Before the pandemic, the idea of METRO’s “Bus Rapid Transit” was the cornerstone of the public transportation agency’s future plans. But this week, METRO, under new, seemingly more fiscally responsible leadership, shelved plans to build the next leg of the “BRT” line.
– Before the pandemic, the idea of METRO ’s “ Bus Rapid Transit” was the cornerstone of the public transportation agency’s future plans.
The University Line is being shelved after the Silver Line, the proof-of-concept line that opened along North Post Oak, near the Galleria, has failed to attract more than 90% of the riders that were promised.The boondoggle Silver Line project recently had it’s fancy Silver, train-like, busses stripped from the route, in favor of shorter, less-fancy, white METRO busses, that still ride nearly empty most of the time.
Gonzalez Brock stopped short of fully giving-up on the idea of Bus Rapid Transit, but she said that investment of public funds needs to be put into projects that will carry riders.
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