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Rerouting Houston Buses

Video: One Metro Bus Driver’s Simulated Training

Starting Monday, Transportation reporter Gail Delaughter looks at Metro’s new bus routes, the effort to attract new passengers, and the impact on transit riders.

Big changes are coming for Houston’s bus riders as Metro prepares to roll out a major redesign of its entire network. It also includes training new drivers.

Valerie Lawhorn

| August 7, 2015, 8:25 AM

Houston Metro drivers are in the middle of training to get ready for the new bus routes. Watch as one driver-in-training takes on the simulator.

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