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{{Short description|Major public transportation agency the United States}}
{{Distinguish|Greater Houston}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox public transit
| name = METRO
| image = Houston Metro logo.svg
| began_operation = January 1, 1979 ({{years ago|1979|1|1}} years ago)
| headquarters = 1900 Main St. Lee P. Brown Administration Building<br />[[Downtown Houston]], [[Texas]]
| locale = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| transit_type = [[Bus]], [[light rail]], [[paratransit]], [[Local–express lanes|express lane]]s
| alliance = 
| lines = 83 local bus routes<br />31 commuter bus routes<br />3 light rail lines<br />1 community connector<br />1 bus rapid transit line
| area served = 
| stops = 9,050<ref name="ridemetro.org" />
| stations = 44 (light rail)<br />12 (bus rapid transit)<br />27 (park and rides)<br />21 (transit centers)
| vehicles = 1,233 (bus)<br />76 (light rail)<ref name="AbMETRO">{{cite web|url=https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/AboutMETRO.aspx|title= About METRO|publisher=METRO|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>
| ridership = {{American transit ridership|TX Houston total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|TX Houston total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| website = {{URL|ridemetro.org}}
| image2 = {{photo montage |photo1a=Siemens 2012.jpg |photo2a=Silver Line at Northwest Transit Center.jpg  | spacing = 1
| color = transparent
| border = 0 }}
| caption2 = METRO services: [[METRORail]] and [[METRORapid Silver Line|METRORapid]] (bus rapid transit)
}}
The '''Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County''', branded as '''METRO''', is a major [[public transportation]] agency based in [[Houston]], Texas, United States. It operates [[bus]], [[light rail]], [[bus rapid transit]], HOV and HOT lanes, and [[paratransit]] service (under the name METROLift) in the city as well as most of [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]]. It also operates bus service to [[Missouri City, Texas|Missouri City]] in [[Fort Bend County]] and previously operated to [[Conroe, Texas|Conroe]] in [[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery County]]. The Metro headquarters are in the Lee P. Brown Administration Building in [[Downtown Houston]]. In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|TX Houston total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|TX Houston total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

== History ==
[[File:TotalPlazaHouston.JPG|thumb|Louisiana Place (now [[Total Plaza]]), the previous Metro headquarters]]
The [[Texas State Legislature]] authorized the creation of local transit authorities in 1973. In 1978, Houston-area voters created Metro and approved a one-cent sales tax to support its operations. Metro opened for business in January 1979, taking over the bus service owned by the City of Houston known as [[HouTran]]. HouTran was plagued by outdated equipment, infrequent service and a route structure which failed to account for Houston's rapid population growth.<ref name="metro">[https://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_773325 Chronology of Metro's attempts to develop a rail system] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019025617/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_773325 |date=October 19, 2012 }} FRI March 29, 1991 ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', Section A, Page 24, 2 STAR Edition</ref>

Metro's service area encompasses {{convert|1285|sqmi|sqkm}}<ref name="ridemetro.org">{{cite web|url=http://ridemetro.org/AboutUs/pdfs/METROFact_Figures_Card-2008.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=October 10, 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215144713/http://www.ridemetro.org/AboutUs/pdfs/METROFact_Figures_Card-2008.pdf|archive-date=February 15, 2010 }}</ref> and also serves portions of an eight-county region with its vanpool service; the agency employs about 3,800 people.<ref name="metro" />

=== Executive leadership ===
Tom Jasien is the current president and CEO of the agency, since December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Metro chair has visions of ride-share, more police to improve transit ridership |url=https://houstonlanding.org/new-metro-chair-has-visions-of-ride-share-more-police-to-improve-transit-ridership/ |website=houstonlanding.org |access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref> 

Previously, Thomas Lambert held the position for a decade, being formally appointed in February 2014, although he had been operating as the agency's interim CEO since the beginning of 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryan |first1=Molly|title=Houston Metro officially names new CEO|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/02/metro-officially-names-new-ceo.html|access-date=September 25, 2019|work=Houston Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals|date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> Lambert, a Houston native with a political science degree from Southwest Texas State University and master's in public administration from the University of Houston, joined Metro as a security investigator in 1979. He was named agency police chief in 1982, ultimately overseeing close to 100 officers, then moved into higher ranks of management.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Allan|title=Metro CEO lauded for low-key management style|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Metro-CEO-lauded-for-low-key-management-style-5197059.php|access-date=September 25, 2019|work=Houston Chronicle|publisher=Hearst|date=February 1, 2014}}</ref>

The Metro Board has nine members – five are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by Houston City Council, two are appointed by Harris County Commissioners Court, and two are appointed by the 14 mayors of Metro's smaller city members.

== METRORail ==
{{Main|METRORail}}

Metro's light rail service is known as METRORail.

Metro offers a trip planner on its web site that provides information for public transit in the region it serves. It is multi-modal, combining schedule information for buses and rail. Riders enter their intended origin and destination, along with optional time, date, the trip planner displays, itineraries showing the stops, departure and arrival times, times to get from the origin to the destination and other information.

Today, the average daily weekday ridership is 59,753 and 18.3 million annually. On November 9, 2007, Metro surpassed its 40 million boardings mark, something it did not expect to happen until 2020. Notable records in ridership have occurred on the following dates:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dayton.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/02/26/daily51.html?jst=s_cn_hl |title=METRORail riding sets record – Houston Business Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614041246/http://dayton.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/02/26/daily51.html?jst=s_cn_hl|archive-date=June 14, 2008}}</ref>
*February 1, 2004: 64,005 passengers rode Metro during [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]]
*February 23, 2004: 54,193 passenger boardings were recorded, the highest weekday at the time
*February 27, 2007: 56,388 passengers were recorded the day of the [[Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo]]
* February 4, 2017: 109,417 passengers were recorded during festivities preceding [[Super Bowl LI]].<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/MetroRail-hit-record-ridership-for-Astros-World-12335983.php|title = MetroRail notches record number of riders for Astros' victory parade, celebration|date = November 6, 2017}}</ref>
*November 3, 2017: 125,000 passengers were recorded the day of the parade for the Houston Astros, champions of the [[2017 World Series]].<ref name="ReferenceC" />

=== Lines ===
[[File:METRORail 4.jpg|thumb|The Red Line along Main Street]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Line 
!Distance
!Route
!Status
|-
|{{ric|METRORail|Red|name=yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|12.6|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="METRO-facts">{{cite web |title=METRO About Us |url=http://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/AboutMETRO.aspx |access-date=2022-02-07 |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas}}</ref>
|[[Fannin South station|Fannin South]] to [[Northline Transit Center/HCC]]
|Opened January 1, 2004
|-
|{{ric|METRORail|Purple|name=yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|6.7|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="METRO-facts" />
|Smith Street in Downtown Houston to [[Palm Center (Houston)|Palm Center]]
|Opened May 23, 2015
|-
|{{ric|METRORail|Green|name=yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|3.2|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="METRO-facts" />
|Smith Street in Downtown Houston to [[Magnolia Park Transit Center]]
|Opened May 23, 2015
|}
Metro currently operates three light rail lines: the [[METRORail Red Line|Red Line]], [[METRORail Purple Line|Purple Line]] and [[METRORail Green Line|Green Line]]. The Red Line, the Authority's first light rail line, began operation on January 1, 2004. Now extended to 12.8 miles, the line begins at the Northline Transit Center/HCC, serving HCC Northeast and Northline Commons mall, and then continues south through Houston's Central Business District, Midtown, the Museum District, Rice University, the Texas Medical Center and the NRG Park Complex to the Fannin South Transit Center <ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/MetroPDFs/FinancialAuditInformation/Budgets/FY18-Business-Plan-and-Budget.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010153/https://www.ridemetro.org/MetroPDFs/FinancialAuditInformation/Budgets/FY18-Business-Plan-and-Budget.pdf |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> It is the second major light rail service in Texas following the [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit|DART]] system. The arrival of Metro light rail comes approximately sixty years after the previous streetcar system was shut down, which left Houston as the largest city in the United States without a rail system since 1990, when Los Angeles' [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Blue Line]] opened.

Metro opened two additional light rail lines in 2015, the Purple (Southeast) and Green (East End) Lines. Destinations served by these new lines include Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, PNC Stadium, and the Theater District. These new lines added another 9.9 miles of light rail. In total, Metro operates 22.7 miles of light rail service. Metro will reach approximately 18.6 million light rail boardings in FY17.<ref name="ReferenceB" />

Two other lines were to be completed by 2012, but funding issues dropped the number to the northern extension of the Red Line and two of the original four new lines.<ref name="abclocal.go.com">[https://abc13.com/archive/7325921/ Houston Mayor Annise Parker wants to put brakes on University and Uptown rail lines | abc13.com] . Abclocal.go.com (March 11, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref><ref>[https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/6909523.html Rick Casey: Metro can't let rail jeopardize its buses – Houston Chronicle]. Chron.com (March 11, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> The extension of the Red Line was opened on December 21, 2013<ref>[https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7027794.html Rail puts Fulton Corridor on the verge of a boom – Houston Chronicle]. Chron.com (May 31, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> and the East End/Green Line opened on May 23, 2015.<ref>[https://abc13.com/archive/7390287/ Metro's East End Light Rail Corridor construction project reaches major milestone | abc13.com] . Abclocal.go.com (April 16, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> Due to federal investigations and the lack of funds, the plans may degenerate further.<ref name="chron.com">[https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7120861.html Metro cancels real estate contract, then rehires firm – Houston Chronicle]. Chron.com (July 23, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> Three of the five lines were previously going to be bus rapid transit (BRT), but due to high ridership possibilities, the decision was made to make them all light rail.

=== Expansion ===
METRO put the METRONext Moving Forward Plan before Houston area voters in November 2019; voters approved the $3.5&nbsp;billion bond by a margin of nearly two-to-one.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 5, 2019 |title=UPDATED: Unofficial results show METRO bond passing with strong support |url=https://communityimpact.com/houston/cy-fair/vote/2019/11/05/with-early-voting-results-in-metro-bond-on-track-to-pass/ |access-date=7 October 2021 |work=Community Impact Newspaper}}</ref> Bonds issued will be used to extend existing light rail service. The Red Line will be expanded North to the North Shepherd park & ride, and both the Green and Purple lines will be expanded east and south to [[William P Hobby Airport]], and west to the Houston Municipal Courthouse.<ref>{{cite news |author=Begley, Dug |date=November 5, 2019 |title=Voters OK Metro's $3.5B bond request for regional transit plan |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Metro-s-3-5B-bond-finds-strong-support-in-14812276.php |access-date=7 October 2021 |work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 20, 2020 |title=METRONext Business Now |url=https://www.metronext.org/assets/pdfs/METRONext-Upcoming-Projects-022020.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007210749/https://www.metronext.org/assets/pdfs/METRONext-Upcoming-Projects-022020.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |access-date=7 October 2021 |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County}}</ref>{{rp|17–20}}

A long extension or possible commuter rail line from Fannin South to Sugar Land and beyond has been studied since 2004. The route would parallel U.S. 90A in the existing right-of-way used by the Glidden subdivision owned by UP.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.h-gac.com/getmedia/1387fb13-171f-41e1-971b-f400ad378bd5/us90a |title=U.S. 90A Corridor Rail Feasibility Study |author=Edwards and Kelcey |date=April 2004 |publisher=Houston–Galveston Area Council |access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref> In 2011, the [[Southwest Rail Corridor]] was proposed to connect Fannin South and Missouri City. This was not constructed, but the METRONext plan includes a similar route extended to Sugar Land which it describes as a "future METRORail potential partnership."<ref>{{Cite web |title=METRONext Moving Forward Plan {{!}} ADA Accessible Public Transit {{!}} Houston, Texas |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/about/metronext/moving-forward-plan |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Ride Metro |language=en}}</ref>

== METRORapid (bus rapid transit - BRT) ==
[[File:Silver Line at Northwest Transit Center.jpg|thumb|Silver Line bus at the Northwest Transit Center]]
{{Main|METRORapid Silver Line}}

The METRORapid Silver Line is currently METRO's only operational bus rapid transit (BRT) line. It opened on August 23, 2020, and connects the Uptown area with the Northwest Transit Center, offering dedicated bus lanes over nearly the entire length of the corridor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Begley |first=Dug |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Metro ready to move ahead with Post Oak rapid transit bus buy |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/transportation/article/Metro-ready-to-move-ahead-with-Post-Oak-rapid-12616502.php |access-date=February 20, 2018 |work=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref> The line spans 4.7 miles (7.6 km), offering a fast and efficient service that is part of METRO's broader effort to enhance public transportation in Houston.

