boost Houston transit ridership Riders can check specific schedules for their route on the metro website or app. The standard fare for a local bus ride is $1.25. Discounted fares for 60 cents are ...

Mayor John Whitmire and METRO Board Chair Elizabeth ... they feel safer." Other new ideas announced included direct bus routes from Houston's airports to the George R. Brown Convention Center ...

"There’s nothing new about that mantra," said former METRO board ... the 25-mile bus rapid transit (BRT) line known as University Corridor, which would've spanned from West Houston to Northeast ...

Houston officials formally announced a new initiative ... stations, bus stops were so much more friendly,” Whitmire said. “So we’re going to address a user-friendly Metro.” ...