Bus Transportation in Texas - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Fort Worth Transportation Authority, List of DART Bus Routes, Brazos Transit District, Sun Metro Mass Transit System, Brownsville Urban System, Citibus, Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority, El Metro Transit, Wichita Falls Transit System, McAllen Express Transit, Abilene CityLink, Amarillo City Transit, Island Transit, Texarkana Urban Transit District, Beaumont Municipal Transit System. Excerpt: The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (often referred to as METRO, or MTA) is a major public transportation agency based in Houston (Texas, USA). It operates bus, light rail, future commuter rail, and paratransit service (under the name METROLift) in the city as well as most of Harris County. METRO also operates bus service to two cities in Fort Bend County. The METRO headquarters are in the in the Lee P. Brown Administration Building in Downtown Houston. Louisiana Place (now Total Plaza), the previous METRO headquartersThe Texas State Legislature authorized the creation of local transit authorities in 1973. In 1978, Houston-area voters created METRO and approved a one-cent sales tax to support its operations. METRO opened for business in January 1979. In 25 years, the Authority has transformed a broken bus fleet into a regional multimodal transportation system. The agency began operation in 1979, taking over the bus service run by the City of Houston known as HouTran. METRO's service area encompasses 1,285 square miles (3,330 km) and also serves portions of an eight-county region with its vanpool service; the agency employs about 3,800 people. Shirley DeLibero served as chairman and CEO of METRO from 1999 until 2004. DeLibero was recruited to METRO by ...