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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metro getting Houston light rail projects back on track. Metro chugs ahead on rail plansAgency feels feds will make good on grant of $900 million. By CHRIS MORAN , HOUSTON CHRONICLE Jan 3, 2011.

Catch up quick: Most of Metro's light rail trains were all gray from the time they were introduced in 2004 until 2017, when the Metro board voted to add giant red and blue stripes to the front and ...

People often get excited when it's announced that light rail is coming to their neighborhood. There is an assumption, mostly supported by the research depending on how far from the rail the ...

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, ...