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METRORapid University Line
The University Line is a planned bus rapid transit route that would be operated by Metro in Houston, Texas, United States. It replaces a former METRORail light rail line that was proposed in the 2000s and 2010s. The University Line is scheduled to begin construction in 2025 and would be built in five sections between Westchase Park and Ride, Uptown, the University of Houston, and Tidwell Transit Center. The name of the line is in reference to the fact that the line is planned to go through all of the main universities in Houston (Rice, University of St. Thomas, University of Houston, and Texas Southern). History The METRO Solutions Transit System Plan (aka Metro Solutions Plan) was placed before voters on the November 4, 2003, ballot. One of the six proposed light rail segments as a Phase 2 to expand the Main Street line, then under construction, was the "Westpark" corridor, extending from the existing Wheeler station west to Hillcroft; and 4 stations. After the passag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Metro
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) is a major public transportation agency based in Houston, Texas, United States. It operates bus, light rail, bus rapid transit, HOV and HOT lanes, and paratransit service (under the name METROLift) in the city as well as most of Harris County, Texas, Harris County. It also operates bus service to two cities in Fort Bend County, and to Conroe in Montgomery County. The Metro headquarters are in the Lee P. Brown Administration Building in Downtown Houston. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . History The Texas State Legislature authorized the creation of local transit authorities in 1973. In 1978, Houston-area voters created Metro and approved a one-cent sales tax to support its operations. Metro opened for business in January 1979, taking over the bus service owned by the City of Houston known as HouTran. HouTran was plagued by outdated equipment, infrequent service and a route structure wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Sharpstown, Houston
Southwest Management District, formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District, is a district in Houston, Texas, United States. The district is split into 6 neighborhoods: Sharpstown, Houston, Sharpstown, Chinatown, Houston, Chinatown, Mahatma Gandhi District, Houston, Mahatma Gandhi District/Little India, Westwood (district), Houston, Westwood, Harwin Drive, Harwin, and Houston Christian University, University. It is governed by a management district which is created by the Texas Legislature. History Construction of the Sharpstown, Houston, Sharpstown community, the namesake of the district, began circa 1955.History & Demographics " Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on December 29, 2010. The Texas Legislature approved the formation of the Greater Sharpstown Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin/Third Ward Station
Elgin/Third Ward is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the List ... system. It is served by the Purple Line and is located on Scott Street at Elgin Street in the Third Ward. Elgin/Third Ward station opened on May 23, 2015. The station is proposed as a transfer station for the University Line. References METRORail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2015 2015 establishments in Texas Railway stations in Texas at university and college campuses Third Ward, Houston Railway stations in Harris County, Texas {{Houston-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSU/UH Athletics District Station
TSU/UH Athletics District is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is served by the Purple Line and is located on Scott Street near Alabama Avenue. The station is named for the University of Houston, Texas Southern University Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically Black university in Houston. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund an ..., and the TDECU Stadium. The station serves both universities. Robertson Stadium/UH/TSU station opened on May 23, 2015. It was renamed from Robertson Stadium/UH/TSU to TSU/UH Athletics District in August 2017, after Metro received a request from the University of Houston. The station is proposed as a transfer station for the University Line. References METRORail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2015 2015 establishments in Texas University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Station
Wheeler Station is a station on the METRO Red Line in Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of .... The station is located at the intersection of Main Street and Wheeler Street in Midtown.There are separate boundaries for the Midtown Super Neighborhood and the Midtown Management District. See City of Houston mapsMidtown Super Neighborhood!--Total Super Neighborhood map here: https://www.houstontx.gov/superneighborhoods/snmapsbyzip.pdf--> anManagement district map Retrieved on June 4, 2019. - Also see2006 Midtown Management District Land Use MapandSERVICE AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015-2024" Midtown Houston Management District. Retrieved on April 4, 2009. Map on page 25/25 of the PDF. This station will also be a transfer station for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montrose Station (Houston)
