General Mobility
General Information
METRO's General Mobility Program was established to enhance regional mobility and ease traffic congestion. It’s a partnership with the city of Houston, Harris County and 14 surrounding multi-cities. Financed by a 25 percent allocation from METRO's one percent sales tax revenue, the General Mobility Program provides funds for the construction and maintenance of:
- Streets and roadways
- Bridges and grade separations
- Traffic-control signals
- Sidewalks/hike & bike trails
- Streetlights
- Drainage improvements related to transportation facilities, streets, roads or traffic-control improvements
METRO also provides funding for the Motorist Assistance Program (MAP) traffic management program.
Since its inception, the General Mobility Program has provided more than $2 billion
within its service area. METRO provided $171.3 million in FY2014, ending Sept. 30, 2014. Based upon independent forecasts of future sales tax revenues, METRO projects it will provide an additional $173 million through FY2015, ending Sept. 30, 2015.
Examples of projects funded by METRO's General Mobility Plan
| City of Houston |
Improvement Area |
Amount |
| Genoa-Red-Bluff |
Beltway 8 to Pinetree |
$6.5 million |
| N. Main |
I-45 to Airline |
$4.6 million |
| Hillcroft |
US 59 to Bellaire |
$6.8 million |
| Pinemont |
T.C. Jester to Ella |
$7.6 million |
| Ley Road |
Mesa to HB&T RR G/S |
$7.0 million |
| S. Shaver |
Gulf Frwy to Hwy 3 |
$6.5 million |
| Harris County |
| Perry Road |
FM 1960 to SH 249 |
$7.4 million |
| Kuykendahl Road |
FM 2920 to Willow Creek |
$8.0 million |
| Cypress Rosehill |
Cypress Needle to Manor Bend |
$4.0 million |
| Hollister |
Beltway 8 to Bourgeois |
$4.5 million |
Multi-Cities |
| Will Clayton Parkway |
US 59 to Wilson Road |
$3.0 million |
| Newcastle |
Bellaire to Beechnut |
$5.2 million |
| Hedwig Village |
East/West Mobility Project |
$7.2 million |
| Voss/Bracher |
IH-10 to Spring Branch Creek |
$3.3 million |