Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Metro arrests Park and Pillage burglars

May 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Park and Pillage bandits have been arrested, according to Metro Police: Fingerprints on a car that had been broken into at the Addicks Park & Ride lot last month helped Metro police capture two

Twin Cities Metro can't get a working "smart card" system from Cubic Corp.

May 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Cubic Corp, which has failed to deliver a working “smart card” system for Metro and is being sued by Metro, has also failed to deliver a functional “smart card” system for the Twin Cities Metro

MetroRail faces a big repair headache

May 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

As Rad Sallee reports, Metro is disclosing it has a problem with the light rail system: After more than a year of rail operations, Metro President and CEO Frank Wilson revealed recently that 12 of

Mobility solutions for Houston

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tory Gattis, who writes the Houston Strategies blog, has three posts on how to solve Houston’s traffic woes: a network of express lanes, private transit options, and financial incentives to get employees to stop driving

Now 911 dispatchers have a productivity policy (updated)

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here are two sentences from Mayor White’s most recent State of the City speech: As a community we must build consensus to put emergency services on a sound, sustainable financial basis. Public safety will come

Here's the new definition of world-class: an $81 million park

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Isn’t it nice that a New York-based company can come to Houston and tell city officials that if they would just spend $81 million on a 12-acre park, Houston “could” be redefined as a “great

blogHOUSTON on the radio

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s Saturday morning, which means Kevin will be on BizRadio 1320 with Charles Kuffner at about 10:15 or so. Tune in!

Aldine ISD in the running for top urban school district prize

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Aldine ISD is one of five finalists to be named the Broad Foundation’s top urban school district: The Broad Foundation announced today the finalists of the 2005 Broad Prize for Urban Education, an annual $1

Dr. Saavedra surprises HISD Teacher of the Year nominee

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD superintendent Dr. Abe Saavedra surprised a teacher yesterday by giving him the rest of the day off: Port Houston Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Jarrett Reid Whitaker was not expecting guests in his after-school science

Tolled overpasses for Grand Parkway scrapped in Fort Bend County

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Elam points to this story on Fort Bend County’s Grand Parkway that says TxDOT has decided not to build tolled overpasses, due to the negative reaction from Katy residents: Pressure from Katy-area residents led