After much delay, Metro is set to open two new light rail lines, but it remains to be seen if other lines will be built. In Part 1 of our series "Houston's New Tracks," we take a look back at the ...

HOUSTON — The nation’s fourth-largest city has at least one New Year’s resolution: Take the train. Amid a festival-like atmosphere and thousands of people who waited hours in line for a ride ...

Light Rail Transit Opens in Houston Houston's new train system began operating on New Year's Day, despite critics who say it won't help ease the city's heavy car traffic. Houston drivers are ...

Houston's light rail system is fully open, but closing out a complicated rail car purchase that nearly derailed the new lines remains a challenge for transit officials. Metropolitan Transit ...

WASHINGTON — Republican conservatives on Capitol Hill are threatening to chuck a federal mass transit program that promises at least $900 million for Houston Metro — a move that could ...

Flashing traffic signs along Main Street this week give little hint of the radical changes about to come: "Local traffic only. Road work begins week of March 26." On Monday, or soon after, workers ...

City leaders want to increase ridership on Houston's buses and light rail trains through an initiative to improve public transportation service. Mayor John Whitmire and METRO Board Chair Elizabeth ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood likes Houston's light rail that's up and running but warns that regional transit officials have squandered opportunities the past decade by not building ...

Houston Studies Show Light Rail Did Bring Some Benefits. But not all of their changes were welcome. ... mostly supported by the research depending on how far from the rail the research explores, ...