February 2008 

Design for the Uptown Corridor alignment is underway.  In the meantime, we are looking for a home for the METRO Solutions Uptown Corridor Office. We hope to have an office open within the next few months (click here to read the Houston Chronicle article).  We'll keep you posted and invite you to our opening ceremony.

October - November 2007

What better venue could there be than the Arboretum in Memorial Park to hold the Uptown Community Visioning panel for the Uptown Corridor portion of the Arts in Transit Program. In October, members of the committee included enthusiastic residents and business representatives who offered comments and suggestions for imagery appropriate to the alignment. Then, on November 1, 2007 the panel reconvened to make final selection of the artists for the Uptown rail stations. The artists selected are:

Post Oak Stations: Alan Krathaus/ Fiona McGettigan and Roberto Cervantes (Suzanne Sellers is the alternate)

Memorial Station: Dixie Friend Gay (Ann Stautburg is the alternate)

Northwest Transit Center: Bill Davenport (Bill and Mary Buchen/SonArc is the alternate

Artists development of conceptual designs is expected Spring of 2008.

October 2007

At the October meeting, METRO's BOard of Directors unanimously adopted light-rail technology for the North, East End, Southeast, and Uptown corridors.  These four corridors had previously been planned to begin with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) technology as an interim step towards Light Rail Transit (LRT).  Read the news release for more details. 

June 2006 

An Open House took place on Wednesday, June 14, 2006.