=== Lines ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Line 
!Distance
!Route
!Status
|-
|{{rcb|METRORapid|Silver|inline=yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|4.7|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="Chron-2013BRT">{{cite news |last=Begley |first=Dug |date=February 9, 2013 |title=Post Oak redesign drops rail for bus lane |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Post-Oak-redesign-drops-rail-for-bus-lane-4265811.php |access-date=February 20, 2018 |work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref>
|Westpark/Lower Uptown Transit Center to Northwest Transit Center
|Opened August 23, 2020
|-
|{{rcb|METRORail|University|inline=yes}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{convert|11.3|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="gometuni">{{cite web |title=University Line: FTA brings Houstonians one step closer to a much needed east/west transit line. |url=http://www.gometrorail.org/go/doc/2491/847991/ |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726123435/http://www.gometrorail.org/go/doc/2491/847991/ |archive-date=26 July 2011 |accessdate=2016-03-19 |publisher=GoMETRORail.org}}</ref>
|Hillcroft Transit Center to Tidwell Transit Center
|Indefinitely postponed
|-
|I-10 Inner Katy Line
|{{convert|4|mi|km|abbr=on}}
|Northwest Transit Center to St. Emanuel Street in the [[East Downtown Houston|East Downtown]] (EaDo) area
|Under review
|-
|{{rcb|METRORapid|Silver|inline=yes}} extension
|Approx. {{convert|4.1|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2024 |title=METRORapid Gulfton Corridor Project Development Project Profile: FY 2025 Annual Report |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/grant-programs/capital-investments/metrorapid-gulfton-corridor-project-development-0}}</ref>
|Extension to the [[Gulfton, Houston|Gulfton area in southwest Houston]]
|Under review
|}

==== Planned and paused lines ====

===== University Line =====
The University Line, initially planned to begin construction in 2025 and open in 2029, was set to span 11.3 miles (18.2 km) from Hillcroft Transit Center to Tidwell Transit Center, traveling through major corridors in central Houston. However, in June 2024, METRO announced the indefinite postponement or abandonment of the University Line due to financial and political challenges.<ref name=":4" /> This line was once a cornerstone of METRO’s expansion plans and was included in the METRONext plan for future development.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Zuvanich |first=Adam |date=2024-05-03 |title=Is METRO scrapping its plans for bus rapid transit in Houston? |url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/05/03/485628/is-metro-scrapping-its-plans-for-bus-rapid-transit-in-houston/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Houston Public Media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zuvanich |first=Adam |date=2024-06-18 |title=METRO shelves University Corridor bus-rapid transit project once touted as 'transformational' |url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/06/18/491065/metro-shelves-university-corridor-bus-rapid-transit-project-once-touted-as-transformational/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Houston Public Media |language=en-US}}</ref>

===== Inner Katy Line =====
The Inner Katy BRT line, which was initially intended to run along I-10 from the Northwest Transit Center to downtown Houston, has faced significant changes. Due to funding issues and project re-evaluations, the line has been scaled back, with plans now calling for the use of shared HOV lanes rather than dedicated BRT lanes. The completion timeline for this line remains unclear, although $8.7 million has been allocated for FY2025.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ganesh |first=Akhil |date=2024-08-29 |title=Metro budget plan reduces Inner Katy BRT to HOV lane, further signaling shift in priorities |url=https://houstonlanding.org/metro-budget-plan-reduces-inner-katy-brt-to-hov-lane-further-signaling-shift-in-priorities/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Houston Landing |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Dominic Anthony |date=2024-09-06 |title=METRO draft budget includes changes to Inner Katy bus rapid transit line |url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/09/06/498720/metro-draft-budget-includes-changes-to-inner-katy-bus-rapid-transit-line/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Houston Public Media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Begley |first=Dug |title=Metro 2025 budget focuses on bus frequency, less development of projects |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/metro-transit-budget-brt-projects-19757407.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250225162347/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/metro-transit-budget-brt-projects-19757407.php |archive-date=2025-02-25 |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=Houston Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

===== Gulfton Line (Silver Line extension) =====
The Gulfton BRT, an extension of the Silver Line serving the dense Gulfton area in southwest Houston, is also under review. While there has been no formal announcement regarding the line's construction status, project pages were removed from METRO’s website in April 2024, sparking speculation that the line may be delayed or cancelled.<ref name=":5" />

==== Expansion and future plans ====
As part of the original vision for METRORapid, several new BRT lines were planned to follow corridors originally designated for light rail transit. These include:

* Expansion to Inner Katy and University corridors (now proposed as BRT instead of light rail)
* A new north-south BRT service along the western leg of Beltway 8
* A line bridging the gap between the northern terminus of the Red Line and Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Together, these lines were expected to form part of a 75-mile network of BRT services, all branded as METRORapid.<ref name="METRORapid Overview">{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2020 |title=METRORapid Overview |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/MetroPDFs/GettingAround/METRORapid-Overview.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wanek-Libman |first=Mischa |date=August 24, 2020 |title=Houston's METRORapid Silver Line opens for service |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/article/21151461/houstons-metrorapid-silver-line-opens-for-service |access-date=August 26, 2020 |work=Mass Transit}}</ref> However, with the recent setbacks to key lines, the future of this expanded BRT network is uncertain.

== METROBus ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2010}}
[[File:MCI D4500CTH.jpg|thumb|right|New Hybrid Bus in Houston Metro livery by [[Motor Coach Industries]] D4500CTH]]
[[File:27-foot Arboc.JPG|thumb|METRO bus for routes with low ridership.]]
[[File:Houston May 2022 21 (Houston Metro bus).jpg|thumb|METRO bus in 2022]]

Metro's local bus service usually runs on city streets, typically stopping at every other corner along its entire route. The bus system is the most used in [[Texas]] and the [[American Southwest|Southwest region]].{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} Metro also operates express bus routes on the Houston region's freeway [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]]s, which stop at [[park-and-ride]] lots.

Prior to the construction of Metrorail, Metro consisted of the largest all-bus fleet in the United States, only because Houston was the largest major city devoid of any rail transit since 1990.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Circa 1991<!--1978 + 13 = 1991 --> bus services for handicapped people were implemented.<ref>{{cite news |author=Engel, Currie |date=July 23, 2020 |title=On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Houston looks forward |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/30th-anniversary-ADA-Houston-looks-forward-15432118.php |access-date=July 31, 2020 |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |quote=[...]1978[...]It took Houston another 13 years to get accessible buses,[...]}}</ref>

In 2015, the bus system was redesigned, eliminating low-ridership routes in favor of a high-frequency, high-demand bus network. This change was accomplished without any increase in operating costs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yglesias |first1=Matthew |date=February 18, 2015 |title=Houston just dramatically improved its mass transit system without spending a dime |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/2/18/8056039/houston-transit-reimagining |access-date=June 8, 2015 |work=Vox}}</ref>

=== Service types ===
[[File:Houston METRO New Flyer DE41LFR 3586.JPG|thumb|Metro [[Quickline]]]]

*'''Local''': Most Metro buses typically operate on city streets, with the majority of routes serving several of Houston's major employment centers. The routes are grid-like "crosstown" routes that travel from one part of the city to another, typically without entering downtown. Many routes were truncated to METRORail stations to eliminate duplicate service.
*'''Express''': A local limited stop service that serves key destinations but travel nonstop on freeway segments. They were formerly categorized as Limited prior to the 2015 restructuring of bus routes.
*'''Park and Ride (Commuter)''': Metro operates express service between major destinations and outlying areas via [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]]s on regional freeways. Buses on these routes stop at [[park-and-ride]] lots, which also serve as [[Transport hub|transit center]]s.
*'''[[Bus rapid transit|Bus Rapid Transit]] (BRT)''':{{anchor|METRORapid}}{{anchor|Bus rapid transit}} A pilot program introduced on June 1, 2009, to provide faster service with upgraded buses and fewer, more modern stops to busy corridors, beginning with a supplement of Route 2 (Bellaire), 402 [[Quickline]] Bellaire BRT. The second route in this system was a replacement of Route 33 (Post Oak), 433 [[METRORapid Silver Line|Silver Line]] Post Oak BRT, which unlike Route 402, utilizes an exclusive busway for a majority of the route. The next planned line was the [[METRORapid University Line|University Line]], which was planned to start construction in 2025 and open in 2029. However, in June 2024, Metro announced that they had abandoned plans for the University Line.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=June 21, 2024 |title=METRO abandons next phase of Bus Rapid Train Plan |url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/06/21/metro-abandons-next-phase-of-bus-rapid-train-plan/ |work=Click2Houston}}</ref>

=== Routes ===

Metro's bus routes are numbered based on their service type and arranged in a grid. On August 24, 2015, Metro revamped their entire bus network with new routes and frequent service.<ref>{{cite web |title=NewBusNetwork |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/NewBusNetwork.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120180527/http://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/NewBusNetwork.aspx |archive-date=January 20, 2016 |access-date=January 18, 2016 |website=www.ridemetro.org}}</ref> Under the new network, all local routes run 7 days a week with the exception of two express routes.

Metro provided the free Greenlink shuttle services in [[Downtown Houston]], but discontinued the service in March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Begley |first=Dug |date=2020-04-06 |title=Pandemic forces shutdown of downtown shuttle, maybe for good |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Pandemic-forces-shutdown-of-downtown-s-15184281.php |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref>

