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Weekend brunch for 8 September 2019

September 8, 2019 Kevin Whited

Turner administration press secretary Mary Benton steps in it (again); the battle over HISD continues; some Post Oak BRT lanes are too narrow; and more!

METRO/Uptown Post Oak BRT boondoggle suffers yet another setback

September 7, 2019 Kevin Whited

Kevin Whited comments on the latest setback affecting the METRO/Uptown Post Oak BRT boondoggle

Nontransparent, unaccountable quasi-government follies: Uptown TIRZ edition

October 26, 2017 Kevin Whited

At the Texas Monitor, Trent Seibert has published an interesting report on John Breeding, the president of the Uptown TIRZ, apparently behaving badly when it comes to public transparency and accountability regarding the latest money

Noteware: The Post Oak bus Uptown guideway: A runaway train

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

The proposed “BRT” (Bus Rapid Transit) project along Post Oak Boulevard is proceeding despite growing protests from affected businesses and the few residents who are aware of it. The BRT is a dedicated bus lane,

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

King: Growing concerns over TIRZs

June 13, 2015 Editor

GROWING CONCERNS OVER TIRZs by Bill King Like most Houstonians, I have not paid too much attention to the growth of tax increment reinvestment zones (“TIRZs”). However, recently they have been coming under greater scrutiny