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 Transportation Safety Program of 2009, which would replace assorted state-run safety ...

    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 President & CEO, Frank J. Wilson. In this episode of METRO ...

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 June. We ran out of time and couldn't answer all of your questions - but keep reading this ...

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 maybe you've seen some green bunnies around the Texas Medical Center Transit ...

  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 about METRO - from the progress of our light-rail lines to the effect of the federal ...

      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 than 2,000 people are moving every year, building transit is a ...

  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 End? How has the economy affected funding for the light-rail lines? When will ...

  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 gas today is averaging $3.918 a gallon and $4.294 a gallon for premium, according to ...