Metro's express and commuter buses consist of {{convert|45|ft|m|adj=on}} MCI and New Flyer "Viking" buses, which have reclining seats, small individual lights, as well as small air conditioning vents for each seat. Viking buses went out of service in May 2015.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the bus system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|TX Houston MB annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|TX Houston MB daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.
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====List of routes====
*'''2–99''': Local routes
*'''102–162''': Express routes
*'''202–298''': Park and Ride routes
*'''309–399''': Shuttle and curb2curb routes
*'''402''', '''433''': Bus rapid transit (BRT) routes
*'''{{font color | #EB0000 | Red }}''' indicates 15 minute-or-better frequencies
*'''{{font color | #2753F2 | Blue }}''' indicates 15–30 minute frequencies
*'''{{font color | #218500 | Green }}''' indicates 30–60 minute frequencies
*'''{{font color | #E88F00 | Yellow }}''' indicates express bus routes
*'''{{font color | #636466 | Gray }}''' indicates Park & Ride express routes or shuttles with no defined frequency
*'''{{font color | Coral | Coral }}''' indicates BRT ([[bus rapid transit]]) routes
Multiple colors indicate that portions of the route have different frequencies from one another.
{| class="wikitable sortable" !#
!Route #
!Route Name
!Terminal 1
!Terminal 2
!via
!Length
!Ridership (FY 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Executive Summary – September 2025|url=https://metro.resourcespace.com/pages/download.php?direct=1&noattach=true&ref=21258&ext=pdf&k=|accessdate=October 19, 2025 |publisher=[[Houston METRO]]}}</ref>
!Notes
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |2
|Bellaire
|'''[[Old Braeswood, Houston|Old Braeswood]]'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''Juniper Point'''<br />Mission Bend Transit Center
|[[Bellaire Blvd]] (Holcombe Blvd)
|{{convert|14.3|mi|km}}
|2,325,083
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2 Bellaire |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/local-bus/route-details/2-bellaire |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |3
|Langley-Little York
|'''Fairbanks/Northwest Crossing'''<br />Hollister Street & Little York Road
|'''Northside Village'''<br />[[Burnett Transit Center]]
|[[Little York Road|W Little York Rd]]
|{{convert|27.2|mi|km}}
|714,561
|<ref>{{cite web |title=3 Langley-Little York |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/local-bus/route-details/3-langley-little-york |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |4
|Beechnut
|'''Greater Eastwood'''<br />Eastwood Transit Center
|'''Juniper Point'''<br />Mission Bend Transit Center
|Beechnut St, N Braeswood Blvd
|{{convert|22.3|mi|km}}
|2,511,220
|<ref>{{cite web |title=4 Beechnut |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/local-bus/route-details/4-beechnut |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |5
|Southmore
|'''Midtown'''<br />[[Wheeler station|Wheeler Transit Center]]
|'''Allendale'''<br />Flagstone Terrace and South Richey Street
|Southmore Blvd, Griggs Rd, Long Dr
|{{convert|14.8|mi|km}}
|362,484
|<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Southmore |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/local-bus/route-details/5-southmore |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |6
|Jensen/Greens
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />[[Downtown Transit Center]]
|'''Greater Greenspoint'''<br />Greenspoint Transit Center
|Jensen Dr, Greens Rd
|{{convert|25.6|mi|km}}
|1,236,064
|<ref>{{cite web |title=6 Jensen-Greens |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/local-bus/route-details/6-jensen-greens |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |7
|West Airport
|'''Willow Meadows'''<br />West Loop Transit Center
|'''Greater Fondren Southwest'''<br />Fondren Meadow Drive & Gessner Road
|S Willow Dr, Airport Blvd
|{{convert|6.3|mi|km}}
|251,058
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |8
|West Bellfort
|'''South Main'''<br />[[Fannin South station|Fannin South Transit Center]]
|'''Greater Fondren Southwest'''<br />West Bellfort Park and Ride
|Bellfort Avenue (West)
|{{convert|10.3|mi|km}}
|1,060,223
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |9
|Gulfton/Holman
|'''Greater Eastwood'''<br />Eastwood Transit Center
|'''Sharpstown'''<br />Bonhomme Road & Clarewood Drive
|Holman St, US 59, Gulfton St
|{{convert|15.5|mi|km}}
|678,653
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |10
|Willowbend
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''Greater Fondren Southwest'''<br />Sandpiper Drive & Willowbend Boulevard
|Holcombe Blvd, Stella Link Rd, Willowbend Blvd
|{{convert|9.1|mi|km}}
|198,599
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |11
|Almeda/Lyons
|'''Central Southwest'''<br />Hiram Clarke Transit Center
|'''Northshore'''<br />Dividend Street & Currency Street
|[[Farm to Market Road 521|Almeda Rd]], Lyons Av
|{{convert|21.6|mi|km}}
|696,600
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |14
|Hiram Clarke
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''Central Southwest'''<br />Hiram Clarke Transit Center
|Main St, Hiram Clarke Rd
|{{convert|9.5|mi|km}}
|570,515
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |20
|Canal/Memorial
|'''[[Bellaire, Texas|Bellaire]]'''<br />Chimney Rock Road & Bellaire Boulevard
|'''Magnolia Park'''<br />Magnolia Park Transit Center
|S Rice Av, [[Memorial Drive (Houston)|Memorial Dr (East)]], Canal St
|{{convert|18.7|mi|km}}
|827,098
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |23
|Clay/West 43rd
|'''Northline'''<br />[[Northline Transit Center/HCC]]
|'''Spring Branch Central'''<br />Pitner Road & Roma Street
|Crosstimbers, West 43rd St, Clay Road
|{{convert|9.1|mi|km}}
|144,280
|
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Linear-gradient background | red | blue | text = | direction = right | alt bg color = lime }} |25
| rowspan="2" |Richmond
| rowspan="2" |'''Greater Eastwood'''<br />Eastwood Transit Center
|'''Westchase'''<br />Meadowglen Lane & Hayes Road
| rowspan="2" |Wheeler Ave, Richmond Ave
|{{convert|17.8|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2" |2,164,144
|
|-
|'''Juniper Point'''<br />Mission Bend Transit Center
|{{convert|20.9|mi|km}}
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |26
|Long Point/Cavalcade
|'''Houston Gardens'''<br />Kashmere Transit Center
|'''[[Memorial City, Houston|Memorial City]]'''<br />Memorial City Way & Barryknoll Lane
|Cavalcade St (East 20th St), West 18th St, Long Point Rd
|{{convert|17.4|mi|km}}
|1,132,169
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |27
|Shepherd
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />North Shepherd Park and Ride
|Greenbriar Dr (SB), Durham Dr (SB), Shepherd Dr
|{{convert|13|mi|km}}
|800,555
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |28
|OST – Wayside
|'''South Central Houston'''<br />Ben Taub Hospital
|'''Greater Fifth Ward'''<br />5th Ward/Denver Harbor Transit Center
|[[U.S. Route 90 in Texas|Old Spanish Trail]], Wayside Drive
|{{convert|13.8|mi|km}}
|894,339
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |29
|Cullen/Hirsch
|'''Houston Gardens'''<br />Kashmere Transit Center
|'''Crestmont Park'''<br />MLK Jr. Boulevard & Madden Lane
|Hirsch Rd, [[Cullen Boulevard|Cullen Blvd]]
|{{convert|17.8|mi|km}}
|1,073,158
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |30
|Clinton/Ella
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />North Shepherd Park and Ride
|'''Clinton Park'''<br />Mississippi Street & Clinton Drive
|Wheatley St (Ella Blvd), E 11th St, Clinton Dr
|{{convert|20.8|mi|km}}
|257,888
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |32
|Renwick
|'''Mid West'''<br />Winsome Lane & Fountain View Drive
|'''Willow Meadows'''<br />West Loop Transit Center
|Renwick Dr
|{{convert|7|mi|km}}
|457,821
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |35
|San Felipe
|'''Mid West'''<br />Winsome Lane & Fountain View Drive
|'''Downtown'''<br />Pierce Street & Travis Street
|W Gray St, San Felipe St
|{{convert|10|mi|km}}
|139,359
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |36
|Kempwood
|'''Houston Gardens'''<br />Kashmere Transit Center
|'''Westbranch'''<br />Westway Park Boulevard & Clay Road
|Kempwood Dr (East 34th St), Crosstimbers St
|{{convert|19.3|mi|km}}
|1,025,508
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |38
|Manchester-Lawndale
|'''Magnolia Park'''<br />Magnolia Park Transit Center
|'''Harrisburg/Manchester'''<br />Manchester Docks
|Lawndale St
|{{convert|6.2|mi|km}}
|40,289
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |39
|Katy Freeway
|'''Spring Branch Central'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''[[Memorial, Houston|Memorial City]]'''<br />Britoak Lane & Yorkchester Drive
|[[Katy Freeway]] Service Road
|{{convert|10.8|mi|km}}
|89,500
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |40 [[File:Airplane silhouette white.svg|15px]]
|Telephone/Heights
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />North Shepherd Park and Ride
|'''Meadowbrook/Allendale'''<br />Monroe Park & Ride
|Yale St, Heights Blvd, Polk St, [[Telephone Road|Telephone Rd]]
|{{convert|25.9|mi|km}}
|1,257,055
|Interlined with 41 from Waugh Dr to Eastwood TC
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |41
|Kirby/Polk
|'''Greater Eastwood'''<br />Eastwood Transit Center
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|Polk St, W Dallas St, Kirby Dr
|{{convert|13|mi|km}}
|424,633
|Interlined with 40 from Waugh Dr to Eastwood TC
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |44
|Acres Homes
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Pierce Street & Main Street
|'''Cypress Crossing'''<br />[[Lone Star College-University Park]]
|N Main St, Montgomery Rd, [[Texas State Highway 249|Tomball Pkwy (SH 249)]]
|{{convert|23.1|mi|km}}
|833,848
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |45
|Tidwell
| rowspan="2" |'''Brookhollow West'''<br />West Little York Park and Ride
|'''East Houston'''<br />Mesa Transit Center
|Tidwell Rd
|{{convert|19.1|mi|km}}
|1,411,173
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |46
|Gessner
|'''Greater Fondren Southwest'''<br />Fondren Meadow Drive & Gessner Road
|Gessner Rd
|{{convert|16.3|mi|km}}
|2,312,648
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |47
|Hillcroft
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''Westbury'''<br />Greencraig Drive & Hillcroft Avenue
|Woodway Dr, [[Hillcroft Avenue|Voss Rd (Hillcroft Ave)]]
|{{convert|12.8|mi|km}}
|1,170,888
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |48
|Market
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Preston Street & Smith Street
|'''Pleasantville'''<br />Pleasantville Drive & Market Street
|Market St
|{{convert|8.6|mi|km}}
|160,979
|Pleasantville routing alters during AM or PM
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |49
|Chimney Rock/S. Post Oak
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''Ridgemont'''<br />Court Road & South Post Oak Road
|Chimney Rock Rd, Bering Dr, S Post Oak Rd
|{{convert|17.3|mi|km}}
|851,117
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |50 [[File:Airplane silhouette white.svg|15px]]
|Broadway
|'''Greater Eastwood'''<br />Eastwood Transit Center
|'''[[William P. Hobby Airport|Hobby Transit Center]]'''
|Broadway St, Polk St
|{{convert|9.6|mi|km}}
|690,624
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |51
|Hardy – Kelley
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />[[Downtown Transit Center]]
|'''Kashmere Gardens'''<br />Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital
|Hardy/Elysian Sts, Kelley St
|{{convert|7.8|mi|km}}
|218,055
|Interlined with 52 from Downtown TC to Kashmere TC
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |52
|Hardy – Ley
|'''East Houston'''<br />Mesa Transit Center
|Hardy/Elysian Sts, Ley Rd, Hirsch Rd
|{{convert|19.3|mi|km}}
|597,369
|Interlined with 51 from Downtown TC to Kashmere TC
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |54
|Scott
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />[[Downtown Transit Center]]
|'''Central Southwest'''<br />Hiram Clarke Transit Center
|Scott St, Almeda Genoa Rd
|{{convert|14.2|mi|km}}
|1,850,311
|
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Linear-gradient background | red | blue | text = | direction = right | alt bg color = lime }} |56
| rowspan="2" |Airline/Montrose
|'''Northline'''<br />[[Northline Transit Center/HCC]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Greenspoint'''<br />Greenspoint Transit Center
|Airline Drive
|{{convert|11.4|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2" |1,789,580
|-
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|Airline Dr, Studewood St (Montrose Bl)
|{{convert|21.6|mi|km}}
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |58
|Hammerly
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''Westbranch'''<br />Westway Park Boulevard & Capital Park Drive
|Hammerly Blvd
|{{convert|10.8|mi|km}}
|151,414
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |59
|Aldine Mail
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />North Shepherd Park and Ride
|'''Eastex'''<br />Aldine Mail Route & [[US Route 59]]
|Aldine Mail Route Road
|{{convert|11.7|mi|km}}
|123,043
|
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Linear-gradient background | blue | green | text = | direction = right | alt bg color = lime }} |60
| rowspan="2" |Cambridge
| rowspan="2" |'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''Astrodome Area'''<br />El Camino Street & Holly Hall Street
|Cambridge St, Holly Hall St
|{{convert|4.4|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2" |458,323
|
|-
|'''South Union'''<br />Southeast Transit Center
|Cambridge St, Holly Hall St, Tierwester St
|{{convert|6.8|mi|km}}
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |63
|Fondren
|'''Mid West'''<br />Old Farm Road & Westheimer Road
|'''Fondren Gardens'''<br />Fondren Transit Center
|Fondren Rd
|{{convert|9.6|mi|km}}
|1,461,213
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |64
|Lincoln City
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />Acres Homes Transit Center
|'''Garden City Park'''<br />McCrarey Drive & Montgomery Road
|Wheatley St, De Priest St, Dewalt St
|{{convert|8.8|mi|km}}
|27,253
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |65
|Bissonnet
|'''Midtown'''<br />[[Wheeler station|Wheeler Transit Center]]
|'''Crescent Park Village'''<br />Beckford Drive & Newbrook Layover
|[[Bissonnet Street|Bissonnet St]]
|{{convert|15.5|mi|km}}
|1,879,188
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |66
|Quitman
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''Greater Fifth Ward'''<br />5th Ward/Denver Harbor Transit Center
|White Oak Dr (Quitman St)
|{{convert|12.6|mi|km}}
|130,297
|Was 66 Studewood before the 2015 route change
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |67
|Dairy Ashford
|'''Alief'''<br />Dairy View Lane & Bissonnet Street
|'''Addicks Park Ten'''<br />Addicks Park & Ride
|Dairy Ashford Rd (Park Row Drive)
|{{convert|9.9|mi|km}}
|176,996
|
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:blue; color:black;" |68
| rowspan="2" |Braeswood
| rowspan="2" |'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''Alief'''<br />Elmsworth Drive & South Course Drive (other times)
| rowspan="2" |Braeswood Blvd
|{{convert|11.8|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2"|600,748
|
|-
|'''Alief'''<br />El Franco Lee Clinic (weekday daytime)
|{{convert|13.8|mi|km}}
|Was 68 Brays Bayou but renamed in the 2015 New Bus Network
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |70
|Memorial
| rowspan="2" |'''Spring Branch Central'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
| rowspan="2" |'''Spring Branch West'''<br />Business Center Drive & Westview Circle Drive
|Memorial Dr (Central)
|{{convert|11.7|mi|km}}
|65,686
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |72
|Westview
|Westview Dr
|{{convert|10.1|mi|km}}
|110,655
|
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |73 [[File:Airplane silhouette white.svg|15px]]
|Bellfort
|'''South Main'''<br />[[Fannin South station|Fannin South Transit Center]]
|'''Hobby Transit Center'''
|Bellfort Avenue (East)
|{{convert|9.4|mi|km}}
|1,521,237
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |75
|Eldridge
|'''Addicks Park Ten'''<br />Addicks Park & Ride
|'''Eldridge/West Oaks'''<br />[[West Oaks Mall (Houston)|West Oaks Mall]]
|Eldridge Pkwy
|{{convert|13.9|mi|km}}
|229,561
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |76
|Evergreen
|'''Magnolia Park'''<br />Magnolia Park Transit Center
|'''Allendale'''<br />Howard Drive & Sweetbriar Street
|Evergreen Dr, Winkler Dr
|{{convert|10.7|mi|km}}
|380,482
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |77
|Homestead
|'''Greater Fifth Ward'''<br />5th Ward/Denver Harbor Transit Center
|'''Homestead'''<br />Hartwick Road & Homestead Road
|Homestead Rd
|{{convert|10.9|mi|km}}
|139,986
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |78
|Wayside
|'''Greater Fifth Ward'''<br />5th Ward/Denver Harbor Transit Center
|'''East Houston'''<br />Brock Park Drive & Tidwell Road
|Wayside Dr
|{{convert|9.7|mi|km}}
|153,161
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |79
