6/23/2023 0 Comments Houston metro rail routeThe plan, dubbed the New Bus Network, replaced a hub-and-spoke system of bus routes with one that looked like a grid. "Many of the routes didn’t change that much for many people, and those that did may have resulted in loss of riders - so overall an increase is a good first step." Shelton said the lower rate of growth for the local bus routes was unsurprising. "They are mutually beneficial and improving the service level on both will likely keep ridership going up." "METRO clearly views the buses and rails as an entire system, not separate entities, which is a really productive frame," said Kyle Shelton, program manager at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. The light-rail system's Red Line saw a more sizable 16.6 percent increase. The numbers are more modest when looking at local bus ridership alone, which saw a 1.2 percent growth in ridership during that period. Lauded in transportation and planning circles, the route overhaul wasn't always seamless.īut a year into it - and with more changes expected in the future - the plan's architect, METRO board member Christof Spieler, said he's pleased with the results, during remarks at a press conference on the eve of the system's one-year anniversary.įrom September 2015 (the first full month after the switch was implemented) to July 2016 (the most recent complete month), METRO saw its ridership on local bus and light-rail add an additional 4.5 million boardings - a 6.8 percent increase. It's been a year since Houston METRO transformed its bus network in a switch that affected thousands of stops overnight.
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