By Ella Tyler May 12 will be a busy day for many. Calendars are filling up with graduations, Houston’s Art Car Parade, the Sierra Club garage sale, a variety of excursions, and getting ready for Mothers’ Day.
By Ella Tyler The Texas Department of Transportation has indefinitely suspended the state Transportation Enhancement Program, which distributes federal grants to local governments for projects that “encourage diverse modes of travel, increase the community benefits to transportation investment, strengthen partnerships between state and local governments, and promote citizen involvement in transportation decisions.†The grants are informally referred to as STEP…
By Ella Tyler In the past ten days, METRO staff, engineers and consultants have literally rolled out aerial maps, engineering drawings, and artists’ sketches of six possible routes for the University Corridor rail line at three neighborhood meetings. The meetings have been well attended, with, according to the Houston Chronicle, about 150 people at the final meeting on July 25.