|Irvington
|'''Northside Village'''<br />[[Burnett Transit Center]]
|'''Eastex-Jensen'''<br />Aldine Westfield Road & Pine Tree Drive
|Irvington Blvd
|{{convert|10.7|mi|km}}
|136,702
| Was 79 W. Little York before the merge with 3 Langley
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Linear-gradient background | blue | green | text =  | direction = right | alt bg color = lime }} |80
| rowspan="2" |MLK/Lockwood
|'''Houston Gardens'''<br />Kashmere Transit Center
| rowspan="2" |'''Crestmont Park'''<br />MLK Jr. Boulevard & Park Village Drive
| rowspan="2" |Lockwood Dr, MLK Jr. Blvd
|{{convert|16.2|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2" |1,403,308
|
|-
|'''Eastex-Jensen'''<br />Tidwell Transit Center
|{{convert|21.2|mi|km}}
|Was 80 Dowling/Lyons before the 2015 change
|-
| style="background:red; color:black;" |82
|Westheimer
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Congress Street & Smith Street
|'''Eldridge/West Oaks'''<br />West Oaks Mall
|[[Westheimer Road|Westheimer Rd]]
|{{convert|18.2|mi|km}}
|4,322,880
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |83
|Lee Road-JFK
|'''Eastex-Jensen'''<br />Tidwell Transit Center
|'''IAH/Airport Area'''<br />World Houston Parkway & International Plaza
|US 59 Service Rd, Lee Rd (SB)
|{{convert|12.4|mi|km}}
|102,899
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |84
|Buffalo Speedway
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''South Main'''<br />Lakes at 610 Drive & West Bellfort Street
|I-610 Service Rd, [[Buffalo Speedway|Buffalo Spdwy]], University Blvd
|{{convert|12.9|mi|km}}
|591,910
|
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Linear-gradient background | red | blue | text =  | direction = right | alt bg color = lime }} |85
| rowspan="2" |Antoine/Washington
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Pierce Street & Main Street
|'''Antoine West'''<br />West Road & Antoine Drive
|[[Washington Avenue (Houston, Texas)|Washington Ave]], Antoine Dr
|{{convert|17.1|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2" |1,895,240
|
|-
|'''Greenspoint'''<br />Greenspoint Transit Center
|[[Washington Avenue (Houston, Texas)|Washington Ave]], Antoine Dr, Gears Rd
|{{convert|25.1|mi|km}}
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |86
|FM 1960/Imperial Valley
|'''Greenspoint'''<br />Greenspoint Transit Center
|'''Willowbrook'''<br />Tomball Parkway & Willow Chase Boulevard
|Imperial Valley Dr, [[Farm to Market Road 1960|FM 1960 (West)]]
|{{convert|16.5|mi|km}}
|896,900
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |87
|Sunnyside
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center]]
|'''South Main'''<br />[[Fannin South station|Fannin South Transit Center]]
|Holcombe Blvd, Yellowstone Blvd, Crestmont St, Reed Rd
|{{convert|14.7|mi|km}}
|388,598
|Was 87 Yellowstone Circulator prior to the 2015 route change
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |88 [[File:Airplane silhouette white.svg|15px]]
|Sagemont
|'''Greater Hobby Area'''<br />Neuhaus St & Telephone Rd
|'''Southbelt/Ellington'''<br />San Jacinto College South
|Airport Blvd, Almeda Genoa Rd, Beamer Rd
|{{convert|14.5|mi|km}}
|375,273
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |89
|Dacoma
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''Lazy Brook'''<br />Sherwood Lane & North Becca Lane
|Dacoma St, Magnum Rd, North Post Oak Rd
|{{convert|3.5|mi|km}}
|49,338
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |96
|Veterans Memorial
|'''Northline'''<br />Northline Transit Center/HCC
|'''Steubner Forest'''<br />Veterans Memorial Drive & Farm To Market Road 1960
|Veterans Memorial Dr
|{{convert|15.5|mi|km}}
|426,584
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |97
|Settegast
|'''Houston Gardens'''<br />Kashmere Transit Center
|'''East Houston'''<br />Mesa Transit Center
|I-610 Service Rd, Wallisville Rd, Oates Rd, E Houston Rd
|{{convert|14.9|mi|km}}
|116,813
|
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |98
|Briargate
|'''Central Southwest'''<br />Hiram Clarke Transit Center
|'''Fondren Gardens'''<br />Fondren Transit Center
|Fuqua St, Fondren Rd
|{{convert|7.4|mi|km}}
|102,407
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |99
|Ella – FM 1960
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />North Shepherd Park & Ride
|'''Woodcreek'''<br />[[Lone Star College-North Harris]]
|Ella Blvd, FM 1960 (East)
|{{convert|21.1|mi|km}}
|761,746
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |102 [[File:Airplane silhouette white.svg|15px]]
|Bush IAH Express
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Pierce Street & Travis Street
|'''[[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Bush IAH Airport Terminal C]]'''
|[[North Freeway (Houston)|North Fwy]], [[Texas State Highway Beltway 8|Beltway 8]], JFK Blvd
|{{convert|26|mi|km}}
|1,221,383
|
|-
| style="background:#ffd800; color:black;" |108
|Veterans Memorial Express
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Pierce Street & Travis Street
|'''Acres Homes'''<br />North Shepherd Park and Ride
|North Fwy
|{{convert|10.1|mi|km}}
|108,833
|
|-
| rowspan="2" {{Linear-gradient background | red | blue | text = | direction = right | alt bg color = lime }} |137
| rowspan="2" |Northshore Express
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Gray Street & Brazos Street
|'''Greater Fifth Ward'''<br />5th Ward/Denver Harbor TC
|[[East Freeway|East Fwy]]
|{{convert|4.9|mi|km}}
| rowspan="2" |916,408
|Alternate weekend trips
|-
|'''Northshore'''<br />Maxey Road Park & Ride
|East Fwy, Uvalde Rd, Woodforest Bl
|{{convert|17.1|mi|km}}
|
|-
| style="background:#ffd800; color:black;" |151
|Westpark Express
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />Congress Street & La Branch Street
|'''Juniper Point'''<br />Mission Bend Transit Center
|[[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|US 59]], Westpark Dr, [[Harwin Drive|Harwin Dr]]
|{{convert|19.2|mi|km}}
|308,509
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |152
|Harwin South Express
| rowspan="2" |'''Midtown'''<br />[[Wheeler station|Wheeler Transit Center]]
|'''Alief'''<br />Elmsworth Drive & South Course Drive
|US 59, Harwin Dr, Corporate Dr
|{{convert|15.5|mi|km}}
|530,155
|Interlined with 153 from Wheeler TC to Ranchester Dr
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |153
|Harwin North Express
|'''Eldridge/West Oaks'''<br />Valedictorian Drive & Briar Forest Drive
|US 59, Harwin Dr, Briar Forest Dr, Enclave Pkwy
|{{convert|20.7|mi|km}}
|901,541
|Interlined with 152 from Wheeler TC to Ranchester Dr
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |161
|Wilcrest Express
| rowspan="2" |'''Downtown'''<br />[[Downtown Transit Center]]
|'''Greater Fondren Southwest'''<br />West Bellfort Park & Ride
|Bellfort, Wilcrest, Memorial Drive, Gessner, Katy Freeway
|{{convert|26.1|mi|km}}
|989,999 (31,608 from predecessor route 160)
|Interlined with 162 from Downtown TC to Wilcrest Drive
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |162
|Memorial Express
|'''Addicks Park Ten'''<br />Addicks Park & Ride
|Memorial Drive, Gessner Road, Katy Freeway, Washington Avenue 
|{{convert|22.5|mi|km}}
|337,972 (31,608 from predecessor route 160)
|Interlined with 161 from Downtown TC to Wilcrest Drive
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |202
|Kuykendahl P&R
|'''Greenspoint'''<br />Kuykendahl Park and Ride
| rowspan="3" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Milam, Travis, St. Joseph and Jefferson
| rowspan="3" |North Freeway HOV
|
|184,368
|<ref>{{cite web |title=202 Kuykendahl |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/202-kuykendahl |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |204
|Spring P&R
|'''Spring'''<br />Spring Park and Ride
|
|189,879
|<ref>{{cite web |title=204 Spring |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/204-spring |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |209
|Spring/Kuykendahl P&R
|'''Spring'''<br />Spring Park and Ride<br />'''Greenspoint'''<br />Kuykendahl Park and Ride
|
|25,900
|<ref>{{cite web |title=209 Spring / Kuykendahl |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/209-spring-kuykendahl |publisher=METRO}}</ref><br />Midday service for 202 and 204
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |212
|Seton Lake P&R
|Seton Lake Park and Ride
|'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Milam, Travis, St. Joseph and Jefferson
|SH 249, North Freeway HOV
|
|82,362
|<ref>{{cite web |title=212 Seton Lake |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/212-seton-lake |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |216
|W L York / Northwest Station P&R
|'''Jersey Village'''<br />Northwest Station<br />'''Brookhollow West'''<br />West Little York Park and Ride
| rowspan="3" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Smith and Louisiana Streets
| rowspan="3" |Northwest Freeway HOV, Katy Freeway
|
|216,551
|<ref>{{cite web |title=216 West Little York / Northwest Station |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/216-west-little-york-northwest-station |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |217
|Cypress P&R
|'''Cypress'''<br />Cypress Park and Ride
|
|418,466
|<ref>{{cite web |title=217 Cypress |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/217-cypress |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |219
|W.L York/NW Station/Cypress
|'''Cypress'''<br />Cypress Park and Ride<br />'''Jersey Village'''<br />Northwest Station<br />'''Brookhollow West'''<br />West Little York Park and Ride
|
|35,226
|<ref>{{cite web |title=219 Cypress / Northwest Station / West Little York |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/219-cypress-northwest-station-west-little-york |publisher=METRO}}</ref><br />Midday service for 216 and 217
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |221
|Kingsland P&R
|Kingsland Park and Ride
| rowspan="2" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Smith and Louisiana
| rowspan="2" |Katy Freeway HOV
|
|180,677
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |222
|Grand Parkway P&R
|Grand Parkway Park and Ride
|
|638,269
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |228
|Addicks P&R
|'''Addicks'''<br />Addicks Park and Ride
| rowspan="2" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Smith and Louisiana
| rowspan="2" |Katy Freeway HOV
|
|187,790
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |229
|Addicks/Kingsland/Grand Parkway P&R
|Grand Parkway Park and Ride<br />Kingsland Park and Ride<br />'''Addicks'''<br />Addicks Park and Ride
|
|48,360
|Midday service for 221, 222 and 228
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |236
|Maxey P&R
| rowspan="2" |'''Baytown'''<br />Baytown Park and Ride
| rowspan="2" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Congress, Franklin, Milam, Travis, St. Joseph and Pierce
| rowspan="2" |East Freeway
|
|48,028 (13,862 from Rodeo route 236)
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |237
|Baytown P&R
|
|5,702
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |244
|Monroe / El Dorado P&R
|El Dorado Park and Ride
|'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along St. Joseph, Pierce, Travis, Milam, Franklin and Congress
|Gulf Freeway HOV
|
|138,768
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |247
|Fuqua / Bay Area P&R
| rowspan="2" |Bay Area Park and Ride
|'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along St. Joseph, Pierce, Travis, Milam, Franklin and Congress
|Bay Area Boulevard, Gulf Freeway HOV
|
|197,277
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |249
|Bay Area / El Dorado / Fuqua / Monroe P&R
|'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along St. Joseph, Pierce, Travis, Milam, Franklin and Congress
|Bay Area Boulevard, Gulf Freeway HOV
|
|35,433
|Midday service for 244 and 247
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |255
|Kingwood P&R
|Kingwood Park and Ride
| rowspan="4" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Congress, Franklin, Milam, Travis, St. Joseph and Jefferson
| rowspan="4" |Eastex Freeway HOV
|
|80,622
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |256
|Eastex P&R
|Eastex Park and Ride
|
|137,025
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |257
|Townsen P&R
|Townsen Park and Ride
|
|152,350
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |259
|Eastex/Townsen/Kingwood P&R
|Kingwood Park and Ride
|
|25,459
|Midway service for 255, 256 and 257
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |265
| rowspan="2" |West Bellfort
| rowspan="2" |West Bellfort Park and Ride
| rowspan="2" |'''Downtown'''<br />Stops along Louisiana, Smith, Franklin and Congress
| rowspan="2" |Southwest Freeway HOV
|
|259,130
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |269
|
|14,709
|Midday service for 265
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |270
|Missouri City P&R
|'''Missouri City'''<br />Missouri City Park and Ride
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />TMC Transit Center
|Fort Bend Tollway Frontage Road, Fondren, S. Main, Pressler
|
|127,741
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |292
|Southwest Freeway / TMC P&R
|West Bellfort Park and Ride
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />TMC Transit Center
|Southwest Freeway HOV, Main Street
|
|72,690
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |297
|Gulf Freeway / TMC P&R
|South Point Park and Ride
|East @ Cambridge
|Gulf Freeway HOV, South Freeway, OST
|
|167,893
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |298
|Katy Freeway / TMC P&R
|Kingsland Park and Ride
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />TMC Transit Center
|Katy Freeway HOV, Studemont
|
|317,593
|
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |309
| rowspan="2" |Gulfton Circulator
| rowspan="2" |Westpark/Lower Uptown Transit Center
| rowspan="2" |Westpark/Lower Uptown Transit Center
| rowspan="2" |Glenmont, Hillcroft, Bellaire, S. Rice
| rowspan="2" |{{convert|8.8|mi|km}}
|141,198
|Runs in a loop
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |310
|152,143
|Runs in a loop
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |314
|Hiram Clarke curb2curb
|
|
|
|
|99,606
|<ref>{{cite web |title=314 Hiram Clarke |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/curb2curb/route-details/314-hiram-clarke |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |329
|Southeast/Sunnyside curb2curb
|
|
|
|
|42,089
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |344
|Acres Homes curb2curb
|
|
|
|
|103,077
|<ref>{{cite web |title=344 Acres Homes |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/curb2curb/route-details/344-acres-homes |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |360
|Peerless Shuttle
|'''South Union'''<br />Southeast Transit Center
|'''South Park'''<br />Jutland Road & Bellfort Street
|
|{{convert|6|mi|km}}
|134,832
|
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |363
|Missouri City curb2curb
|
|
|
|
|152,821
|<ref>{{cite web |title=363 Missouri City |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/curb2curb/route-details/363-missouri-city |publisher=METRO}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray; color:black;" |377
|Kashmere/Maxey Road curb2curb
|
|
|
|
|33,355
|<ref>{{cite web |title=377 Kashmere Late Night |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/curb2curb/route-details/377-kashmere-late-night |publisher=METRO}}</ref> Kashmere Late night zone discontinued in 2025 and replaced by local bus service
|-
| style="background:green; color:black;" |399
|Kuykendahl Shuttle
|'''Greenspoint'''<br />Greenspoint Transit Center
|'''Greenspoint'''<br />Kuykendahl Park & Ride
|Ella Blvd, Kuykendahl Rd
|{{convert|4.7|mi|km}}
|37,215
|
|-
| style="background:coral; color:black;" |402
|[[Quickline]] Bellaire BRT
|'''Old Braeswood'''<br />[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center|TMC Transit Center]]
|'''Sharpstown'''<br />Clarewood Drive & Ranchester Drive
|Bellaire Blvd
|{{convert|9|mi|km}}
|89,124
|No weekend service
|-
| style="background:coral; color:black;" |433
|[[METRORapid Silver Line|Silver Line]] Post Oak BRT
|'''Spring Branch East'''<br />Northwest Transit Center
|'''Gulfton'''<br />Westpark/Lower Uptown Transit Center
|Post Oak Blvd
|{{convert|4.7|mi|km}}
|186,253
|Originally 33 Post Oak
|-
| style="background:blue; color:black;" |500 [[File:Airplane silhouette white.svg|15px]]
|IAH Downtown Direct
|'''[[Downtown Houston|Downtown]]'''<br />[[George_R._Brown_Convention_Center|GRB North Transit Center]]
|'''[[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Bush IAH Airport Terminal C]]'''
|Eastex Freeway HOV
|
|36,834
|Was 500 Airport Direct prior to its original discontinuation in 2011 due to low ridership;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christian|first1=Carol|title=Metro to eliminate Airport Direct shuttle service to Bush |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/metro-to-eliminate-airport-direct-shuttle-service-2080445.php |website=Houston Chronicle|date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> revived in 2025 as part of the [[Houston_Metro#METRONow_(2025)|METRONow plan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=METRO Launches Direct Route to IAH |url=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXMETRO/bulletins/3db2a24 |publisher=METRO|date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>
|}

