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Metro may be a step closer to building its proposed North and Southeast light rail bus rapid transit guided rapid transit lines thanks to the Bush administration's 2008 budget proposal, the Chronicle reports today. The Federal Transit Administration announced that, under the proposed budget, the two Metro lines are among six projects nationwide that could qualify for 50 percent federal funding; last week and earlier this week, the FTA also issued records of decision in... more ›

We'll bet you can't guess what's special about today. No, really, just try to guess. Anything? Oh — why, yes, it U.S. Coast Guard Day, as a matter of fact. But that's not what we're talking about here. more ›

It looks like Metro might not have won critics of the proposed University light rail line's Richmond Avenue alignment over last night at the first of three public meetings on the project: KTRK and the Chronicle report that the people who oppose having the rail on Richmond still oppose it, even with a "compromise" unveiled this week that would switch the line from Richmond to Westpark at Greenway Plaza. "None of this is any different from the meetings that we had a year ago," Richmond business owner Daphne Scarbrough told KTRK. "All of it's the same." more ›

There's news today from the Chronicle on Metro's proposed University light rail line: Metro Chairman David Wolff met with the Chron's editorial board this morning and said he could "live with" an alignment that would take the line from Main Street west along Richmond Avenue, then south at Greenway Plaza to Westpark. It's a Metro compromise between keeping part of the line on Richmond and avoiding Afton Oaks and residential areas between Greenway and the... more ›

Houstonist loves a good party. But sometimes as we're sprawled on the couch, hangover in full swing, we wonder: What's the point? You can imagine, then, our excitement at learning about a hip downtown party with a purpose. Okay, maybe "hip" isn't the right word, and it might be a stretch to call it a "party," but it's definitely downtown. And there is a purpose. The shindig in question is a lunchtime get-together today to... more ›