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How is ridership estimated? METRO and the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) use a shared computer-based tool to forecast future usage of the highway and ridership on various transit services, such as local buses, commuter buses and light rail. This computer-based tool, also called a travel model is a mathematical representation of how travel occurs in this region today and how it will change in the future. (Click here to read more) Learn More >>
What is a scoping meeting? The purpose of the scoping process is to determine the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to ensure that issues are identified early and properly studied. The end result of scoping is to ensure that the draft EIS produced for public review and comment is thorough and balanced. The scoping process should identify concerns of both the agencies and the affected public and should clearly define the environmental issues and alternatives to be examined in the EIS. If there are important environmental or social impacts that the public wants considered, the time to raise these issues is at the scoping meeting. If there are alternatives to be considered, the scoping meeting is the place to ask that they be analyzed. If there are concepts for minimizing environmental harm that the public would like to see evaluated, these alternatives should be raised at the scoping meeting. In this way, the EIS can be structured to better address public and agency concerns and help lead to better decisions in the end. Learn More >>
What exactly is the NEPA Process? The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law signed on January 1, 1970 by U.S. President Richard Nixon. The law applies only to federal agencies and the programs they fund. It requires that prior to taking any "major" or "significant" action, the federal agency must consider the environmental impacts of that action. Full disclosure of the potential impacts of a federal action before it is taken helps keep the decision-making process open, honest, transparent and cooperative (more). Learn More >>
What is a corridor? In transit/transportation context, the term "corridor" is defined (click on the question to read more) Learn More >>
Why can't I see the images of the METRO Solutions NewsFlash I get in my email? For security reasons, many email clients block images in emails by default. This keeps SPAMMERS who place uniquely identifying invisible images into SPAM messages from harvesting a list of working email addresses (click on the question to see more information). Learn More >>
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