Feds Want Control of Light-rail Safety

Last June's deadly train crash in the Washington metro area was a wake-up call, said the nation's top transportation official. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified before Congress yesterday, calling on lawmakers to pass the Public Read More...

New Trains to Better Accommodate Crowds

Fast forward to 2012. Step on a METRO train, and you should be boarding a new CAF USA train with six doors on one side and one level from front to back. Find out more cool features of these new trains - including the so-called Jacuzzi seat - from METRO's Read More...

Transcript of Web Chat with Frank Wilson

Thanks to all of you who joined our Web chat today at noon. METRO's President & CEO Frank J. Wilson hosted today's chat, where questions ranged from light-rail service to both airports to our new Quick Line Signature Bus service to debut in Read More...

Web Chat with CEO Today at Noon

A reminder to join us today from noon to 1 p.m. for a Web chat with Frank J. Wilson, our president & CEO. If you can't stay for the whole hour, drop in and ask a question, then grab lunch. Wondering about the construction on our light-rail lines....or Read More...

Frank Wilson to Host Web Chat

What do bunnies and buses have in common? Find out the answer to that and all things METRO at our next Web chat scheduled on Thursday, April 30, from noon to 1 p.m. Here's your chance to ask Frank J. Wilson, METRO's president & CEO, anything Read More...

Building Transit in "Final Frontier"

Frank J. Wilson, METRO's president & CEO, has worked on both coasts - but it's the Gulf Coast he calls the final frontier for transit - the land that transit forgot. In the nation's fourth largest city with three downtowns and where more Read More...

Transit Talk: Lunchtime Web Chat Planned with CEO

Here's your chance to ask all things METRO to the man in charge: President & CEO Frank J. Wilson. Our next Web chat is scheduled for next Tuesday, February 3, from noon to 1 p.m. Are you wondering what's going on with construction on the East Read More...

A Message from Our President & CEO

With oil prices jumping more than $6 today in early trading and settling by noon at $138.30 a barrel, that means more pain at the pump for consumers. Nationwide, the price of gas averaged $4.052 a gallon, and in Texas, $3.931 a gallon. In Houston, regular Read More...