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MetroRail and contractor Houston Rapid Transit are chilling 9,000 pounds of ice each day to make sure crews stay cool enough to work during the season’s high temperatures. Crews are given regular training to prevent and recognize heat illness and instructed to be aware of and limit disturbance to the community during early hours.
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The cost of the work, estimated at $12.5 million, was approved by the Metro board in December 2010 as an addition to the fiscal year 2011 MetroRail expansion budget.
Read More →A team of graduating seniors from Rice University created, with the help of Houston Metro, a system for public transit that would continually clear the air in the bus of pathogens.
Read More →Executing the transformative travel plan with more than 40 projects will require the skills of a broad range of industry experts.
Read More →The $188 million grant, providing funding for the new North and Southeast lines to connect the university’s main campus with the Energy Research Park pathway. UH will build a new transit center, which will house Hertz Connect cars, a Metrorail train station, a UH shuttle stop and possibly a bike sharing program.
Read More →METRO receives federal funding for transit-oriented development along the Gulfton Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Line, allowing the creation of a comprehensive strategy focused on enhancing mobility, housing, and community development.
Read More →For the men and women who run the MTA’s vast network of subways and buses, Superstorm Sandy was a trial, not by fire, but by wind and water.
Read More →Construction contract, valued at $1.46 billion, is projected to generate approximately 60,000 direct and indirect jobs before the four light rail lines, approximately 20 miles, are completed.
Read More →Officials concede more refinement is needed to gain riders on buses and trains.
Read More →Houston Metro tests a new light rail training simulator that the agency hopes will curtail a high incidence of crashes.
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