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 [...]

2024-09-17T16:06:15+00:00September 16th, 2024|

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 [...]

2024-09-12T21:14:15+00:00September 12th, 2024|

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 [...]

2024-07-22T18:29:57+00:00July 22nd, 2024|

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 [...]

2024-06-24T17:21:58+00:00June 18th, 2024|

LINK Houston Congratulates METRO Board Chair Appointee

The following statement can be attributed to Gabe Cazares, Executive Director, LINK Houston. February 13th, 2024 We congratulate Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock on her appointment as Board Chair for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston METRO). METRO provides an essential service connecting Houstonians to jobs, healthcare, education, and recreation. We thank outgoing Chair [...]

2024-02-13T22:38:48+00:00February 13th, 2024|

LINK Houston Condemns the Actions of the Transportation Policy Council

The following statement can be attributed to Gabe Cazares, Executive Director, LINK Houston. January 26th, 2024 Today, the Transportation Policy Council (TPC) voted to kill a good faith effort to address its democratic deficit. By once again throwing out a consensus-based bylaws change to incorporate a weighted voting structure – just as they had [...]

2024-01-26T22:31:47+00:00January 26th, 2024|

LINK Houston Celebrates Transformational Transportation Win

The following statement can be attributed to Gabe Cazares, Executive Director, LINK Houston. Houston has made it clear: we want a fair say in how our city grows and moves around. Empowering all communities in the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) with proportional representation – as Proposition B demands – is a necessary step towards [...]

2023-11-08T18:07:33+00:00November 8th, 2023|

LINK Houston Director of Community Engagement Appointed to Prestigious EPA National Advisory Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HOUSTON, October 24, 2023 – LINK Houston, a leading advocate for equitable and sustainable transportation in our community, is proud to announce the appointment of Cherrelle J. Duncan, Director of Community Engagement, to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Advisory Committee. This prestigious appointment to a Presidential committee by [...]

2023-10-24T21:03:04+00:00October 24th, 2023|

Mayor Turner to Recognize LINK Houston for advocacy efforts during National Week Without Driving 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HOUSTON,TX – Today Mayor Turner will recognize LINK Houston for their efforts to raise awareness of the perspective and experiences of non-drivers while promoting transportation that is supportive of all individuals as well as proclaim October 2nd – 8th as National Week Without Driving  in Houston. First championed by Disability Rights [...]

2023-10-03T20:46:31+00:00October 3rd, 2023|

LINK Houston Endorses Prop B; urges the Houston-Galveston Area Council to negotiate a fair representation framework for the entire region

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2023 HOUSTON, TX - The LINK Houston Board of Directors agreed to endorse Proposition B to reform the Houston-Galveston Area Council. City of Houston Proposition B would compel Houston’s regional government, the Houston-Galveston Area Council, to consider population in its voting structure, addressing the severe underrepresentation of more populous [...]

2023-09-13T22:36:53+00:00September 13th, 2023|