Yesterday, we set up an on-site METRO Q® Fare Card center right in the middle of the Texas Medical Center campus where students grab a bite to eat - the John P. McGovern Commons. About 100 students - mostly medical ones - came through to learn about the Q Card, get existing ones renewed, or get processed for new ones. It was all ...

    If you're from out-of-town and you're going to college here, getting around without a car may seem daunting. But Rice University student James Llamas has figured out how to use   METRO to go to popular spots - from the movies to the grocery store to both airports - and has even written two guides for Rice ...

  Yesterday, about 950 Rice University students descended on METRO's rail platforms to explore what Houston offers along the METRORail. Rice issues Q Cards to all its students and subsidizes their transportation on METRO. "It's all part of the Rice University president's program he calls, Beyond the Hedges, to get students ...