System Re-imagining resources and info

Draft 5-Year Reimagined Service Plan Detailed Report from www.transitsystemreimagining.com as reported on in Episode 30 of the HoustonOnTheGo podcast

Draft Reimagined System Map from www.transitsystemreimagining.com
Existing System Map (what we have currently) from www.transitsystemreimagining.com

METRO's System Re-imagining webpage.  Includes links to 'Documents' and 'Stakeholder Task Force', which give you links to Stakeholder presentations and everything else you could ever want to see re this project. UPDATE: 'Documents' link working properly now.

My rendition of both our old bus network and the re-imagined bus network on Google Maps Engine Pro.  You can flip on and off various aspects of our network at a time, seeing how the new network stacks up with our tired old current bus network.

Interview with Board Member Christof Spieler on the 'METRO' Matters television show from last summer.  This lays down what the project is and what it hopes to accomplish from the guy spearheading the whole thing.

An in-depth discussion and Q&A with Board Member Christof Spieler at the 'Houston Tomorrow' monthly presentation to various business leaders around town - This is from December 2012.

A discussion on Houston's coming traffic and transit crisis from the 'Houston Tomorrow' monthly presentation in February 2014

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A presentation on METRO's long-range vision by then-METRO CEO & President George Greanias.  OUTDATED - METRO has put this particular vision on-hold pending System Re-imagining, and I doubt the agency will visit this particular look and view of things ever again.  The spirit of this presentation and discussion live on in today's METRO, however, and this video is still worth a look.

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 17 - 29 April 2014: METRO rolls into action: 1 January 1979

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 17 - 29 April 2014: METRO rolls into action: 1 January 1979 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 16 - 29 April 2014: Nadir: 1949 - 1978

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 16 - 29 April 2014: Nadir: 1949 - 1978 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 15 - 26 April 2014: War & Decline: 9 June 1940 - 1948

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 15 - 26 April 2014: War & Decline: 9 June 1940 - 1948 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 14 - 26 April 2014: Of the Streetcar

Easily the best episode of the HoustonOnTheGo podcast yet... HoustonOnTheGo Episode 14 - 26 April 2014: Of the Streetcar by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 13 - 26 April 2014: The end of the line: 1929 - 9 June 1940

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 13 - 26 April 2014: The end of the line: 1929 - 9 June 1940 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 12 - 25 April 2014: The end of the Roaring Twenties: 1924-1929

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 12 - 25 April 2014: The end of the Roaring Twenties: 1924-1929 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 11 - 24 April 2014: Ordinances, fares, and other mundanity: 1920-1924

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 11 - 24 April 2014: Ordinances, fares, and other mundanity: 1920-1924 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 10 - 23 April 2014: A swarm of jitneys to end all swarms: 1914-1919

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 10 - 23 April 2014: A swarm of jitneys to end all swarms: 1914-1919 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 8 - 21 April 2014: Streetcar zenith

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 8 - 21 April 2014: Streetcar zenith by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 7 - 12 April 2014: Union troubles and Jim Crow: 1895-1904

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 7 - 12 April 2014: Union troubles and Jim Crow: 1895-1904 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 6 - 11 April 2014: Bye-bye, mules. Hello, electricity! 1890-1895

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 6 - 11 April 2014: Bye-bye, mules. Hello, electricity! 1890-1895 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 5 - 9 April 2014: Boom days for the mules: 1874-1890

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 5 - 9 April 2014: Boom days for the mules: 1874-1890 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 3 - 9 April 2014: Jeff's mass-transit manifesto

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 3 - 9 April 2014: Jeff's mass-transit manifesto by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 4 - 9 April 2014: Houston mass-transit: Creation through 1873

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 4 - 9 April 2014: Houston mass-transit: Creation through 1873 by jeffrags

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Podcast Episode 2 - 29 March 2014: Barrett Ochoa wins the Board over

Visit the HoustonOnTheGo website and blog at www.houstononthego.org
Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org
Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO Interview with Christof Spieler about System Re-imagining from the 'METRO Matters' television show

HoustonOnTheGo Episode 9: 22 April 2014: Uh, oh... November 1914

This episode is short, but pithy. And getting this one together reminds me I've forgotten to do a little something in the last few episodes: post them to this blog!! Also, we'll see how things do with SoundCloud as opposed to PodBean. SoundCloud will allow me to allow you to listen to each podcast episode directly and without the need to click to an additional page to get to the track in-question.

Enjoy!

You are here! Welcome to www.houstononthego.org - Tell everyone you know about this podcast and blog! Visit METRO's website at www.ridemetro.org Visit METRO's System Reimagining web page at www.transitsystemreimagining.com

System Re-imagining roll-out rescheduled to Thursday 8 May

Hello, all!

Originally scheduled for this Friday 11 April, the big, huge roll-out to the public of METRO's Draft Proposed Re-imagined system map for the next five years has been rescheduled to Thursday 8 May at 8:30am for the Stakeholder Task Force and at 11:30am for the presentation to the full Board of Directors.

Given my limited understanding of the immensity of this project as well as the coming Easter holiday and religious days preceding that Sunday, I am not surprised at all to see this.  In the email to us on the task force, METRO's Kurt Lurhsen said, "METRO is making some tweaks  to the draft 5-Year Transit Service Plan to include updated information, and staff will be prepared to release the draft plan and answer your questions on May 8^th.  Just as we had previously planned, the draft plan will be presented to the METRO Board later that same morning at 11:30 AM. "

Well, that give us a month to twiddle our thumbs, but also gives me some time to work more on the METRO history podcast episodes of HoustonOnTheGo!

More to come!  - J