Montrose Station is a planned station on the Houston METRORail's future University/Blue Line in Houston, Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ..., United States. The University/Blue Line will serve the southern portion of the Neartown area as well as the University of St. Thomas. Content https://web.archive.org/web/20100622013029/http://www.gometrorail.org/go/doc/2491/420107/.Go METRORail, 9/11/2010, etc. References METRORail stations Proposed railway stations in the United States Proposed buildings and structures in Texas {{Houston-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
METRORail Purple Line
The Purple Line is a METRORail light rail/streetcar route operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, United States, serving Southeast Houston. The line opened on May 23, 2015. Route The Purple Line begins at its northern terminus at Smith Street with split tracks on Capitol and Rusk Streets. The northbound track will run along Capitol Street in downtown, while its southbound counterpart will run down Rusk Street. Both of these downtown sections involve street running in mixed traffic like a traditional streetcar line. Four of the line's stations will be in downtown with stops at Smith, Main, Fannin, and Crawford. Transfers to the Red Line will occur at the Fannin Station. Before crossing I-69/ US 59 the 2 tracks converge to run together on Texas into the East End where it and the Green Line diverge after EaDo/Stadium Station, which has access to the Shell Energy Stadium, the home venue of the Texas Southern Tigers football, Houston Dynamo & Houston Dash. From here, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas State Highway 288
State Highway 288 (SH 288) is a north–south highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas, between Interstate 45, I-45 in downtown Houston, Texas, Houston and Freeport, Texas, Freeport, where it terminates on Farm to Market Road 1495, FM 1495. The route was originally designated by 1939, replacing the southern portion of State Highway 19 (Texas), SH 19. Route description SH 288 begins in Freeport, Texas, Freeport at the intersection with Farm to Market Road 1495, running concurrent with Texas State Highway 36, SH 36. It runs northwesterly along the Nolan Ryan Expressway up to an interchange south of Freeport where it separates from SH 36. It runs north along Brazosport Boulevard and becomes a freeway approaching the west end of Texas State Highway 332, SH 332 and SH 288 Business. It runs through Lake Jackson, Texas, Lake Jackson and up to the west side of Angleton, Texas, Angleton, near the Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport. It then continues n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of eight unconnected segments. The longest segment runs from Evansville, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and includes the original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Port Huron of . The remaining separated segments are variously completed and posted or not posted sections of an extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas. Of this extension—nicknamed the NAFTA Superhighway because it would help trade with Canada and Mexico spurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—seven pieces in Laredo, Texas; Pharr, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Corpus Christi, Texas; Houston, Texas; northwestern Mississippi; and Memphis, Tennessee, have been built or upgraded and signposted as I-69. Indiana completed the fifth segment that extends I-69 through that state in August 2024. A sixth segment of I-69 through Kentucky utilizing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulfton, Houston
Gulfton is a community in Southwest Houston, Southwest Houston, Texas, United States. It is located between the 610 Loop and Beltway 8, west of the City of Bellaire, Texas, Bellaire, southeast of Interstate 69 in Texas, Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 (Texas), U.S. Highway 59, and north of Bellaire Boulevard. In the 1960s and 1970s Gulfton experienced rapid development, with new apartment complexes built for young individuals from the Northeast and Midwest United States. They came to work in the oil industry during the 1970s Energy Crisis#"Oil Patch", 1970s oil boom. In the 1980s, as the 1980s oil glut, economy declined, existing tenants left, resulting in a significant drop in occupancy rates in the apartment complexes and forcing many complexes into bankruptcy and foreclosure. Owners marketed the empty units to newly arrived immigrants and Gulfton became a predominantly immigrant community. In the 1980s, the community of Gulfton experienced a surge in crime and a significant in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillcroft Transit Center (METRORail Station)
The University Line is a planned bus rapid transit route that would be operated by Metro in Houston, Texas, United States. It replaces a former METRORail light rail line that was proposed in the 2000s and 2010s. The University Line is scheduled to begin construction in 2025 and would be built in five sections between Westchase Park and Ride, Uptown, the University of Houston, and Tidwell Transit Center. The name of the line is in reference to the fact that the line is planned to go through all of the main universities in Houston (Rice, University of St. Thomas, University of Houston, and Texas Southern). History The METRO Solutions Transit System Plan (aka Metro Solutions Plan) was placed before voters on the November 4, 2003, ballot. One of the six proposed light rail segments as a Phase 2 to expand the Main Street line, then under construction, was the "Westpark" corridor, extending from the existing Wheeler station west to Hillcroft; and 4 stations. After the passag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
