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Faced with an existential threat to their business model, seven companies have formed a coalition to push back on a proposed electric scooter ban in Houston’s central urban core.
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The Houston-Galveston Area Council will be hosting a series of public meetings, starting this week, to receive feedback on its 2050 regional transportation plan.
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Texas-based GOGO Charters, which began renting out charter buses in major U.S. cities in 2012, says it plans to launch scheduled daily bus service this year to and from Houston as well as several other cities in the state.
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In a new initiative, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's police department will spend nearly $50 million to fund Houston's traffic enforcement and street light operations next year.
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A National Transportation Safety Board report on an Oct. 20 helicopter crash details the moment that the aircraft hit a 1,000 foot tall radio tower in Houston's East End, leaving four people dead.
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A failing stormwater pump caused by a power outage has left more than a foot of stagnant water flooding a well traveled intersection in Houston's Third Ward eight days after Hurricane Beryl.
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire, who paused part of a Heights infrastructure project, said the redevelopment authority leading the initiative is willing to make changes. The city council member for the area urged him to move it forward as planned.
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Mayor John Whitmire is not planning to attend the Texas Vision Zero Summit that will be held in downtown Houston on Friday, but his stances on transportation issues figure to be at the forefront.
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Houston is deemphasizing its commitment to Vision Zero under new Mayor John Whitmire, which could reverse the modest progress the city has made in traffic safety and hinder its ability to receive federal grant funding for transportation projects.
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The originally planned project was for repaving only curb lanes where buses run. That multi-million dollar plan now includes resurfacing the entire width of the street along certain sections of Westheimer Road between Interstate 610 and Bagby Street.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock will make history as the first Hispanic woman to lead the state's largest transit authority board.
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