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#visionzero #houston #cycling #MetroHouston #HoustonMetro #bikes #bicycling #urbanism #HoustonMayor Jordan Thomas for Houston City Council At-Large Position 4
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📍Orange & Waco
(Stop #2032 – Routes 29 & 48)
Near East Orange AME Church/Daycare
Our community deserves clean, safe bus stops! @metrohouston, can we get a trash can here and maybe even a seat for parents, kids & elders?
#WeDeserveMoore #CleanCommunities
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Houston DSA In 2003, Harris County voted for a mass transit network which included a University line. Federal funding was blocked by former Rep. John Culberson. In 2019, Harris County voted for a mass transit network which included a University line. Federal funding was blocked by Mayor John Whitmire. Enough is enough. The need to better connect our communities remains. Join our campaign to demand that our leaders build the transit we voted for: Our Vote, Our METRO Learn More/ Sign the Petition >>>
The Issue Mayor Whitmire and METRO Chair Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock, a CenterPoint Energy executive, have undemocratically shelved METRONext, a voter-approved plan to accommodate a growing and densifying population, reduce travel/wait times, advance transit equity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and support a sustainable and healthy future for our region. Instead of abiding by the will of voters, they have proposed their own plan, METRONow, which shifts focus from transit to: 1. Policing a. Significant increases to METRO Police funding b. Taking over HPD's $25m traffic enforcement budget - once part of its $1B budget 2. Microtransit services provided by Evolve Houston, a nonprofit co-founded by CenterPoint Energy a. non ADA-compliant b. non-unionized c. the agency already offers similar services (curb2curb, METROLift, Gulfton Circulator) that are ADA compliant and operated by unionized drivers 3. Repaving roads a. Including those that offer no METRO bus services By scaling back on mass transit, METRONow is also a step back on climate action and abandons the light rail expansion to Hobby Airport and fleet of electric buses with zero-tailpipe emissions which were key elements of METRONext.
Background In 2019, by two-thirds majority, Harris County voted to fund METRONext, The plan includes a 75-mile BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) network - large electric buses on dedicated lanes that operate similar to light rail - a central part of which is the University Corridor BRT, a 25.3 mile line running across Houston's working-class communities from Westchase Park-and-Ride to Gulfton, Montrose, Third Ward/UH/TSU, and then north through Second Ward and Fifth Ward to Tidwell Transit Center. In June 2024, Mayor Whitmire blocked S1b in federal funding, the first major cut to MetroNext, and the University Corridor BRT was shelved. The University Corridor BRT is the second voter-approved mass transit line between Hillcroft and Eastwood - the first was a light rail line, part of the 2003 referendum
Why This Matters • The University Corridor BRT's route sends it through communities such as Gulfton, Third Ward, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens which have faced decades of environmentally racist development patterns. Gulfton, Houston's densest neighborhood, is an "urban heat island" which has been recorded to be up to 17 degrees hotter than the coolest parts of Harris County. Much of this is attributed to greenhouse gas emissions as well as heat-generating/absorbing transportation infrastructure. Also, according to the Houston Chronicle, 12% of Gulfton residents do not have cars. Houston deserves an affordable, sustainable and reliable transit system that connects people in all communities to the places we need to travel: home, work, school, places of worship, shopping, health, and recreation, in as efficient, and timely a manner as possible. At a time when the cost of living - cars, insurance, rent, groceries, etc. - is rising, we must ensure that all communities have access to transit; no community should be left behind.
Sign the petition to bring back the University BRT to Houston!!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/build-what-we-...
@houstondsa.bsky.social #Houston #HoustonMetro #SafeStreets
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Houston DSA In 2003, Harris County voted for a mass transit network which included a University line. Federal funding was blocked by former Rep. John Culberson. In 2019, Harris County voted for a mass transit network which included a University line. Federal funding was blocked by Mayor John Whitmire. Enough is enough. The need to better connect our communities remains. Join our campaign to demand that our leaders build the transit we voted for: Our Vote, Our METRO Learn More/ Sign the Petition >>>
The Issue Mayor Whitmire and METRO Chair Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock, a CenterPoint Energy executive, have undemocratically shelved METRONext, a voter-approved plan to accommodate a growing and densifying population, reduce travel/wait times, advance transit equity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and support a sustainable and healthy future for our region. Instead of abiding by the will of voters, they have proposed their own plan, METRONow, which shifts focus from transit to: 1. Policing a. Significant increases to METRO Police funding b. Taking over HPD's $25m traffic enforcement budget - once part of its $1B budget 2. Microtransit services provided by Evolve Houston, a nonprofit co-founded by CenterPoint Energy a. non ADA-compliant b. non-unionized c. the agency already offers similar services (curb2curb, METROLift, Gulfton Circulator) that are ADA compliant and operated by unionized drivers 3. Repaving roads a. Including those that offer no METRO bus services By scaling back on mass transit, METRONow is also a step back on climate action and abandons the light rail expansion to Hobby Airport and fleet of electric buses with zero-tailpipe emissions which were key elements of METRONext.
Background In 2019, by two-thirds majority, Harris County voted to fund METRONext, The plan includes a 75-mile BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) network - large electric buses on dedicated lanes that operate similar to light rail - a central part of which is the University Corridor BRT, a 25.3 mile line running across Houston's working-class communities from Westchase Park-and-Ride to Gulfton, Montrose, Third Ward/UH/TSU, and then north through Second Ward and Fifth Ward to Tidwell Transit Center. In June 2024, Mayor Whitmire blocked S1b in federal funding, the first major cut to MetroNext, and the University Corridor BRT was shelved. The University Corridor BRT is the second voter-approved mass transit line between Hillcroft and Eastwood - the first was a light rail line, part of the 2003 referendum
Why This Matters • The University Corridor BRT's route sends it through communities such as Gulfton, Third Ward, Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens which have faced decades of environmentally racist development patterns. Gulfton, Houston's densest neighborhood, is an "urban heat island" which has been recorded to be up to 17 degrees hotter than the coolest parts of Harris County. Much of this is attributed to greenhouse gas emissions as well as heat-generating/absorbing transportation infrastructure. Also, according to the Houston Chronicle, 12% of Gulfton residents do not have cars. Houston deserves an affordable, sustainable and reliable transit system that connects people in all communities to the places we need to travel: home, work, school, places of worship, shopping, health, and recreation, in as efficient, and timely a manner as possible. At a time when the cost of living - cars, insurance, rent, groceries, etc. - is rising, we must ensure that all communities have access to transit; no community should be left behind.
Sign the petition to bring back the University BRT to Houston!!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/bu...
@houstondsa.bsky.social #Houston #HoustonMetro #SafeStreets
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