METRO's
System Re-imagining website: www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO's
route-by-route summary of the re-imagined bus
network: http://alturl.com/y8kov
My
rendition of the old and new bus networks plus re-imagining
items: www.metroreimagined.org
46 Antoine
Frequent Network
Blue north of W. Little York
Blue north of W. Little York
This route is an entirely-new
Frankenstein forged from many bits of current routes: 36 Kempwood, 56
Airline (Gears Rd branch), 58 Hammerly, 79 W Little York, 85 Antoine
Ltd., 102 Bush IAH, 108 Veterans Memorial, thereby making it possible
to get from the NWTC to Greenspoint TC on one bus.
47 Post Oak
Frequent Network
Other parts of the 33 Post Oak are
taken up by the new 47 Post Oak. And from this, we know which parts
of the current 33 have done better than before. Service on Sage Road
being given over to the blue 12 Memorial Canal means Sage is a bit
janked from the Post Oak artery now.
48 Weslayan
Blue
We see something not seen in a long
time or at all: nearly the whole of Weslayan with METRO bus service!
Bits of a few current routes not worth mentioning are used, but 90%
of this route is currently not serviced by METRO buses at all.
49 Hiram Clarke
Blue
The strange 14 Hiram Clarke
loop-de-loop at the southern terminus is no more.
50 Shepherd
Frequent Network
We come to what will be nothing less
than a monster. Of all the local bus routes of the re-imagined
network, the new 50 Shepherd will be the new 45 Tidwell of the
west-of-Downtown north-south connections: a beast that will feed
humanity to and from innumerable east-west routes as well as give the
395 N. Shepherd Flex a direct link to one of the most-immense routes
of the Frequent Network. The one span of this route missing is an
epic 20-hour span. Forged from part of 26/27 Outer Loop / Inner Loop
Crosstown, 44 Acres Homes, 50 Heights, 66 Yale, the 50 Shepherd will
have a span of 18 hours.
53 Almeda N. Main
Blue with Green south of Fannin South P&R
Blue with Green south of Fannin South P&R
Taking routings from 11 Almeda, 9 North
Main, a tiny bit of 44 Acres Homes, 24 Northline, 40 Pecore, a tiny
bit of 73 Bellfort, the new 53 Almeda N. Main eliminates the
deviation to Wuthering Heights, which as an example of the sorts of
inefficiencies METRO wanted to take out of the network, METRO had as
a big target. Service from Hiram Clarke TC through Crosstimbers, but
there looks as though the Heights TC is not served. Odd.
54 Airline Montrose
Frequent Network
For years, the 56 Airline Ltd. has been
the stalwart of North Houston. For years, the 34 Montrose has been
neglected for the so-called 'hip' section of town it is supposed to
represent. For Montrose, I hope its segment of this route does not
go blue on us, owing to the 50 Shepherd. This new route uses parts
of the current 56 Airline Ltd., 24 Northline, 66 Yale, and 34
Montrose.
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