Galveston-Houston Mobility Corridor Alternatives Analysis

Alternative Analysis Round 2
Time to Choose Your Preferred Transit Alternative
The Galveston-Houston Mobility Corridor Alternative Analysis (AA) has made significant progress.  Analysis of the cost-benefit of each of the GAL-HOU Corridor transit alternatives, Bus Rapid Transit, Express Bus, Commuter Rail, is complete; to the point that a selection of the best performing alternative is at hand.  We now know capital and operating costs, ridership, travel time savings, evacuation benefit and environmental impacts of each alternative.  A series of meetings and open houses are being held to receive public and agency input as to the locally preferred Alternative. Open Houses are set for January 12, 13 and 14 throughout the corridor.  Read More

Regional Decision-Making Process and Study Sponsors
The AA analyzes the potential transit mobility solutions in the Galveston-Houston mobility corridor, the primary corridor connecting Houston and Galveston and the 11 cities along the corridor. The AA is part of the federal planning process to study potential transit mobility solutions in the Galveston-Houston Mobility Corridor. As such it is an important local step in the pursuit of federal funding to address growing traffic congestion on IH-45 and SH3. The sponsors of this transit mobility study are the City of Galveston, Galveston County, and the Federal Transit Administration. The study is being coordinated with Harris County, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), METRO, the Gulf Coast Freight Rail District and the 11 cities in between Galveston and Houston. Four alternatives are proposed to be evaluated, ranked, and tested to arrive at a local consensus of a suitable Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA). These include No-Build, Express Bus, Bus Rapid Transit and Commuter Rail alternatives as described next  (Read More. . .) 

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