The Bellaire City Council will hold a workshop meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, to hear more about a bus transit facility proposed to be located in or near the city’s Urban Village Transit Oriented Development District.
The workshop will include a presentation by representatives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Uptown Houston Management District regarding the latest developments for the Uptown Houston Mobility Plan.
The $192.5 million project, a joint effort by the Uptown Management District, Metro and the Texas Department of Transportation, would add center lanes solely for buses to Post Oak and then use dedicated lanes along Loop 610. The express buses would connect a future Transit Center in or near Bellaire with the Northwest Transit Center near Interstate 10 and Loop 610.
Bellaire’s Urban Village Transit Oriented District is on the city’s northern boundary. When that zoning change was made, Bellaire officials had hoped to be connected by a light rail line planned by Metro. Due to funding constraints, Metro dropped the light rail line.
The Uptown Houston District then came up with its proposals to improve traffic flow on Loop 610 near the Galleria, and through the Galleria area.
City officials visited a variety of developments and Transit Centers last July, in a tour arranged by Metro and the management district.
robert riquelmy says
One hopes that city officials moderate their longstanding animus toward public transit.
If we didn’t have HOV lanes, would we need HOV lanes?