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Houston Matters

What Future Transit Options Does Houston Need?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on February 12, 2019 · City Council Member Amanda Edwards talks about a task force focused on the future of mobility in the city.

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Houston Matters

Full Show: Future Transit Projects, And Adventure Playgrounds (Feb. 12, 2019)

Abner Fletcher

Posted on February 12, 2019 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: The debate over hiring more prosecutors, planning to meet our future mass transit needs, adventure playgrounds, and novelist Ann Weisgarber.

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Posted on September 21, 2023 · A pilot study from Houston Public Media found that bus shelter shade was on average half as effective at cooling riders as tree shade -- a potential solution for METRO and the City of Houston as climate change makes the heat worse for transit riders. 

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Posted on September 12, 2023 · Two raised concrete platforms for bus riders near the intersection of Heights and 11th Street, which were part of a broader redesign of 11th, are being removed by Houston's public transportation provider.

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Posted on September 7, 2023 · On Thursday's show: We learn why the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued an immediate lockdown at all Texas prisons this week.

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