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After a successful stint operating service between Dallas and Austin, Danza, the founder and CEO of Vonlane, is expanding his fleet and offering trips between Houston and Dallas starting Monday. One-way tickets on buses replete with amenities are $69, with service aimed at business travelers. The company is one of a handful looking for a Continue reading

The “creepo” who agreed to pick up Mel Smith about a month ago from a Midtown bar probably never got a chance to put her location into the Uber app. “I always look at the picture,” Smith said of the photo that pops up when she requests a ride via Uber, which connects drivers with Continue reading

Keeping the tax the same and expecting growth in population and driving to lead to revenue increases hasn’t worked. The Highway Trust Fund, the bank account for the gas tax, has been repeatedly bailed out because it isn’t bringing in enough money. It’s on the verge of insolvency again. Meanwhile, former officials like LaHood aren’t Continue reading

Houston transit officials Thursday wrote off $104 million wasted on multiple studies related to the controversial University and Uptown light rail projects that ultimately stalled due to a lack of funding and fierce opposition from the neighborhoods they would impact. The studies for the two lines, which were approved by voters in a 2003 referendum, Continue reading

The official who oversees more vehicle registrations than anyone else in the state gave the state motor vehicle agency a failing grade Monday after another error surfaced in its new inspection and registration system. “It is having an adverse effect on my ability to do the work of the taxpayers,” Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Continue reading

In the end, officials concluded a noise barrier wouldn’t provide enough protection to enough homes to justify the cost. That was disappointing news in Mossy Oaks, where a core group of families have deep roots. Children who grow up and move away tend to return and build houses of their own, where kids play across Continue reading

The key change will be calming driving patterns, officials said. “The speed limit is a little bit higher, but the problem is that people go much above the speed limit on Allen Parkway and with the curves,” Mayor Annise Parker said. “There’s not anything wrong with the street; it’s the way people drive on the Continue reading

Facing energy and transportation demands driven by population and business growth, southern Texas and the Houston area in particular have dozens of projects in the pipeline, such as the completion of the Grand Parkway and freight rail improvements. Among them are a major electricity transmission line, which supporters say is needed to meet demand in Continue reading

One night a little over a year ago, Norman was riding her bike home from work. Mayer, likely intoxicated, was lost and driving home after drinking with co-workers. Mayer’s truck struck Norman’s bike at a dark spot on Waugh Drive. Norman, 24, died of her injuries, and a jury decided Thursday that Mayer, 36, should Continue reading

The same car Cunningham climbed into as a child is the one that carried him and his wife as they tooled around Texas in later years. The Houston couple cruised with other Model A fans to city tours and potluck gatherings. “Anywhere Jean went, Allen went, and anywhere Allen went, Jean went,” said Jean Cunningham’s Continue reading