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Downtown Transit Center (Houston) is a bus and light rail transportation center in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States, operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO). It includes an island platformed METRORail light rail station and bays for bus service. The station was opened on January 1, 2004. [1]
The transit center features local bus service, a pickup/drop-off drive, passenger canopy, B-Cycle bike share kiosk, and a Park & Ride parking lot. Future southeast expansion of the Green Line to Hobby Airport is in the planning stages and would serve as a direct connector between one of Houston's major airports and Downtown Houston.
Metro's local bus service usually runs on city streets, typically stopping at every other corner along its entire route. The bus system is the most used in Texas and the Southwest region. [citation needed] Metro also operates express bus routes on the Houston region's freeway high-occupancy vehicle lanes, which stop at park-and-ride lots.
Megabus operates low-cost double-decker coaches from Houston to major cities in Texas and Louisiana. Shofur operates service from Houston to major cities in Texas. El Expreso Bus Company operates services to a station in Houston adjacent to the Greyhound Station. Tornado Bus Company operates services to two stations in Houston , with one along ...
Quickline (also known as Signature Service) is a bus rapid transit service owned and operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO). The Quickline service began on June 1, 2009 [1] with the 402 route (also called the QL2 route), which supplements the 2-Bellaire route, which was the most heavily used bus route in the METRO system, with that title now belonging to the 82 ...
The METRORapid Silver Line is a bus rapid transit line in Houston, Texas operated by METRO.Opened August 23, 2020, [2] the line connects the Uptown area of Houston, with dedicated lanes over nearly the entire length of the corridor. [3]
The METRO Q Card is a contactless smart card used to ride on public transportation in Greater Houston. It was developed by Affiliated Computer Services, [2] and administered by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County. The card can be used on METRO Bus, METRORail, and METROLift. [3]
Wheeler Station is a station on the METRO Red Line in Houston.The station is located at the intersection of Main Street and Wheeler Street in Midtown. [2]This station will also be a transfer station for the METRORapid University Line, when it is built.