- Johnson Development Teaming Up with Dallas Firm To Turn 55 Freeway-Side Acres of Sugar Land’s ‘Imperial’ into Office Building Zones [Houston Business Journal; previously on Swamplot]
- Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. Selling $733M in Bonds To Pay Back Construction Loans [Bloomberg]
- State Set To Award $10.9M Contract for Parkway Between Fort Bend and Waller Counties [The Highwayman]
- Woodlands Parkway Bridge Expansion Project To Finish in April, 4 Months Behind Schedule [abc13]
- Up to 15 Fare Inspectors Now Deployed To Check Light Rail for Freeloaders [abc13]
- City Keeps Saying It’s Fixed Garden Oaks Sinkhole That Continues To Grow, Complains Resident [The Leader]
Photo of Reliant Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Metro should spend fewer resources on enforcing fare payment and more on building an efficient network. Just seems silly and wastefull to charge ppl with a ticket
I see freeloaders on the rail all of the time. Much more that 15% I have only seen metro give out tickets once. I also have seen broken machines all of the time. This one wont take cash, this one wont take credit. I have even been coming back from reliant once when I was trying to buy a ticket, Metro personnel told me not to bother, just get on. Funny thing is if they do up enforcement, I bet all they do is hassle first time riders who were confused or upstanding citizens that made a mistake. The true freeloaders will still get away with it and the people you need to support the rail will then despise it.