=== Discontinued ===

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Route Name
!Reason for discontinuation
!Route Color
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |1 Hospital
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Red | Red }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |3 West Gray
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |5 Kashmere
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |7 Tanglewood
|
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |8 South Main
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |9 North Main
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |11 Nance
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |12 Allen House
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |13 Plaza del Oro Circulator
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |13 Westridge
|Shown on the Reimaging Side By Side map; absorbed into route 84 in the New Bus Network release
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |15 Fulton
|
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |16 Memorial
|
|
|- 
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |17 Gulfton
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |18 Kirby
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |19 Wilcrest
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |21 Northshore Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |22 Almeda
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |24 Kempwood
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |24 Northline
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''/'''{{font color | Green | Green Segment }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |26 Outer Loop
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |27 Inner Loop
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |28 Southmore
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |31 Memorial Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |32 Harwin Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |32 Renwick / San Felipe
|Split into 32 Renwick and 35 San Felipe in 2024
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |33 Post Oak
|Replaced by Silver Line (route 433)
|'''{{font color | Red | Red }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |34 Montrose
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |35 Fairview
|Originally 35 Leeland, later 35 Fairview/Leeland; discontinued in 2004
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |36 Lawndale
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''/'''{{font color | Green | Green Segment }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |37 El Sol
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |39 Long Point
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |39 Parker Circulator
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |40 Pecore
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |41 Garden Villas Express
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |41 Gulf Meadows Circulator
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |42 Holman
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |43 South Belt Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |43 Pinemont Plaza
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |43 Kirkwood
|Proposed service as part of New Bus Network, but never implemented
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |48 Navigation
|Was 48 Navigation/West Dallas until 2011; eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |50 Harrisburg
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Red | Red }}'''/'''{{font color | Blue | Blue Segment}}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |50 Heights
|Section renumbered as a portion of route 40 in the New Bus Network
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''/'''{{font color | Red | Red}}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |51 Buffalo Speedway
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |53 Briar Forest
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |54 Aldine/Hollyvale Circulator
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |55 Greenspoint/Kingwood Limited
|Ran from May 30, 2004 to October 30, 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |55 E Tidwell
|Shown on the Reimaging Side By Side map but never existed; combined with 45 Tidwell
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |57 JFK Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |59 Southwest Freeway P&R
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |60 Hardy
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |60 South MacGregor
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |63 San Felipe Limited
|Fondren Road section split off to 163 Fondren Limited (now current 63 Fondren) in the 1990s; remainder discontinued in 1997
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |64 Gulfton Limited
|Merged into 17 Gulfton
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |66 Irvington
|Merged into route 78; now covered by 79 Irvington
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |66 Yale
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |70 University
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |71 Cottage Grove
|Discontinued in 2024 due to low ridership; replaced with zTrip on-demand taxi service
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |74 Carver Road Circulator
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |75 Taft
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |75 Energy Corridor
|Replaced by 75 Eldridge in 2011
|'''{{font color | Red | Red }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |77 Liberty
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''/'''{{font color | Green | Green}}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |78 Alabama
|Section eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |81 Westheimer-Sharpstown
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''/'''{{font color | Red | Red Segment }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |84 Fountain View
|Became a branch of 82 Westheimer
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |84 T.C. Jester Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |88 Broadway Limited
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |88 Hobby Airport
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |89 Yale
|Merged into route 64, now route 66
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |89 South Park Circulator
|
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |91 North Shepherd / Texas Medical Center
|Renumbered to 291
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |92 Westwood / Texas Medical Center
|Renumbered to 292
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |93 Greens Road
|Renumbered to 102 in the 1990s due to shuttle expansions
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |93 Northwest/Greenway Plaza Shuttle
|Discontinued in 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |94<!-- name of route? -->
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |95 Uptown Post Oak
|Renumbered to 295
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |96 Uptown St. James
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |98 Texas Special Blue
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |99 Texas Special Red
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |101 Airport Express
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |107 FM 1960
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |112 FM 149
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |112 Bush IAH Downtown Direct
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |119 Wilcrest Commuter
|Renumbered from route 19 in the 1990s; renumbered back to route 19 in 1997
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |131 Memorial Limited
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |132 Harwin Limited
|Eliminated in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |143 South Belt Express
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |160 Memorial City Express
|Discontinued in 2025 and absorbed into 162 Memorial Express
|'''{{font color | Green | Green }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |163 Fondren Limited
|Replaced part of Route 63 San Felipe/Fondren Limited; replaced by current 63 Fondren in 2015 due to new route system
|'''{{font color | Blue | Blue }}'''/'''{{font color | Green | Green}}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |164 Hillcroft
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |201 North Shepherd
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |203 North Shepherd/Seton Lake
|Split into 201 North Shepherd and 212 Seton Lake
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |205 Kingwood
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |206 Eastex
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |210 West Belt
|Discontinued in 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |214 Northwest Station
|Merged into route 216
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |215 West Little York Commuter
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |227 Katy Freeway P&R
|Merged into route 298
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |245 Edgebrook P&R
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |246 Bay Area
|Merged into route 247
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |248 El Dorado
|Merged into route 244
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |256/255 Kingwood/Eastex
|Split into routes 255 and 256 in 2025
|'''{{font color | Gray | Gray }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |261 West Loop P&R
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |262 Westwood
|Merged into route 265
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |263 Alief
|Merged into route 265
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |271 Missouri City - SH 6 P&R
|Discontinued in 2025
|'''{{font color | Gray | Gray }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |273 Gessner P&R
|Merged into route 274
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |274 Westchase/Gessner P&R
|Originally 274 Westchase P&R; eliminated in 2015 due to new route system, with portions covered by 151 Westpark Express
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |283 Kuykendahl
|Discontinued in 2020
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |284 Kingwood/Townsen-Greenway Plaza/Uptown
|Discontinued in 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |285 Kingsland/Addicks-Uptown/Greenway Plaza
|Discontinued in 2004, replaced by 298
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |286 Little York/Pinemont/Uptown P&R
|Discontinued due to low ridership
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |289 San Jacinto P&R
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |291 Conroe Park & Ride
|Switched to a third-party provider in 2025<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Yousse |first=Andrew |title=Major Change in Route-291 Transportation Service to Houston |url=https://www.cityofconroe.org/news_detail_T22_R92.php |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=[[Conroe, Texas|City of Conroe]] |language=en}}</ref>
|'''{{font color | Gray | Gray }}'''
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |295 Uptown Post Oak Addicks/Galleria Commuter
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |311 Bayou Event Shuttle
|Discontinued due to low ridership
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |312 Grocers Shuttle
|Absorbed into 5 Southmore in 2020
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |313 Allen Parkway Special
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |320 TMC Red Shuttle
|No longer operated by METRO
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |321 TMC White Shuttle
|No longer operated by METRO
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |322 TMC Blue Shuttle
|No longer operated by METRO
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |323 TMC North Circulator
|Merged with 325 to form the 326 in 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |324 TMC South Circulator
|Merged with 324 to form the 326 in 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |325 Smith Lands Circulator
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |326 TMC Campus Trolley
|Replaced 323 and 324
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |352 Swingle Shuttle
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |364 MCTX Flex Route
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |402 P & HC Shuttle
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |403 S & K Shuttle
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |404 Northwest Shuttle
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |404 Beechnut Flyer
|Eliminated in 2001 due to low ridership
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |412 Greenlink Circulator Green Route
|Cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |413 Greenlink Circulator Orange Route
|Cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |418 Harris County Jury Shuttle
|Discontinued in 2023 due to low ridership
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |420 Post Oak Special Gold
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |421 Post Oak Special Green
|
|
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| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |426/427 TMC Swiftline
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |464 Bell Station Trolley
|Discontinued in 2004
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |465 Main Street Square Trolley
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffffff; color:black;" |466 St. Joseph/Preston Trolley
|
|
|}

