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Major announcement on controversial Post Oak project
Share this story: The news conference will be held at 11:00 am outside Masraff’s Restaurant at 1753 Post Oak Blvd This announcement may very well spell the beginning of the end to that controversial plan to tear up Houston’s “Rodeo[…..]
METRO to issue new ridership projections for Post Oak bus lanes amid criticism
Share this story: The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County has confirmed that it will be “re-running the numbers” for the Post Oak dedicated bus lane ridership projections reports Roxanna Asgarian of the Houston Business Journal: The Metropolitan Transit Authority[…..]
METRO will review questionable Uptown bus numbers
Share this story: A major development in the controversial plan to tear up Post Oak Blvd for exclusive bus lanes. Metro Chairman, Gilbert Garcia is announcing the transit agency will re-examine the numbers that Uptown has been using to justifying[…..]
Uptown board selection process looks like a sham
Share this story: An investigation by Dolcefino Consulting reveals appointments of Board Members to the Uptown Management District may be a virtual charade. “Taxpayers will say a collective WTH when they hear this,” says Wayne Dolcefino, President, Dolcefino Consulting. In[…..]
Uptown knows ridership numbers are inflated
Share this story: New documents obtained by Dolcefino Consulting prove ridership numbers for a controversial $300 million dollar bus project leading through the heart of Uptown are grossly inflated. More troubling, Uptown hasn’t told taxpayers. Documents released by Uptown claim[…..]
Uptown conflicts grow – City council should delay project until we know them all
Share this story: In March of 2013 Uptown Board Chairman Kendall Miller lobbied for federal grant money for a bus project on Post Oak Blvd. His letter did not disclose his financial stake in the project. In Mid-2014 Miller knew[…..]
In Uptown, bus plan critics lob conflict-of-interest allegations
Share this story: In Uptown, bus plan critics lob conflict-of-interest allegations (Houston Chronicle) Two members of an economic development board pushing a plan to run a center bus lane along Uptown’s Post Oak Boulevard have financial ties to companies that[…..]
Media buzz over opposition to Uptown-METRO bus project
Share this story: A town hall meeting held amidst growing opposition to a $300 million Post Oak Boulevard bus project by Uptown TIRZ and METRO that could tear the signature street apart has generated Houston media buzz: Uptown business owners[…..]
Exposing the Uptown Bus Boondoggle
Share this story: TAXPAYERS ALERT EXPOSING THE UPTOWN BUS BOONDOGGLE A growing coalition of business and property owners in Uptown detailed their opposition to a planned 300 million dollar bus project along Post Oak. The Post Oak Property Owner and[…..]