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  • Texans Fans See Giant METRO Commercial

        Thousands of Houston Texans fans got to see a first last night if they commuted on the rail at Fannin South. A METRO New Flyer bus was parked near the rail and became street theatre. Inside the bus, two projectors flashed up on two bus windows a 30-second METRO spot, METRO Urban Transit Blues. Paying homage to a classic 1960s ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on November 24, 2009
  • Who Sets Rates at Fannin South Park & Ride?

      A blog reader asked recently about the rate structure at the Fannin South Park & Ride and METRO's business relationship with Ampco System Parking, a subsidiary of ABM Industries Inc. METRO owns the property. Ampco leases it from METRO, paying us $25,000 a month and operates and maintains it, says Steve Flippo, manager of joint ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on October 9, 2007
  • Explorer Bus Sells Passes to Football Fans

       This Sunday, METRO's Explorer Bus will be stationed at Fannin South Park & Ride, selling round-trip rail passes to the fans parked there for the Houston Texans game. This will be the second time our Explorer Bus, a mini RideStore on wheels,  has been to where the football fans gather.  The first was on Sept. 9, ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on September 19, 2007