GENERAL INFORMATION
In partnership with the city of Houston, Harris County and the surrounding 14 multicities, METRO's General Mobility Program was established to enhance regional mobility and ease traffic congestion. Funded by a 25 percent allocation from METRO's 1 percent sales tax revenue, the General Mobility Program provides funding for the construction and maintenance of:
- Streets and roadways
- Bridges and grade separations
- Traffic-control signals
- Sidewalks and hike & bike trails
- Streetlights
- Drainage improvements
- Landscaping
METRO also provides funding for traffic management programs such as, the Motorist Assistance Program (MAP) and SafeClear Program, which provide assistance to disabled vehicles on the region's freeway system.
Since its inception, the General Mobility Program has provided funding totaling more than $2 billion
within its service area. In FY2010 alone, funding provided by the program totaled approximately $150.1 million. Based upon independent forecasts of future sales tax revenues, METRO projects that it will provide an additional $648 million through FY2014.
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