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  • METRO Q® Card Outreach to Medical Students

      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 ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on January 21, 2010
  • Telling Rice Students How to Ride METRO

        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 ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on November 18, 2009
  • Rice University Students Ride the Rail to Explore City Life

      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 ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on August 24, 2007