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Ryde offering free lifts in Houston’s Third Ward as part of months-long pilot program

Posted on July 14, 2023 · A Texas-based company, with funding from Evolve Houston and Houston City Council District D, is using electric vehicles to provide rides in an underserved part of the city where many residents do not have their own automobiles.

Transportation

Houston officials create truck route plan, limiting 18 wheelers on certain city streets

Posted on November 29, 2023 · The city will designate certain roads as truck routes, preventing big trucks with three or more axles or weighing more than 26,000 pounds from driving on smaller streets, with the exception of deliveries being performed.

City of Houston

Houston City Council members proposing ordinance to address skyrocketing water bills

Posted on November 22, 2023 · The agenda item proposed by Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Mary Nan Huffman and Amy Peck is currently under review by the city's legal department before it can be placed on a future council agenda. If approved, it would decrease the timeframe the public works department has to correct erroneous water bills, unless it's in the customer's favor.

City of Houston

Houston City Council approves ordinance to expand downtown entertainment district

Posted on November 16, 2023 · The ordinance brings lax alcohol restrictions by allowing businesses to sell alcohol within 300 feet of a church, school, public hospital, or within 1,000 feet of a school that has requested an alcohol-free zone.

Airports

Houston City Council enters agreement with United Airlines for project at Bush Airport, funding still on pause

Posted on November 15, 2023 · Funding for the Terminal B project still remains on pause after the city controller, Chris Brown, halted the plans last week, failing to sign off on the first installment of $150 million.

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Transportation

Ryde offering free lifts in Houston’s Third Ward as part of months-long pilot program

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