Downtown to get new free shuttle bus next May
Runs on natural gas
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After half a decade, a free downtown shuttle service rides again…this time, on natural gas, according to a story in CultureMap:
With a combination of federal grants and private support from British oil and gas giant BG Group, Houston Downtown Management District will launch a free downtown trolley service [next] May.
The upcoming GREENLINK will operate seven natural gas-powered buses on a circuit from City Hall to the George R. Brown Convention Center, making around 20 yet-to-be-determined stops to link conventioneers and workers in southwest downtown to a broad array of restaurants and stores. Buses will run Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. every seven minutes during peak hours (every 20 minutes off-peak).
Until the mid-2000s, the transit authority ran a free trolley systems with almost 30 vintage trolley buses serving nearly 10,000 passengers at its peak. MORE
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Please consider running the route a few blocks further north on Travis or Louisiana to include the theater district and nearby bars and restaurants on Main St. north of Texas Ave. These will be natural destinations for many convention visitors. Also, why stop the service at 6:30 pm when convention-goers are finishing their meetings and looking to go out on the town for the evening?
Posted on Oct 19, 11 at 6:37 am