Bauer Business Focus
Startup Offers Tesla Rides Between Texas Cities
Posted on · ElecTrip targets corporations with its environmentally friendly door-to-door transportation service.
Tag: transportation
Houston Matters
A Mattress? A Toilet? What’s The Craziest Debris You’ve Seen On Houston Highways?
Posted on · News 88.7 transportation reporter Gail Delaughter talks with Houston Matters about why we have so much junk on our roads.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Federal Employees Brace For The Unknown, And Dealing With Road Debris (Feb. 14, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: How federal employees are preparing for the unknown, the pros and cons of property tax reform, the business of modern fertility, dealing with road debris, and the sport of axe throwing.
Houston Matters
What Future Transit Options Does Houston Need?
Posted on · City Council Member Amanda Edwards talks about a task force focused on the future of mobility in the city.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Future Transit Projects, And Adventure Playgrounds (Feb. 12, 2019)
Posted on · 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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1634: Daedalus
Posted on · Episode: 1634 Flying the Aegean Sea in Daedalus’ slipstream. Today, we mix a magic drink for Daedalus and Icarus.
Local
Judge Lina Hidalgo Has A Plan To Boost Public Engagement In Harris County
Posted on · An online survey is aiming to get public input on topics such as transportation and early childhood, and there are other initiatives.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1620: The Indian Canoe
Posted on · Episode: 1620 The Indian canoe — another perfected technology. Today, birch-bark canoes.
Houston Matters
2018 In Review: Houston’s Biggest Transportation Stories
Posted on · From the end of construction on most of 290, to adjustments in public transit, Houston Matters looks back at the year's biggest transportation stories.
Houston Matters
Full Show: East Side Gentrification, And The Year In Transportation (Dec. 18, 2018)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: A report expects crime and murder rates to decline in most big cities -- except Houston. Then, a study examines which of Houston's neighborhoods are the most susceptible to gentrification. Plus, we reflect on the year's biggest transportation stories. And John Lomax III discusses the contributions of his father, John Avery Lomax, Jr., to the documentation of American folk music.
Transportation
Dallas-Houston Bullet Train Critics Want To Boost Texas Oversight Of Eminent Domain Use
Posted on · As private developer Texas Central moves ahead with plans to build what could be the country's first high-speed rail line, a handful of state lawmakers hope to try next year to give the state more authority over the project.
News
Houston School District Reviewing More Bus Routes
Posted on · District managers hope to finish the review and make any changes by February.
In-Depth
Can Officials Fix A Crowded Roadway In Kingwood?
Posted on · Planners say along with moving traffic, they want to keep the road from flooding during another storm.
News
Union Leader Urges Houston School District To Cross-Train Custodians As Bus Drivers
Posted on · Earlier this fall, the interim transportation chief, John Wilcots, said that the district needed to hire about another 120 drivers.
In-Depth
A Nearly Three-Hour School Bus Ride Turns Into A Medical Emergency
Posted on · The latest incident reveals that the Houston Independent School District has yet to fix problems with its reorganized transportation system, three months after the start of school.