=== Transit centers ===
'''Bold = Terminates at the Transit Center'''<br />
''Italics = A branch terminates at the transit center''<br />
{{Rint|houston|red}} / {{Rint|houston|green}} / {{Rint|houston|purple}} = METRORail connections
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+
!Transit Center
!Parking<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Accessing METRO by Car |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/accessing-metro/by-car |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=METRO |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County}}</ref>
!Routes
|-
|Acres Homes
|None
|
* 3 Langley-Little York
* 30 Clinton/Ella
* 44 Acres Homes
* '''64 Lincoln City'''
* 344 Acres Homes curb2curb
|-
|Bellaire
|None
|
* 2 Bellaire
* '''20 Canal/Memorial'''
* 49 Chimney Rock/S. Post Oak
* 65 Bissonnet
* 309/310 Gulfton Circulators
* 402 Bellaire Quickline
|-
|[[Burnett Transit Center|Burnett]] {{Rint|houston|red}}
|None
|
* '''3 Langley-Little York'''
* 51 Hardy-Kelley
* 52 Hardy-Ley
* '''79 Irvington'''
|-
|[[Downtown Transit Center (Houston)|Downtown]] {{Rint|houston|red}}
|None
|
* '''6 Jensen/Greens'''
* '''51 Hardy-Kelley'''
* '''52 Hardy-Ley'''
* '''54 Scott'''
* '''161 Wilcrest Express'''
* '''162 Memorial Express'''
|-
|Eastwood
|65 spaces
|
* '''4 Beechnut'''
* '''9 Gulfton/Holman'''
* '''25 Richmond'''
* 40 Telephone/Heights
* '''41 Kirby/Polk'''
* '''50 Broadway'''
* 80 MLK/Lockwood
* 244 Monroe/El Dorado P&R
* 249 Bay Area / El Dorado / Fuqua / Monroe P&R
|-
|[[Fannin South station|Fannin South]] {{Rint|houston|red}}
|1437 spaces
|
* '''8 West Bellfort'''
* 11 Almeda/Lyons
* '''73 Bellfort'''
* '''87 Sunnyside'''
|-
|Fifth Ward/Denver Harbor
|24 spaces
|
* 11 Almeda/Lyons
* '''28 OST-Wayside'''
* 48 Market
* '''66 Quitman'''
* '''77 Homestead'''
* '''78 Wayside'''
* 80 MLK/Lockwood
* ''137 Northshore Express''
* 377 Kashmere/Maxey Road curb2curb
|-
|Fondren (formerly Missouri City)
|779 spaces
|
* '''63 Fondren'''
* '''98 Briargate'''
* 314 Hiram Clarke curb2curb
* 363 Missouri City curb2curb
|-
|Greenspoint
|None
|
* '''6 Jensen/Greens'''
* '''56 Airline/Montrose'''
* '''85 Antoine/Washington'''
* '''86 FM 1960/Imperial Valley'''
* 99 Ella-FM 1960
* 102 Bush IAH Express
* '''399 Kuykendahl Shuttle'''
|-
|Hiram Clarke
|83 spaces
|
* '''11 Almeda/Lyons'''
* '''14 Hiram Clarke'''
* '''54 Scott'''
* '''98 Briargate'''
* 314 Hiram Clarke curb2curb
|-
|[[William P. Hobby Airport|Hobby]] {{rint|air|link=William P. Hobby Airport}}
|None
|
* 40 Telephone/Heights
* '''50 Broadway'''
* '''73 Bellfort'''
* 88 Sagemont
|-
|Kashmere
|17 spaces
|
* 3 Langley-Little York
* '''26 Long Point/Cavalcade'''
* '''29 Cullen/Hirsch'''
* '''36 Kempwood'''
* 51 Hardy-Kelley
* 52 Hardy-Ley
* ''80 MLK/Lockwood''
* '''97 Settegast'''
* 377 Kashmere/Maxey Road curb2curb
|-
|[[Magnolia Park Transit Center|Magnolia Park]] {{Rint|houston|green}}
|78 spaces
|
* '''20 Canal/Memorial'''
* 28 OST-Wayside
* '''38 Manchester-Lawndale'''
* 50 Broadway
* '''76 Evergreen'''
|-
|Mesa
|100 spaces
|
* '''45 Tidwell'''
* 52 Hardy-Ley
* 78 Wayside
* '''97 Settegast'''
|-
|Mission Bend
|862 spaces
|
* '''2 Bellaire'''
* '''4 Beechnut'''
* '''25 Richmond'''
* 75 Eldridge
* '''151 Westpark Express'''
|-
|[[Northline Transit Center/HCC|Northline]] {{Rint|houston|red}}
|None
|
* '''23 Clay-West 43rd'''
* 36 Kempwood
* 45 Tidwell
* ''56 Airline/Montrose''
* 79 Irvington
* '''96 Veterans Memorial'''
|-
|Northwest
|195 spaces
|
* '''39 Katy Freeway'''
* '''47 Hillcroft'''
* '''49 Chimney Rock/S. Post Oak'''
* '''58 Hammerly'''
* '''66 Quitman'''
* '''70 Memorial'''
* '''72 Westview'''
* '''84 Buffalo Speedway'''
* 85 Antoine/Washington
* '''89 Dacoma Shuttle'''
* 161 Wilcrest Express
* 162 Memorial Express
* 216 W L York / Northwest Station P&R
* 217 Cypress P&R
* 219 W.L York/NW Station/Cypress
* 298 Katy Freeway / TMC P&R
* '''433 Silver Line'''
|-
|[[Palm Center Transit Center|Palm Center]] {{Rint|houston|purple}}
|None
|
* 5 Southmore
* 87 Sunnyside
|-
|Southeast
|21 spaces
|
* 5 Southmore
* 28 OST-Wayside
* 29 Cullen/Hirsch
* 54 Scott
* '''60 Cambridge'''
* '''360 Peerless Shuttle'''
|-
|Tidwell
|809 spaces
|
* 6 Jensen/Greens
* '''80 MLK/Lockwood'''
* '''83 Lee Road-JFK'''
|-
|[[Texas Medical Center Transit Center|Texas Medical Center]] {{Rint|houston|red}}
|None
|
* '''2 Bellaire'''
* 4 Beechnut
* '''10 Willowbend'''
* '''14 Hiram Clarke'''
* '''27 Shepherd'''
* 28 OST–Wayside
* '''41 Kirby/Polk'''
* '''56 Airline/Montrose'''
* '''60 Cambridge'''
* '''68 Braeswood'''
* 84 Buffalo Speedway
* '''87 Sunnyside'''
* '''270 Missouri City - TMC P&R'''
* 292 Southwest Freeway - TMC P&R
* 297 South Point/Monroe - TMC P&R
* '''298 Addicks/Northwest Transit Center –TMC P&R'''
* '''402 Quickline Bellaire'''
|-
|West Loop
|772 spaces
|
* '''7 West Airport'''
* '''32 Renwick'''
* 49 Chimney Rock/S. Post Oak
* 68 Braeswood
|-
|Westpark/Lower Uptown
|242 spaces
(175 covered)
|
* 20 Canal/Memorial
* 292 Southwest Freeway / TMC P&R
* 309/310 Gulfton Circulators
* '''433 Silver Line'''
|-
|[[Wheeler station|Wheeler]] {{Rint|houston|red}}
|None
|
* '''5 Southmore'''
* 25 Richmond
* '''65 Bissonnet'''
* '''152 Harwin South Express'''
* '''153 Harwin North Express'''
|}

=== Park and Ride lots ===

Metro operates 28 different park and ride locations.<ref name=":3" />
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+
!Park & Ride
!Parking<ref name=":3" />
!Routes
|-
|Addicks
|2438 spaces
|
* 67 Dairy Ashford
* 75 Eldridge
* 162 Memorial Express
* 228 Addicks P&R
* 229 Grand Parkway/Kingsland/Addicks
* 298 Katy Freeway/TMC P&R
|-
|Bay Area
|1155 spaces
|
* 247 Fuqua/Bay Area P&R
* 249 Bay Area/El Dorado/Fuqua/Monroe P&R
|-
|Baytown
|16 spaces
|
* 237 Baytown P&R
|-
|Cypress
|1500 spaces<br />(covered)
|
* 217 Cypress P&R
* 219 Cypress/NW Station/W L York P&R
|-
|Eastex
|877 spaces
|
* 83 Lee Road-JFK
* 256 Eastex P&R
* 259 Kingwood/Townsen/Eastex P&R
|-
|El Dorado
|1227 spaces
|
* 244 Monroe/El Dorado P&R
* 249 Bay Area/El Dorado/Fuqua/Monroe P&R
|-
|Fuqua
|938 spaces
|
* 88 Sagemont
* 247 Fuqua/Bay Area P&R
* 249 Bay Area/El Dorado/Fuqua/Monroe P&R
|-
|Gessner
|415 spaces
|
* 46 Gessner
* 151 Westpark Express
|-
|Grand Parkway
|1714 spaces<br />(covered)
|
* 222 Grand Parkway P&R
* 229 Grand Parkway/Kingsland/Addicks
|-
|Hillcroft
|922 spaces
|
* 151 Westpark Express
* 152 Harwin South Express
* 153 Harwin North Express
* 309/310 Gulfton Circulator
|-
|Kingsland
|2377 spaces
|
* 221 Kingsland P&R
* 229 Grand Parkway/Kingsland/Addicks
* 298 Katy Freeway/TMC P&R
|-
|Kingwood
|1034 spaces
|
* 255 Kingwood P&R
* 259 Kingwood/Townsen/Eastex P&R
|-
|Kuykendahl
|2171 spaces
|
* 202 Kuykendahl P&R
* 209 Kuykendahl/Spring P&R
* 399 Kuykendahl Shuttle
|-
|Maxey Road
|1129 spaces
|
* 137 Northshore Express
* 236 Maxey P&R
|-
|Missouri City
|1750 spaces<br />(covered)
|
* 270 Missouri City P&R
|-
|Monroe
|904 spaces
|
* 40 Telephone/Heights
* 244 Monroe/El Dorado P&R
* 249 Bay Area/El Dorado/Fuqua/Monroe P&R
* 297 Gulf Freeway/TMC P&R
|-
|North Shepherd
|603 spaces
|
* 3 Langley/Little York
* 27 Shepherd
* 30 Clinton/Ella
* 40 Telephone/Heights
* 59 Aldine Mail
* 64 Lincoln City
* 96 Veterans Memorial
* 99 Ella-FM 1960
* 108 Veterans Memorial Express
|-
|Northwest Station
|2361 spaces
|
* 216 W L York/NW Station P&R
* 219 Cypress/NW Station/W L York P&R
|-
|Seton Lake
|1286 spaces
|
* 44 Acres Homes
* 212 Seton Lake P&R
|-

