Current Projects

This is an initiative to install bus shelters throughout the METRO service area, including the design and construction of new shelter foundations. Bus shelters provide you safety and protection from the elements.

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Approved by voters in November 2019, it includes 500 miles of travel improvements to help ease traffic congestion and give you more ways to move around our region – with no tax increase.

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METRO is proposing to construct a new Maintenance of Way facility to support the maintenance of METRORail vehicles for the Red Line.

Benefits include:

• A meeting room available for community use at the facility
  
• Camera-monitored facility with METRO Police patrol
  
• Sidewalk and street improvements on Keene and Brooks Streets
  
• Improved drainage on Keene and Brooks Streets

Based on prior comments received, here’s a list of common questions and answers about the project.

METRO will be replacing the existing transit center and building a new garage facility near the existing property with a variety of enhancements.

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METRO will be converting existing “Diamond Lanes” to Red Lanes – painted and striped in red – with new signage and pavement markings that clearly designate these as bus-only or carpool-only lanes.

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Enhancements include:

• Increased parking capacity to approximately 3,000 spaces through a multi-level garage.
  
• Improved passenger amenities including lighting and security enhancements
  
• Universal Accessibility elements to improve access throughout the facility
• Shared use path on Roark Road for bike/pedestrian connectivity to the facility and to the City of Houston’s Keegan’s Bayou bike ped trail
  
  

If you’re looking for archive material, here are some links you may find helpful:

• 2003 referendum
  
• 2012 referendum  
  
• 2019 referendum