Houston Matters
Increasing Tolls, And A Host Of New World Records: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Top Stories
Local Leaders Support State Funding For Grand Parkway, Upcoming Affordable LGBTQ Senior Living Center, Backlash Against Galveston Police Over Arrestee Led By Rope, And More
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Transportation
Local Leaders To Austin: Don’t Defund Proposed Grand Parkway Segments
Posted on · The Texas Transportation Commission is considering pulling the project amid changing sentiments over toll roads.
Transportation
Houston’s Grand Parkway Receives $605 Million Federal Loan For Further Expansion
Posted on · The money will help build the eastern section of the massive toll road project. Earlier segments were built using similar loans.
Houston Matters
The Year in Houston Transportation — 2016
Posted on · It happened in a flash — 2016 is almost in the books. It’s been a busy year for Greater Houston, so we’re taking some time this week to recap this past year’s biggest developments with our beat reporters, covering transportation, education, energy, politics and arts and culture and sports. But we begin with the year in […]
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The Year in Transportation, Ask the Vet, and UH’s New Coach: Monday’s Show: (December 12, 2016)
Posted on · It happened in a flash — 2016 is almost in the books. It’s been a busy year for Greater Houston, so we’re taking some time this week to recap this past year’s biggest developments with our beat reporters, covering transportation, education, energy, politics and arts & culture and sports. On this edition of Houston Matters, […]
Transportation
Fort Bend County Hopes New Project Will Ease Traffic Congestion
Posted on · It could be years before construction starts on a segment of the Grand Parkway toll road in Fort Bend County. But drivers can now start using one of the frontage roads.
Transportation
TxDOT Commission Approves $70 Billion For Congestion Relief And Mobility Improvements
Posted on · That money will help pay for some major projects in the Houston region.
Houston Matters
The Challenge of Protecting Houston Prairies Amid Constant Development
Posted on · Following our recent Houston Matters road trip to the newest stretch of the Grand Parkway, in which we learned how some nearby residents and businesses are being affected by the new leg of 99, we received an e-mail from a listener bemoaning how such development adds to the dissipation of prairies on the edges of Greater […]
Houston Matters
How New Sections of the Grand Parkway Are Affecting Residents and Businesses
Posted on · A new section of the Grand Parkway is now open, east from I-45 onto US 59. And that’s where Houston Matters host Craig Cohen was last week, driving with a passenger in tow — News 88.7 transportation reporter Gail DeLaughter. They decided to check out the new section of the parkway (technically called Texas State Highway 99) and […]
Houston Matters
Killing Time in a Houston Traffic Jam
Posted on · Now, we share a quintessential Houston experience: sitting in a traffic jam. En route to do segment about The Grand Parkway, Craig Cohen and News 88.7 transportation reporter Gail Delaughter got caught in a traffic jam. It’s something we’ve all experienced in Greater Houston. But it got Craig and Gail talking about what we Houstonians […]
Transportation
The Newest Segment Of The Grand Parkway Is Opening To Traffic
Posted on · The new toll lanes are expected to open Tuesday in time for the afternoon rush.
Transportation
There’s A New Way To Get On I-10 Near Katy
Posted on · Greater Houston keeps pushing to the west, and that means big traffic problems for areas that used to be rural but are now turning suburban. A new project is designed to bring some relief.
Transportation
Fort Bend Commuters Hope For Traffic Relief With Long-Awaited Toll Road Extension
Posted on · Officials say the Westpark Tollway project is desperately needed to ease congestion.
Energy & Environment
Texas Has Thousands Of Bad Dams, Two In Houston Deemed ‘Extremely High Risk’
Posted on · As Houston Public Media reported last month, millions of dollars are being spent to repair two dams that hold back storm water on the west side of Houston. They are among over 7,000 dams listed as “hazardous” in Texas. But because so many people and structures would be at risk should these two dams fail, they’re getting attention.