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  METRO For People Who Have Never Ridden METRO

  November 29 at 5 a.m.

  I have a confession. I am a lifelong Houstonian and I have never taken a bus anywhere. I've driven (obviously), walked, biked, taken cabs and Ubers, and even ridden the METRORail. But, I've never used METRO's most used service, the bus. There's no specific reason why other than I've had...

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  Five Road Rules to Follow This Holiday Season

  November 27 at 5 a.m.

  Nothing says "over the river and through the woods" like a good, old fashioned holiday road trip. Sure, you could invite the entire family over for the holidays, but then they would have to, you know, come to your house. Yikes. Instead, take a drive, enjoy some scenery and live...

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  Five Ways to Deal with the Stress of Holiday Traffic

  November 22 at 6:53 a.m.

  The next few weekends are going to be hell if you decide to head anywhere near a shopping area. Even as retail sales have flagged with the rise and efficiency of online options, stores leading up to Christmas are still routinely packed on the weekends. That's just a fact. But,...

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  Pain and We Hope Gain When It Comes to Houston Traffic Projects

  November 15 at 5 a.m.

  In 2018, the bulk of the construction that had been ongoing for years along the Northwest Freeway between the North Loop and Beltway 8 wound down. There have been a few minor tweaks since then but, in general, the nightmare for many people, myself included, was over. I found myself...

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  Highway Construction Continuing to Cause Confusion, Especially at Night

  November 8 at 5 a.m.

  Most of us who get on the road during the day will do a quick check of traffic through an app or tune into a station that has traffic and weather a few times each hour. We don't want to get stuck in a traffic jam if we can at...

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  METRO Election Win Underscores Houston's Hunger for Better Mass Transit

  November 7 at 5 a.m.

  For decades, the drive to expand mass transportation options in and around the city of Houston has been similar to the traffic: a slow, dull slog. Funding has been blocked by state and federal officials at nearly every turn as they favored pouring concrete to alternative solutions. But, the annual...