Houston’s public transit system considering rail extensions
Posted June 2, 2019 10:40 am.
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Houston’s proposed rail expansion could get bigger.
The Houston Chronicle reports that Metropolitan Transit Authority officials are still modifying the agency’s long-term plan that’s projected to begin with $7.5 billion in improvements, to develop 66 miles of bus rapid transit and at least 16 miles more of light rail.
Metro officials are reviewing proposals that include a light rail extension to Hobby Airport. The officials are close to finishing a bus and rail plan that residents will likely have one last opportunity this month to shape before the November ballot.
A 0.2-mile expansion of the Green and Purple Lines is already included in the long-term plan, which would extend from the western end of the Theater District to the Houston Municipal Courthouse.
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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com
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