July 2015 - blogHOUSTON

Texas Supreme Court delivers another stinging rebuke to Parker Administration

July 30, 2015 Kevin Whited

Just over a month ago, the Texas Supreme Court delivered a stinging rebuke to the Parker Administration, holding that Mayor Parker’s handling of the rain tax referendum was deceptive and misleading to voters. Last Friday,

Marking the decennial METRO/Culberson lovefest

July 28, 2015 Kevin Whited

We’ve been busy the first half (or so) of the year — as tends to happen with folks who manage to remain employed in Houston’s energy sector during a major oil price downturn — so

Danger Train ridership below projections; crashes exceed expectations

July 20, 2015 Kevin Whited

In an earlier post, Neal Meyer noted that METRO’s expensive new rail lines are failing to meet the transit organization’s ridership projections, which doesn’t really come as a surprise. However, the new rail lines may

METRO rail update: July 2015 – on the new rail lines and bus network

July 15, 2015 Neal Meyer

This past Friday, 10 July 2015, the Houston Chronicle‘s current transportation beat writer, Dug Begley, posted what was the second story on the ridership numbers for the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s newly opened rail lines, and