Heritage Society, chained himself to a tree Tuesday morning to block its upcoming move into MacGregor Park. “I would go to prison for this tree,” said...
View ArticleSigned agreement lays out plan for relocated tree
A document spelling out the role of the Black Heritage Society in a proposed Martin Luther King Jr. memorial plaza in MacGregor Park wasn signed hours after Metro moved a 29-year-old oak tree blocking...
View ArticleMetro fires second driver in as many weeks
A Metro bus driver who was involved in a chain-reaction crash Monday that injured at least nine people has been fired from his job, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority. It was the second...
View ArticleFired driver said METRO got it wrong about wreck
The METRO bus driver involved in an 11-car accident earlier this week told KTRK he was trying to stop the bus, despite recently released footage the transit authority says appears to show him...
View ArticlePickup driver goes to hospital after wreck with Metro bus
A collision between a pickup and a Metro bus Saturday afternoon near downtown sent the truck driver to the hospital, according to KTRK-TV. The accident happened just before 1:15pm on Alabama Street at...
View ArticleMetro police arrest suspect in alleged sexual assault on a bus
A man accused of sexually assaulting a passenger on board a Metro bus early Wednesday has been arrested and is in jail on $100,000 bond, according to law enforcement records.Metro police investigators...
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