The federal government is rewarding METRO and the Houston region with up to $18.5 million in grant money for construction of a new transit center. The money was originally part of the financing for the METRORail Northline extension.  When that project was completed early and significantly under budget, METRO sought to utilize those savings for…

Times are changing for travelers moving between Texas’ two largest regions, Houston and North Texas. What was once either a tireless slog or a hurry-up-to-slow-down frisking is being replaced by the best travel experience the world has to offer.   In short, nothing that exists today in the United States can come close to matching the…

The facility spans nearly six football fields and is a part of United Airlines’ $1B investment at Bush Airport since 2013  Houston Airports and United Airlines pulled back the curtain on a Texas-sized United Technical Operations Center (UTOC) at Bush Airport that spans nearly six football fields under one roof. The new operations center is…

Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport is marking the start of the new year with a couple of big announcements. Earlier this week, Allegiant announced it added Houston as one of a few cities it’ll begin serving in 2020. According to its press release, the new seasonal nonstop routes from Hobby Airport include Knoxville, TN, Asheville, NC, Savannah,…

Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport finished among the top three in voting for Best Large Airport in North America in the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice 2020 results announced today. As one of 20 airports nominated in the Large category (airports serving more than 15 million passengers annually), DFW Airport was the highest ranked…

Port Houston Commission Chairman Ric Campo delivered the 2019 State of the Port Address at the Greater Houston Partnership’s annual event November 21. He reported solid revenues and tonnage numbers, and expectations for continued growth. He also emphasized that the success of the port is made possible by the people who work in the Port…

As the first word spoken by Apollo 11 astronauts from the surface of the moon in the summer of 1969, Houston has long been synonymous with space exploration.   Thousands of aerospace industry experts, entrepreneurs and government leaders gathered in Houston last week to address strategic issues impacting the commercial space industry at SpaceCom, the international Commercial Space…

In a presentation to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (CAMPO) Transportation Policy Board in Austin, Texas, AECOM’s Steven Duong updated the regional planning agency on high-speed transportation options between the Texas cities of Forth Worth and Laredo, with several stops along the Interstate 35 corridor. Scoring the highest in its evaluation was a hyperloop…