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Commuters, advocates urge Metro to restore red‑line signal priority after downtown delays
Summary
Passengers and transit advocates told council that turning off traffic signal preemption on the red line has added travel time, increased missed‑connections and hurt reliability; Link Houston and riders asked the city and Metro to restore preemption and seek an equitable compromise for downtown vehicle flow.
Riders and transit advocates told the Houston City Council on Oct. 7 that a recent change removing traffic‑signal priority for the METRORail Red Line through downtown has substantially slowed trips and disrupted commutes.
Peter Echols of Link Houston presented data to the council and said the change — which left trains stopping at every light in downtown — increased travel times by roughly 10 minutes for some trips and shifted larger delays onto riders. "The prudent solution, the equitable solution, is to turn traffic signal preemption back on," Echols…
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