Showing posts with label mass transit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mass transit. Show all posts
Monday, October 01, 2018

Past Time For METRO To Build Rail To Hobby and IAH

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When I travel to many east coast cities, the ATL, Chicago and even Dallas, one of the things all those cities have in common is a rail com...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

METRO Rolls Out The New Bus System

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Even though I possess a valid Texas driver's license that I had to fight nine months to get renewed and missed the 2013 city elections...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

METRORail Green and Purple Lines Opening Delayed Until 2015

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One of the presents we Houston light rail enthusiasts were hoping to get this Christmas was the opening of the METRORail Green and Purple li...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

DART Orange Line To DFW Opens

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As you TransGriot readers know, I'm an unabashed mass transit supporter, especially when that transit system in question contains a rail...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

WMATA Will Finally Open Silver Line July 26

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When I was up in DC for the LGBT Innovation Summit and took the Metrorail train to Capitol Hill, one of the things I noted was the direction...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

White Suburban Houstonians-If You Want Rail...

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Tell your GOP legislators representing you to stop messing with METRO's ability to get federal dollars so we can build it faster. As...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

METRORail Test Train Phase Beginning On East End Line

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METRO just opened the North Line extension to daily revenue service last weekend, and now comes word that the testing phase on the East End...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Smile, You're On METRORail Crimefighting Camera!

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The METRORail Red Line extension to the Northline Mall Transit Center from UH Downtown was completed ahead of schedule.  It has undergone ...
Wednesday, October 02, 2013

METRORail One Step Closer To Red Line Extension Opening

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In my last transit post about the status of the METRORail Red Line's North Line Extension, it was ahead of schedule construction wise an...
Wednesday, September 04, 2013

A Good, Bad, Ugly and Great METRO Transit Day

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As you've probably noted I've been a longtime public transit rider and fan, especially if your local transit system has a rail compo...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

WMATA Silver Line Service Start Delayed Until 2014

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Houston area folks aren't the only ones having to wait for eagerly anticipated transit rail service to commence.   So are the peeps in...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

SEPTA Transit Passes No Longer Have Gender Stickers

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On July 1 there were a few changes that went into effect for the riders of SEPTA, the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority.  The base ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

METRORail North Line Test Train Run Begins

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Getting another step closer to service starting on the METRORail Red Line North extension later this year. Construction on this 5.3 mile...
Friday, April 12, 2013

METRORail Passes 100 Million Boardings Mark

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I went downtown Tuesday to run some errands that required me to ride the METRORail to do so.  I was pleased to find out that my rail t...