Houston19514 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 (edited) 53 minutes ago, j.33 said: And keep in mind, all of the METRONext projects (University Corridor BRT, Inner Katy BRT, and Gulfton BRT) had monthly updates every month for the METRO Board for the past 2-3 years up until March or April 2024, which is right after Chair Brock was appointed. METRO had been working very hard on all three of these projects up until then... And they appear to have been sleep-walking towards insolvency, which would have required cuts to bus service in order to pay for the BRT lines etc. I encourage everyone to watch yesterday’s board committee meeting. https://ridemetro.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2621 As others have mentioned above, I do wish they would look at proceeding with the core section of the U-Line, at the very least from Wheeler Station to connect with the Silver Line. Edited June 19 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: And they appear to have been sleep-walking towards insolvency, which would have required cuts to bus service in order to pay for the BRT lines etc. I encourage everyone to watch yesterday’s board committee meeting. https://ridemetro.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2621 As others have mentioned above, I do wish they would look at proceeding with the core section of the U-Line, at the very least from Wheeler Station to connect with the Silver Line. I agree if they don't build the whole thing at minimum the inner loop should be completed. Not sure if if it's possible but maybe some partnership between the TIRZs and METRO to improve transit inside the loop is the only way this will get done. I doubt current mayor and METRO board members he appointed will allow something like this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 not an easy thing to solve, but I've said it before, and I'll say it again... METRO needs to be folded into HCTRA. for every dollar spent on toll roads they should be forced to spend some amount on buses and BRT and LRT. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 On 7/12/2024 at 11:44 AM, samagon said: not an easy thing to solve, but I've said it before, and I'll say it again... METRO needs to be folded into HCTRA. for every dollar spent on toll roads they should be forced to spend some amount on buses and BRT and LRT. That will never happen. The state, and some current local, powers hate rail and bus and just want to build roads. I don't see Metro or HCTRA ever giving up their own empires, either, and the Legislature won't do anything about. Can you imagine the damage done by exploding heads if toll road money was ever used for mass transit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 On 7/12/2024 at 11:44 AM, samagon said: not an easy thing to solve, but I've said it before, and I'll say it again... METRO needs to be folded into HCTRA. for every dollar spent on toll roads they should be forced to spend some amount on buses and BRT and LRT. If that happened, it expect the HCTRA would end up getting Metro money, not the other way around. It seems to me that Metro being an island is the only thing keeping it from being shut down entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWantTransit555 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Honestly Metro and other Texas transit agencies should be getting money from the state transportation funds. Maybe have some ratio of highway to transit funding like @samagon said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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