Texas Transit Association

Del Mar students ride free on new bus service
September 24, 2003, Caller-Times

Del Mar College students can ride the bus for free to any location in the city when they show their college identification. The college and the Regional Transportation Authority entered into an agreement, which also allows students from surrounding towns in RTA’s service area to take the bus into town. About $5,000 from the Student Activities Fee Fund is being used to cover the cost of fares and expenses. The program runs through Aug. 31, 2004.

The second of two major mayoral candidates in Houston has stated his support for passenger rail in the city, leaving city voters to watch the third candidate that has yet to specifically state his emphatic support or opposition. Decision day nears.
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Ms. Susan Bryant has been named public transportation director at the Texas Department of Transportation starting October 1. The TxDOT announcement letter follows: Download file

The latest declaration of support or opposition to Houston METRO’s November passenger rail referendum has come from incumbent State Rep. Sylvester Turner. Turner now “unequivocally” supports the transit vote. Among the major candidates, the rail initiative has the support of Turner and Bill White, while Orlando Sanchez has not staked a position. Former candidate Michael Berry, who opposed the initiative, recently withdrew from the mayoral race Monday because of a lack of support.
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… to meet the objections of local congressman.
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Eight Northeast Tarrant County cities, The T, and the American Red
Cross will embark on a precedent-setting agreement on September 24, as they symbolically sign a regional cooperative arrangement to provide transportation service within their cities. The T, a metropolitan transit authority, provides service in and around Fort Worth in Tarrant County, while the Northeast Transportation Service Urban Transit District serves smaller urbanized areas.
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