Gabe Cazares to Depart as Executive Director of LINK Houston After Two Years of Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Gabe Cazares to Depart as Executive Director of LINK Houston After Two Years of Service HOUSTON, TX – September 17, 2024 – LINK Houston announces that Gabe Cazares, who has served as Executive Director since August 2022, will be stepping down from his role no later than December 31, 2024, after [...]
Job posting: Executive Director of LINK Houston
Job Description Executive Director LINK Houston’s vision is to create a city where all Houstonians have the freedom of mobility to access the opportunities their vibrant city offers. LINK Houston is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for a robust and equitable transportation network so that all people can reach opportunity. To make that [...]
LINK Houston Requests Clarity on METRO Houston 2025 Draft Budget
Below statement from Director Eccles public comment at Houston METRO 2025 Draft Budget Public Hearing 9/12/2024 - On behalf of LINK Houston, thank you for this opportunity to comment on METRO’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Overall, we believe that many of the initiatives it contains represent a step in the right direction [...]
LINK Houston Welcomes New Director of Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINK HOUSTON ANNOUNCES GABRIELA BARAHONA AS NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT HOUSTON, Monday July 22, 2024 - LINK Houston is excited to welcome Gabriela Barahona as our new Director of Development. Gabriela is a first-generation Honduran American whose life and career inform her daily pursuit of a world where every person [...]
LINK Houston Urges METRO to move forward with the University Corridor BRT
UPDATED JUNE 24th, 2024 As you know, Metros Strategic Planning Committee announced their decision to abandon the University BRT project last week. This project has been more than twenty years in the making and has garnered voter approval multiple times. This week is critical to keep the pressure on Metro leadership to reverse course while they [...]
LINK Houston Releases Equity in Transit 2024 Findings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON – LINK Houston urges Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) to re-affirm their commitment to increase local bus service by 25% above pre-pandemic levels, as outlined in the METRONext Moving Forward Plan. Service increases should focus on routes located within the 222 square miles mapped by the Transportation Equity Demand Index (TEDI) [...]
LINK Houston in the News
Taylor Swift weekend concerts spark call to rename Houston Metro’s Red Line
Dear reader, transit advocates are calling for some changes before Taylor Swift comes to Houston for a weekend of sold-out shows. LINK Houston, which advocates for improved access to buses and trains, issued a lyric-laden request to Metropolitan Transit Authority officials that the [...]
Editorial: Feds give I-45 project green light. What does Houston get?
Are we there yet? The plodding, stop-and-go pace of the proposed I-45 expansion has felt a little like, well, I-45 itself in rush hour Houston traffic -- after a construction lane closure, two wrecks and a stalled 18-wheeler. After two long years of [...]
TxDOT Chooses Highways Over Housing
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is pushing forward with an $85 billion, decade-long plan to expand the state’s highway system, despite widespread opposition and even a federal lawsuit. One of its largest projects is the $9.7 billion-plus expansion of Interstate 45 in [...]
Houston begins public meetings on long-awaited Gulfton METRO lines
The new Gulfton Metro line is a part of a large city plan to improve public transportation. Houston Metro is hosting three public meetings this week for community input on the METRO Rapid Gulfton Corridor project. The project would create a new metro [...]
The deadliest road in Houston is getting a $28 million makeover
Data shows this stretch of road is one of the deadliest in the city. Houston is about to give one of its most dangerous stretches of road a multi-million dollar makeover. The City of Houston announced at a city council meeting Wednesday that the [...]
Houston receives nearly $30M to improve safety on 7-mile stretch of this busy road
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A statistic from the city of Houston shows that more fatal accidents take place on Bissonnet than on any other city-owned street. However, on Wednesday, it was announced that the federal government will be sending $28.7 million to improve [...]