As I write this (on Thursday evening), and only a few moments ago, I got word from as good a source there is METRO will not be holding a Special Board Meeting solely dedicated to System Re-imagining after all. The Regular Board Meeting on Thursday 28 August of this month will be mostly dedicated to going through citizen input regarding the Draft Proposed System Map the agency will hopefully implement in June 2015.
The fact the Board has decided to not hold a Special Meeting tells me two things: 1. Board members were not able to move their schedules around and 2. The nature of public comment on the Draft plan is such that having a Special Board Meeting to discuss same is not needed after all. The vibe I'm getting is there has been at METRO a lot of work behind-the-scenes in this very-busy agency, but that there have been no indications in the landscape of public opinion of there being landmines to bring down System Reimagining or water it down such that a resultant network would be much like what we have now.
From what I've heard, public comment has been pretty good, though again, it will be veeery interesting to see what the FLEX areas and Acres Homes has to say along with West University residents.
This month's Board meeting is going to be a long one. An exceedingly long one...
Jeff Ragsdale's musings on all-things mass-transit in the greater Houston-Galveston area
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