(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) Business leaders gathered in Houston this week to look at ways to position the region as the “Gateway to North America.” Harris County’s International Trade and Transportation Conference focused on how goods are transported from the Port of Houston by truck and rail, and what needs to be done…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) Work is about to start on the first phase of a billion-dollar redevelopment project at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The Houston Airport System is partnering with United Continental Holdings to build a new 225,000 square-foot concourse to handle United’s regional planes. The project includes 13,000 square-feet of restaurant…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) The city of Houston has announced a proposed settlement with American Traffic Solutions, the company that operated the city’s contested and then canceled red light camera program. Houston voters rejected the plan in November 2010, and a legal battle erupted with ATS after the city turned off the cameras as the…
“Bouncy and peppy” is the way Houston electric car dealer Rick Ehrlich describes the small, three-wheeled pickup that sits outside his Houston electric car business. “It’s a funny little truck,” adds Ehrlich as we take it for a spin around the parking lot. It’s a no-frills Zap pickup that weighs about 1800 pounds. It’s…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) A city that loves to drive is taking its first step toward setting up a bike share program. Starting this spring, people in downtown Houston will be able to use solar-powered kiosks to check out bikes for short trips. The city has given a $105,000 contract to B-Cycle to…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) On the plus side for Houston’s year in transportation: a light rail project received its first-ever federal funding, an ambitious highway project broke ground, bicycle commuting is up, and the Port of Houston is doing brisk business. The flip side: over 30,000 homes in Houston have no cars and…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) The Houston Airport System is expecting over two million travelers this holiday season and that means long lines at security at its two major facilities. Most passengers travel in and out of five terminals at Bush Intercontinental, the sprawling hub 20 miles north of downtown that’s known locally as…
(Houston, TX — KUHF) In TXDot’s animated public service announcement, Santa is none too happy with what he finds in his barn on Christmas Eve. His reindeer are throwing back beers and martinis and flirting under the mistletoe. So after getting hit in the nose with a flying champagne cork, St. Nick opts for a fleet…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) In a place where it’s not all that unusual to celebrate Christmas in shorts and flip-flops, winter driving may be the last thing on Houstonians’ minds. Karen Othon with the Texas Department of Transportation says that’s what makes icy weather in the region all the more dangerous. “We don’t drive…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) On a cold and sunny morning, construction workers in hard hats mingled with dignitaries under a tent at a northside Houston rail construction site. With the downtown skyline towering in the background, Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Gilbert Garcia kicked off events with a countdown and a shout of “Houston,…
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|---|
Transportation Nation is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, whose Transportation Initiative is promoting
equitable and sustainable development in communities across the country. More at rockfound.org.
