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Mayor Parker names new METRO board appointees

5 new members

Vilas Bhuchar, Mar 18, 10.

Mayor Annise Parker today named five appointees to serve on METRO's 9-person board. Her choices require City Council approval.

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Quality of life is key benefit to economy

Encourages entrepreneurship

Steve Hawley, Mar 17, 10.

A policy brief states that quality of life investments and good higher education facilities attract entrepreneurs and stimulate the local economy.

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Feds emphasizing pedestrians & bicyclists

Policy reforms underway

Steve Hawley, Mar 17, 10.

The Obama administration is introducing reforms to 'treat walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes.'

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Mayor Parker heading to DC to support light rail and NASA

Will meet Ray LaHood

Vilas Bhuchar, Mar 15, 10.

Mayor Annise Parker said she will reiterate her support for METRO's planned light rail expansion during her visit to Washington DC this week.

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Initiatives

TPC Interviews

What does the TPC do?

Over the summer, Houston Tomorrow interviewed members of the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council to learn more about the council's role in shaping the region.

Feds add Houston to Texas

New high speed rail map

Houston is now in the FTA's proposed map of Texas Triangle HSR plan, but Ray LaHood criticized Texas for being unprepared, a view shared by many other analysts.