Transportation
Metro Wants To Make Its Light Rail Trains More Visible
Posted on · Houston's transit agency is giving its light rail trains a paint job. They're getting a big splash of color so you’ll see them coming.
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Transportation
What Houstonians Want To See In A Regional Transit System
Posted on · Metro is looking for ways to expand to the suburbs. The agency is currently getting input from the public on how to do it.
Transportation
Houston Metro Riders Hop Aboard The Super Bowl Train
Posted on · Train promotes activities in downtown Houston in the week before the big game.
Transportation
Drivers And Pedestrians Are Warned About The Dangers Of Railroad Crossings
Posted on · Texas leads the nation in the number of car-train collisions. There are also a high number of accidents involving people walking on tracks.
News
An Illegal Left Turn Caused The Metro Light Rail Train Crash
Posted on · Metro is looking into a light rail crash that shut down part of its Southeast Line earlier today. As Gail Delaughter reports from the News 88.7 Transportation Desk, officials believe it was caused by a driver making an illegal turn. Laboring in the hot sun, crews had to pull the wreckage of […]
Transportation
Metro Releases New Video Of Near-Misses On the Light Rail Lines
Posted on · The transit agency is emphasizing pedestrian and bike safety in its latest campaign.
Transportation
Metro Says Faulty Equipment Is Causing Rail Delays
Posted on · Metro hopes a major repair project will help keep its trains running on time. Officials say they want to correct problems that could delay riders from making connections.
Transportation
Last Piece Of Houston’s Light Rail System Close To Completion
Posted on · Metro’s East End light rail line opened a year ago, but trains still can’t get to their final destination. That’s because they haven’t been able to get over a busy freight rail track.
News
West Texas Train Wreckage Continues To Smolder, 3 Missing
Posted on · The wreckage from a train collision continues to smolder as work crews prepare to remove a jumble of charred, twisted box cars strewn along tracks in the Texas Panhandle.
Transportation
Metro’s East End Overpass Project Faces More Delays
Posted on · Metro is looking at revising the construction schedule for its Hughes Street overpass. It was supposed to be finished this spring but work could go on for at least another couple of months.
Houston Matters
Houston’s New Tracks: New Light Rail Lines Finally Opening
Posted on · As we’ve heard this week on News 88.7, Houston’s newest light rail lines open this weekend after much delay. Riders can start hopping on Houston’s two new light rail lines starting Saturday (May 23, 2015). They run from downtown to the East End and Southeast Houston. In her series Houston’s New Tracks, transportation reporter Gail […]
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Katy, Western Governors University, and Black Photographers: Houston Matters for Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Posted on · From time to time, Houston Matters seeks to learn more about the communities that make up and surround the Greater Houston area. On this edition of the program, we learn about the city of Katy, 30 miles west of downtown Houston. The city is named for the “Katy” Railroad – which was, in turn, a […]
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High Speed Rail, Space Port, Crowdfunding, and the Ring Cycle: Houston Matters for Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Posted on · Former Harris County judge and Texas Central Railway President Robert Eckels is behind an effort to construct a privately funded bullet train between Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth. The mayors of those cities, late last month, expressed their unified support for the project. Texas Central Railway first proposed the plan to build the rail line back in […]
News
Renewal Train Replaces 23 Miles of Aging Rail
Posted on · A custom track-laying device has been replacing aging union pacific rail track and ties in the Houston area. Ed Mayberry watched the process as the track renewal train installs rail and concrete ties in one pass.
News
High Speed Trains Could Speed Through Texas
Posted on · Texas lawmakers are fighting to get money from the stimulus package for a high speed train across Texas. Sara Sciammacco has more. Sara Sciammaccoo reports.