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METRO's 2015 System Reimagining Bus Network Redesign

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Claims, one by one

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Claim 1 clm-22a0a62cebbbd23d quantitative

Total local bus + light-rail ridership rose 6.8% (Sept 2015–July 2016, +4.5M boardings); Sunday bus ridership rose about 30% within the first year as weekend frequency increased

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The impact attributes the figures to Rice University's Kinder Institute.
Caveat: Growth fell short of the stated 20%-in-two-years target, and by 2024 overall ridership still sat below pre-pandemic levels.

Sources carrying this claim

Kinder Institute for Urban Research (Rice University) — A Year After Bus Redesign, METRO Houston Ridership is Up

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator: METRO (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Actor types: utility
Funding model: public
Funding description: Not recorded
Cost: Not recorded
Ownership: Not recorded
Decision rights: Not recorded
Exit conditions: Not recorded

5 source dossiers

NACTO — Metro Bus Network Redesign, Houston nacto.org · background

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Stable source ID: src-1a4fb17f7bcfb6bf
Publisher: Name not classified · nacto.org
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-08-02
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Design approach: 80/20 ridership-vs-coverage split, all-day grid replacing peak-only radial routes, August 2015 launch
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

Kinder Institute for Urban Research (Rice University) — A Year After Bus Redesign, METRO Houston Ridership is Up kinder.rice.edu · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-82b47cd9742b34d8
Publisher: Name not classified · kinder.rice.edu
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2016-08-15
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-08-02
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: Open archived copy ↗ · 2026-05-01
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Independent academic-institute analysis: ridership changes Nov 2014–Nov 2015 and the two-year 20% ridership goal
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-22a0a62cebbbd23d

Streetsblog USA — A Year After Houston's Bus Network Redesign, Ridership Is Up usa.streetsblog.org · background

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Stable source ID: src-54c893d2396530b5
Publisher: Name not classified · usa.streetsblog.org
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2016-08-17
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-08-02
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
6.8% combined ridership growth Sept 2015–July 2016, +4.5M boardings, versus the 20%-in-two-years goal
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

Community Impact — METRO ridership rising, still lower than prepandemic communityimpact.com · background

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Stable source ID: src-dd41d7cbed963b7f
Publisher: Name not classified · communityimpact.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2024-06-12
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-08-02
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
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Locator: Open the recorded source note
Currency check: 2024 ridership still below pre-pandemic levels
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

METRO — API METRO GTFS Realtime (TripUpdates) api.ridemetro.org · background

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Stable source ID: src-f8ab8cbb01b9af3f
Publisher: Name not classified · api.ridemetro.org
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-08-02
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Public real-time bus position/arrival feed powering RideMETRO app and SMS next-bus lookup
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

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Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.