Northside NIMBY on proposed Metro station

Remember earlier this year when Metro announced preliminary design work was beginning for an intermodal transit station downtown? Residents of the Near North Side, where the proposed station would be located, do, and they don't like the idea. KHOU says it got a lot of calls from people in the neighborhood who think the Metro station would bring an undesirable element to their area. Metro, of course, says the station would help revitalize and bring jobs to the neighborhood.

The thing is, KHOU compared the proposed Metro station with the Greyhound bus station on the southern end of downtown. Honestly, we can understand why people wouldn't want to live near the Greyhound station — apparently, a lot of Midtown residents are concerned about exactly that — but a Metro rail/bus station isn't quite the same thing. Houstonist still has questions about the project, such as why it's going to be located on the opposite end of downtown from where the proposed University rail line will cross the existing Main Street line, but we're waiting to see what happens.