Good news in our plans to build the North and Southeast lines: The Federal Transit Administration has just approved our Final Design on these two lines. This approval means we have just completed the final prerequisite toward entering something called a Full Funding Grant Agreement on both lines. And achieving that step signals the ...

  If you missed METRO's gala celebration last Monday of the two groundbreaking ceremonies (Southeast and North corridors) and the finale at Minute Maid Park's Union Station, check out our documentary. Highlights of all three celebrations are featured in a 30-minute documentary, airing every night this week through Friday. It's ...

  A life-sized model of METRO's new train took center stage at Minute Maid Park's Union Station on Monday as officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the Southeast and North Corridors. METRO Chairman David S. Wolff emceed the grand celebration, speaking to a crowd of about 350, including state and local officials who played a ...

  The North Corridor light-rail line received a watershed decision by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), making METRO eligible for federal funds and allowing the agency to begin construction on the light-rail line. Earlier this month, we received a Record of Decision (ROD) for the North Corridor Supplemental Final Environmental ...

  In four months, construction is scheduled to begin on the North Corridor, one of four transit lines that is part of a transit system approved by voters in November 2003. The North Corridor is one of four corridors that will make up 21 miles of fixed-guideway bus rapid transit. The other corridors are Southeast, East End and Uptown. All ...