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A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

PLAN SNAPSHOT

Creating a plan for growth

Our region's population is expected to grow from 7 million to more than 10 million people in the next 20 years. The METRONext Moving Forward Plan is designed to help ease traffic congestion.

It's 500 miles of travel improvements with the goal of giving you more ways to move around our region, with no tax increase.

PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

WHAT'S IN THE PLAN

WHAT'S IN THE PLAN

The Moving Forward Plan is a plan for traffic - the result of input from community members, experts and elected officials. It proposes expansions across several types of transportation, along with investments in service and accessibility.

planned investments

  • HOV Lanes 110

    Miles of Regional Express Network, including two-way HOV Lanes

  • HOV Lanes 21

    New or improved Park & Rides and Transit Centers

  • HOV Lanes 16

    Miles of light rail with a METRORail extension to Hobby Airport

  • HOV Lanes 75

    Miles of new METRORapid bus service that operates like light rail, including an extension to Bush Airport

  • HOV Lanes 290

    Miles of BOOST and Signature bus service, plus accessibility and usability improvements for the disabled and seniors

planned investments

APPROVED BY VOTERS

On November 5, 2019, voters in METRO’s service area overwhelmingly approved bonding authority of $3.5 billion to be used to partially implement METRONext.

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