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  • Environmental Impact of University Corridor

      METRO has published the University Corridor's Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), a milestone document that will help secure federal money to build Houston's light-rail line from the Hillcroft Transit Center to the Eastwood Transit Center. The FEIS is required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The FEIS, which ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on January 26, 2010
  • FTA Advances University Corridor Project

        METRO can now move forward with engineering activities on the University Line with the Federal Transit Administration's approval Tuesday of the Preliminary Engineering (PE) phase of the FTA's New Starts program. That's good news for METRO. "This is a great holiday present for Houstonians. The new year is going ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on December 18, 2009
  • METRO Arts in Transit

        This week, you'll have a chance to make a mark on your community with your ideas for public art. METRO is launching the process of choosing artists to create artwork for the University Corridor light-rail stations, and we want to make sure your ideas are heard for art that highlights the community's image, identity and ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on January 26, 2009
  • Study Supports METRO's Proposed University Light Rail Corridor

       A hefty federal document released last week brings light rail to the University Corridor one step closer. The long-awaited environmental impact study confirms METRO's analysis last December when it whittled the proposed routes to three from nine.  Last Friday's release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on August 10, 2007