|South Point
|496 spaces
|
* 297 Gulf Freeway/TMC P&R
|-
|Spring
|1263 spaces
|
* 86 FM 1960/Imperial Valley
* 99 Ella-FM 1960
* 204 Spring P&R
* 209 Kuykendahl/Spring P&R
|-
|Townsen
|996 spaces
|
* 257 Townsen P&R
* 259 Kingwood/Townsen/Eastex P&R
|-
|West Bellfort
|2024 spaces
|
* 8 West Bellfort
* 161 Wilcrest Express
* 265 West Bellfort P&R
* 269 West Bellfort P&R
* 292 Southwest Freeway/TMC P&R
|-
|West Little York
|1102 spaces
|
* 45 Tidwell
* 46 Gessner
* 216 W L York/NW Station P&R
* 219 Cypress/NW Station/W L York P&R
|-
|Westchase
|1468 spaces
|
* 151 Westpark Express
|-
|Westwood
|826 spaces
|
* 292 Southwest Freeway/TMC P&R
|}

=== Advertising policy ===
Metro has had a policy since its founding in which it refuses to place advertisements on buses, claiming that such a move would create an unsightly appearance on the buses. Metro had originally attempted to generate extra revenue by only advertising in its bus shelters, but a city ordinance blocked the decision. After a failed attempt to get permission to partially use advertisements on buses, Metro has since decided to continue enforcing its policy.<ref>Connelly, Richard. "[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/07/metro_no_ads_on_buses_despite.php Metro: No Ads On Buses, Despite (Or Because Of) Tough Economic Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723083211/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/07/metro_no_ads_on_buses_despite.php|date=2010-07-23}}." ''[[Houston Press]]''. Tuesday July 20, 2010. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.</ref>

Due to the lack of funding for METRORail expansion, the policy has been proposed to be expanded to light rail vehicles in order to generate additional revenue.<ref name="ReferenceA">[https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7118897.html Fare increases an option as Metro looks at rail funding – Houston Chronicle]. Chron.com (July 21, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> Metro began advertising the [[Houston Zoo]] on the side of three light rail vehicles in 2010.<ref>[http://www.khou.com/home/-Metro-breaks-tradition-with-Zoo-ad-featured-on-trains--100170624.html Metro breaks tradition with Zoo ads featured on trains | khou.com Houston] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018054803/http://www.khou.com/home/-Metro-breaks-tradition-with-Zoo-ad-featured-on-trains--100170624.html|date=October 18, 2015}}. Khou.com (August 6, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> In late September 2010, due to the decreased budget, Metro began to seriously consider advertising on their buses.

=== Rates ===
In the fall of 2006, Metro revealed plans to rework its fare system. The new system involves pre-paid fare cards ([[contactless smart card]]s), called Q Cards, that can be recharged on local buses and Metro TVMs. 3-hour passes are electronically added to the card each time it is used. Frequent users get "Rider Rewards" that offer five free rides for every 50 paid trips.

Senior citizens 65–69 will continue to receive a discounted rate as will disabled patrons. Senior citizens over 70 may ride for free. Children under 5 also ride for free when accompanied by an adult (limit 3). This was intended to keep the base fare low and phase out the previous fare system consisting of transfers (was reinstated from July 2015 to March 2016), as well as day (reinstated on October 7, 2013), weekly, monthly and annual passes, which occurred in early 2008. On November 2, 2008, local fares increased to $1.25 from $1. Currently another fare increase is being mulled as a means to pay for constructing the expansion of the light rail.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Service Type !! Regular !! Discounted
|-
| Local || $1.25 || $0.60
|-
| Zone 1 || $2 || $1
|-
| Zone 2 || $3.25 || $1.60
|-
| Zone 3 || $3.75 || $1.85
|-
| Zone 4/500 IAH Downtown Direct<ref>{{cite web |title=500 IAH Downtown Direct |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/transit-services/park-and-ride-bus/route-details/500-iah-downtown-direct |publisher=METRO }}</ref> || $4.50 || $2.25
|-
| Zone 5 || $8 || $4
|-
| 24-Hour Pass <small>(began October 7, 2013)</small><ref>[https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Day-pass-returning-for-Metro-riders-later-this-4393307.php Day pass returning for Metro riders – Houston Chronicle]. Chron.com (March 28, 2013). Retrieved on 2013-08-15.</ref> || $3 || $1.50
|}

== METROLift ==
[[File:METROLiftVehicle.JPG|thumb|A typical Metro Lift vehicle]]
Metro Lift provides transportation needs for people with a disability, who cannot board, or ride from a regular Metro bus. The Metro Lift vehicles are shared-ride, meaning that they take multiple customers and groups. Metro tells its customers to use standard Metro bus services whenever possible. Metro Lift uses special vehicles that are distinct from fixed-route Metro buses.<ref>"[http://www.ridemetro.org/Services/Lift.aspx Metro Lift] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515101900/http://www.ridemetro.org/Services/Lift.aspx|date=2008-05-15}}." ''Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas''.</ref> The Authority's METROLift paratransit service will have provided 1.9 million trips to 16,178 eligible riders in FY2017, using both METRO-owned lift-equipped vans and contractor-owned and operated accessible minivans.<ref name="ReferenceB" />

== HOV system ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2010}}

Metro has been known for pioneering the use of express buses in [[High-occupancy vehicle lane|high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes]]. This was part of the reversible HOV lane concept that began in 1979 with the completion of the North Freeway (I-45) Contraflow Lane. This concept used the inside freeway lane of the "opposite" direction separated by traffic pylons and is closed to all vehicles except buses and vanpools. Although a head-on collision involving a car and a bus occurred in 1980, the concept became permanent, but with the HOV lanes separated from the rest of traffic with [[Jersey barriers]].

The HOV lanes run between [[Downtown Houston]] (inbound A.M. and outbound P.M.) and the suburbs and are found on portions of the [[Katy Freeway]], [[Gulf Freeway]], [[North Freeway (Houston, Texas)|North Freeway]], [[Southwest Freeway (Houston)|Southwest Freeway]], [[Eastex Freeway]] and [[Northwest Freeway]].

Since Metro Express buses use them during rush hour, most routes lead to the [[Park and Ride]] lots and use "secret" HOV lane exits (often elevated T-intersections) that lead to the lots (also used by vehicles) without having to exit the freeway to street intersections. The HOV system will soon get an overhaul in the event of major freeway construction to take place in Houston and may have HOV lanes in both directions with the concept of HOT (Toll) lanes introduced.

In 2011, Metro began conversion of the HOV lanes to High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes. Commuters with only one person in a vehicle will be able to pay a toll to use the lanes when the conversion is complete.

== Future plans ==
=== METRO Solutions (2003) ===
METRO Solutions was a regional transit plan approved by voters in November 2003 by a 52–48 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BABINECK |first=MARK |date=2003-11-05 |title=Houston presses ahead with rail plan |url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Houston-presses-ahead-with-rail-plan-8750064.php |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Chron |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=METRONext: About METRONext |url=https://naboo.langranddev.com/about/solutions.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=naboo.langranddev.com}}</ref> The plan proposed: 
* {{convert|64.8|mi|km|0}} of Light Rail Transit
* {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} of Commuter Rail Transit (CRT)
* 9 New Transit Centers
* 9 New Park & Rides Lots
* 250 miles of two-way HOV lanes
In June 2005, METRO announced a revised plan for expansion of the METRORail system. The plan included one new light rail corridor and three [[bus rapid transit]] corridors. The [[bus rapid transit]] lines would have later been converted into [[light rail]] when ridership warranted the conversion.

On October 18, 2007, the plan was revised to allow for the possibility of more federal funding. METRO decided to have all the lines consist of light rail from the start after some public backlash to the agency turning back from its original plans of light rail corridors.<ref name="autogenerated1">Sallee, Rad. "[https://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4445531 Metro Will Use Light Rail for 5 Future Lines / Board nixes less popular bus rapid transit and picks route on Richmond] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022021708/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4445531 |date=2012-10-22 }}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Friday October 19, 2007. A1. Retrieved on May 24, 2009.</ref>

By 2017, only 15 miles of light rail were completed with no commuter rail lines established.<ref name=":0" /> 8 new transit centers, 7 new park & ride lots, and only one new two-way HOV corridor were completed as well.

=== METRONext (2019) ===
The public with a 68% vote approved the METRONext plan in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Begley |first=Dug |date=2019-11-07 |title=Houston transit officials savor win, start work on $3.5B plan for buses and trains |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Houston-transit-officials-savor-win-start-work-14815527.php |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> The plan calls for:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=METRONext Moving Forward Plan {{!}} ADA Accessible Public Transit {{!}} Houston, Texas |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/about/metronext/moving-forward-plan |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Ride Metro |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=August 13, 2019 |title=Resolution No. 2019-71 Calling a Special Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 |url=https://metro.resourcespace.com/pages/download.php?direct=1&noattach=true&ref=4527&ext=pdf&k= |access-date=June 19, 2023 |publisher=Houston METRO}}</ref>

* 110 miles of Regional Express Network, including two-way HOV lanes
* 21 new or improved Park & Ride lots and Transit Centers
* 16 miles of light rail expansion
* 75 miles of a bus rapid transit network METRORapid
* 290 miles of BOOST and Signature bus service

The referendum authorized the agency to issue up to $3.5 billion in bonds to pay for the projects while the remaining $4 billion will come from federal grants and local funds.<ref name=":1" />

==== Moving Forward Plan (bus rapid transit - BRT) ====
Under the METRONext "Moving Forward Plan", a superset of the proposed University METRORail line would be served by a new [[bus rapid transit]] (BRT) line under the METRORapid brand. A preliminary version of the superset "University Corridor" BRT line, {{cvt|22|mi}} long, would extend to Westchase Park & Ride in the west, pass through the stops proposed for the derelict light rail plan, and continue north past Eastwood Transit Center to Tidwell Transit Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=METRORapid University Corridor Project |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/METRORapid-University-Corridor.aspx |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Moving Forward Plan: Plan by Service |url=https://www.metronext.org/moving-forward-plan/plan-by-service |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=METRONext}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Kuffner, Charles |date=June 21, 2021 |title=Get ready for your first Universities Line BRT map |url=https://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=100909 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |website=Off the Kuff}}</ref>

Additional BRT lines proposed under "Moving Forward" include:<ref>{{cite news |date=July 30, 2018 |title=Metro Presents Draft Long-Range Plan |url=https://kinder.rice.edu/2018/07/29/metro-presents-draft-long-range-plan |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 18, 2018 |title=Metro Presents Its Most Ambitious Plan Yet, Anticipates 2019 Bond Vote |url=https://kinder.rice.edu/2018/12/18/metro-presents-its-most-ambitious-plan-yet-anticipates-2019-bond-vote |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University}}</ref>

* "[[Interstate 45]] North" from downtown to [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] via Greenspoint
* "Inner Katy Corridor" to Northwest Transit Center, connecting to METRORail Purple/Green line stations<ref>{{cite web |date=January 13, 2021 |title=METRORapid Inner Katy Project |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/MetroPDFs/GettingAround/METRORapid/METRORapid-Inner-Katy.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County}}</ref>
* "Uptown/Gulfton" extension of the [[METRORapid Silver Line|Uptown Line]] south to Gulfton
* "West Houston Corridor" along [[Texas State Highway Beltway 8|Beltway 8]] or Gessner Road between West Little York Park & Ride and Missouri City<ref>{{cite web |date=September 18, 2019 |title=Moving Forward Plan: West Houston Corridor |url=https://www.metronext.org/assets/pdfs/METRONext_West_Houston_Corridor_presentation_0917_v9_FINAL.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County}}</ref>

=== METRONow (2025) ===
On February 24, 2025, METRO unveiled the METRONow plan. This initiative focuses on enhancing safety, cleanliness, service reliability, and accessibility within Houston's transit system. The multifaceted plan provides a roadmap for ridership growth, financial sustainability and the establishment of key priorities that will strengthen the transit culture for the Houston area. Metro says this plan will take a comprehensive and collaborative approach to improve mobility for the entire region and encourage current and new riders to use transit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-27 |title=Houston Metro to launch METRONow plan aimed at improving transit experience |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility/shared-mobility/press-release/55271270/metropolitan-transit-authority-of-harris-county-metro-houston-metro-to-launch-metronow-plan-aimed-at-improving-transit-experience |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Mass Transit |language=en}}</ref> 

METRONow focuses on four initiatives aimed at enhancing the customer experience: 
* Strengthening safety and growing security  
* Improving cleanliness across the system 
* Increasing service and reliability 
* Expanding accessibility 

==== Prioritizing safety   ====
To prioritize the safety of its customers, employees and its community, Houston Metro is working to allocate an additional $7 million for expanded security measures, including:
* Growing security presence by adding additional officers and substations. 
* Deploying patrols on buses and trains. 
* Upgrading monitoring technology. 
* Installing new lighting and security fencing. 

