Additional Parking Will Soon Be Available At Popular METRO Park & Ride Lot

October 23, 2009

METRO Park & Ride patrons will soon have more spaces to park at the South Point Park & Ride lot.

This is welcome news for Texas Medical Center riders who use the 297 South Point / Monroe route.

METRO’s Board of Directors approved the parking lot expansion project during last week’s board meeting. It calls for adding 150 new spots, and converting 240 temporary spaces, which were created in December 2008, to permanent spots. The construction also provides for improved infrastructure including upgrading drainage and lighting.

“Reinvesting in our extensive bus system is one of our highest priorities and part of our effort to increase ridership and improve customer service,” said John Haley, vice president of infrastructure and service development at METRO. “Increasing customer parking spaces along with introducing 100 new buses into our fleet each year is a customer-friendly way to serve key destinations like the TMC.”

The South Point Park & Ride currently offers 376 permanent parking spots. The build-out is expected to be completed in the spring, and will bring the total number of permanent parking spaces to 766.