==== Improving cleanliness ====
The agency says it is dedicating $2.4 million to cleaning efforts in 2025, including:  
* Deploying eight street sweepers and eight all-terrain vacuum trucks. 
* Adding new cleaning contracts to support a 24-hour rapid response team that attends to bus stops, rail platforms, transit centers and park & rides. 
* Partnering with management districts to be more efficient in keeping bus stops and shelters clean, including more frequent emptying of trash cans. 
* Providing more consistent landscaping across the system to enhance curb appeal. 

==== Increasing reliability ====
To improve service and reliability, Houston Metro is working to help maintain infrastructure through projects and partnerships dedicated to:  
* Repairing hazardous sidewalks, crosswalks and streets. 
* Refreshing aging and opening new facilities. 
* Partnering on a $200 million traffic relief plan for Inner Katy mobility. 
* Partnering on a $300 million Gulfton revitalization effort. 
* Investing $100 million into mobility solutions at railroad crossings. 

Additionally, Houston Metro says its working to modernize its fleet and operations by:  
* Adding 350 new buses. 
* Replacing 100 METROLift vehicles, expanding curb2curb service. 
* Adding microtransit to service options. 
* Expanding customer service hours. 
* Implementing a new fare system with easier ways to pay. 
* Restructuring routes and schedules to meet growing demand. 

==== Boosting accessibility ====
* Houston Metro says it is working to improve accessibility for all, including: 
* Continuing investment in BOOST routes, including making sidewalks and ramps ADA compliant. 
* Making more than 700 additional bus stops fully accessible by the end of fiscal year 2025. 
* Upgrading signage and lighting. 
* Offering bike racks on buses and designated bike areas on trains. 

== Metro Police ==
[[File:METROPoliceCarHouston.JPG|thumb|Metro Police automobile]]
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Metro operates its own [[police department]]. With over 185 Texas peace officers and 88 non-sworn, civilian employees, the department's main goal is to ensure safety and security on the transit system. The department was established in 1982 and is accredited with the [[Texas Police Chiefs Association ]](TPCA), one of only five public transit police departments in North America to be so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/METROPolice.aspx|title = METRO Police}}</ref>

State law grants Metro Police jurisdiction in the counties in which Metro is located, provides services, or is supported by a general sales and use tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.451.htm#451.108|title=Transportation Code Chapter 451. Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|work=state.tx.us}}</ref> As peace officers, state law also grants Metro Police the power to arrest without warrant for any felony, breach of the peace, disorderly conduct or intoxication offense that is committed in their presence or view while in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CR/htm/CR.14.htm#14.03|title=Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 14. Arrest Without Warrant|work=state.tx.us}}</ref> They may also make an arrest pursuant to a warrant anywhere in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CR/htm/CR.15.htm#15.06|title=Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 15. Arrest Under Warrant|work=state.tx.us}}</ref>

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== Headquarters ==
{{See also|Total Plaza}}<!--It is not the current HQ, but it has its own article-->
[[File:METROHeadquartersHoustonTexas.JPG|thumb|[[Lee P. Brown]] Administration Building, the headquarters, in [[Downtown Houston]]]]
The Metro headquarters are in the Lee P. Brown Administration Building in [[Downtown Houston]].<ref name="Comprehensive">"[http://www.ridemetro.org/AboutUs/Default.aspx A Comprehensive Look at the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524073342/http://www.ridemetro.org/AboutUs/Default.aspx |date=May 24, 2009 }}." Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas. Retrieved on April 5, 2010. "Headquarters Lee P. Brown Metro Administration Building 1900 Main St. Houston, Texas 77002"</ref> The $41 million 14 story glass and steel building has over {{convert|400000|sqft|sqm}} of space. The facility includes the [[Downtown Transit Center (METRORail station)|Downtown Transit Center]], a Metro Ride store, a [[Houston Police Department]] storefront and toilets for transiting passengers.<ref name="Salleetouting">Sallee, Rad. "[https://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3574572 Metro touting future savings from building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018105708/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3574572 |date=2012-10-18 }}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Wednesday August 21, 2002. A25. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref> The building was designed by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville.<ref name="Sarnoffrolling">Sarnoff, Nancy. "[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/01/07/newscolumn3.html Metro gets rolling on downtown transit center]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Friday January 4, 2002. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref> As of August 2010, two floors of the building are not occupied and are not used in any way.<ref>Knight, Paul. "[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/08/metro_2011_budget_planning.php George Greanias Lays The Groundwork For Metro's Tough Upcoming Budget Decisions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402221820/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/08/metro_2011_budget_planning.php |date=2012-04-02 }}." ''[[Houston Press]]''. Tuesday August 31, 2010. Retrieved on August 31, 2010.</ref>

The building was scheduled to open in early 2004, coinciding with the beginning of the [[METRORail]]. The groundbreaking was held in 2002. Patti Muck, a spokesperson for METRO, said that the agency would save $273 million, assuming that the agency occupied the building for a 30-year span instead of renting for the same length of time.<ref name="Salleetouting" /> The [[Federal Transit Administration]],<ref name="Sarnoffrolling" /> a part of the [[federal government of the United States]], paid 80% of the construction costs,<ref name="Salleetouting" /> while Metro paid the other 20%.<ref name="Sarnoffrolling" />

The “Houston in Harmony” mural<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Fort-Bend-group-lauds-former-Houston-mayor-for-1922657.php|title=Fort Bend group lauds former Houston mayor for public service|work=Houston Chronicle|date=March 31, 2005}}</ref> [https://www.chron.com/news/article/Fort-Bend-group-lauds-former-Houston-mayor-for-1922657.php l] in honor of Mayor Lee P Brown was commissioned by the [http://www.honeybrownhope.org/ Honey Brown Hope Foundation] and its founder, Tammie Lang Campbell, in 1999. It was moved March 23, 2005, to the Lee P. Brown Metropolitan Transit Authority Administration Building, where it is on permanent display.

Previously the Metro headquarters were in the Louisiana Place (now the [[Total Plaza]]<ref>"[http://www.brookfieldproperties.com/building/detail.cfm?bid=272 Total Plaza] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424075412/http://www.brookfieldproperties.com/building/detail.cfm?BID=272 |date=2009-04-24 }}." [[Brookfield Properties]]. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref>), also in Downtown Houston.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304060922/http://www.ridemetro.org/CONTMETR.HTM Contacting METRO]." Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas. March 4, 2001. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref><ref name="DawsonHilcorp">Dawson, Jennifer. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/06/19/daily33.html Hilcorp increases downtown presence]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Thursday June 22, 2006. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref> The agency occupied 10 floors in the building and did not receive any federal funds to cover the $3.8 million annual rent.<ref name="Salleetouting" /> The Metro Board Room was located on the 16th floor.<ref>Sallee, Rad. "[https://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3252311 Metro digs up $65 million for rail / Project to go without federal funds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018105835/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3252311 |date=2012-10-18 }}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Wednesday October 25, 2000. A1. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref> [[Total Petrochemicals USA]], a subsidiary of [[TotalEnergies]], moved into the space that was previously occupied by METRO; the agency scheduled its move into the Brown building to occur in January 2005.<ref name="Atofinamove">Dawson, Jennifer. "[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/07/19/daily3.html?jst=b_ln_hl ATOFINA to move from Greenspoint to downtown]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Monday July 19, 2004. Retrieved on April 5, 2010.</ref> Metro's lease of {{convert|193000|sqft|sqm}} of space expired in April 2005.<ref name="Sarnoffrolling" />

== Ridership and demographics ==

A Regional Fixed Route Transit Rider survey sponsored by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), in partnership with METRO, was completed in 2017. Over 22,000 riders were surveyed—the most expansive ever conducted on a regional basis—and included eight regional fixed-route transit agencies which operate in H-GAC's eight-county region.<ref name="ridemetro.granicus.com">{{cite web|url=http://ridemetro.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=1627|title = Capital and Strategic Planning Committee MTG}}</ref> The survey found that 58 percent of riders use transit to get to work, 20 percent use it for shopping or personal business, and about 10 percent of riders use a bus or train to get to school. 88 percent of riders reported that they rode transit at least three days per week with almost 50 percent of riders riding at least five days per week. The survey's findings concluded that 88 percent of all the trips were directly contributing to the region's economy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Delaughter|first1=Gail|title=A New Study Looks At Who's Using Public Transit In The Houston Area|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2018/06/20/292029/a-new-study-looks-at-whos-using-public-transit-in-the-houston-area/|access-date=September 25, 2019|work=Houston Public Media|publisher=University of Houston|date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>

== Member cities ==
Metro provides transportation services to fifteen member cities, as well as some [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] portions of Harris County.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=About METRO |url=https://www.ridemetro.org/about/who-we-are/about-metro |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=METRO |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County |language=en}}</ref> Metro's service area pays a 1¢ sales tax to fund the agency's operations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Sales and Use Tax |url=https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/sales/city.php |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=[[Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts]]}}</ref>

In addition to the city of Houston, Metro serves fourteen cities in the Greater Houston area, collectively termed the "Multi-Cities":<ref name=":2" />

* [[Bellaire, Texas|Bellaire]]
* [[Bunker Hill Village, Texas|Bunker Hill Village]]
* [[El Lago, Texas|El Lago]]
* [[Hedwig Village, Texas|Hedwig Village]]
* [[Hilshire Village, Texas|Hilshire Village]]
* [[Humble, Texas|Humble]]
* [[Hunters Creek Village, Texas|Hunters Creek Village]]
* [[Katy, Texas|Katy]]
* [[Missouri City, Texas|Missouri City]]
* [[Piney Point Village, Texas|Piney Point Village]]
* [[Southside Place, Texas|Southside Place]]
* [[Spring Valley Village, Texas|Spring Valley Village]]
* [[Taylor Lake Village, Texas|Taylor Lake Village]]
* [[West University Place, Texas|West University Place]]

From 2019 to 2025,<ref name=":6" /> Metro also operated a park-and-ride shuttle between Houston and the non-member city [[Conroe, Texas|Conroe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Lizzy |date=2024-04-02 |title=Conroe City Council approves another year of METRO commuter bus service to downtown Houston |url=https://abc13.com/metro-commuter-bus-stops-downtown-houston-conroe-city-council/14604690/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=[[KTRK-TV|ABC13 Houston]] |publisher=[[ABC Owned Television Stations]] |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Texas|Transportation}}
* [[List of tram and light-rail transit systems]]
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Spivak, Todd. "[http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-03-30/news/run-over-by-metro/ Run Over by Metro]." ''[[Houston Press]]''. March 3, 2006.

== External links ==
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*[http://www.ridemetro.org/ Metro Official Page]
*{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us|title=Metro Official Page}}

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