| Bus Rapid Transit | Bicycle and Pedestrian |
| High Speed Rail | Light Rail |
| Monorail | TxDOT |
Solutions:
- Require for-profit and non-profit companies with more than 20 full time employees to pay for transit with pretax wages. (Seattle, New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco, New Jersey)
- Do a 1 year pilot study reducing toll prices for harris county toll roads during non-peak hours
- Support the free tow and go service for broken down cars on highways within city limits
- Close corporate loopholes in the sales tax to properly fund city transportation
- Do a feasibility study allowing residents to use reverse vending machines to use recycled plastic bottles and aluminum cans to pay for public transportation
- Provide free bus and light rail to students in kindergarten through university as well as for seniors over 65
- Provide free bus and free light rail only on weekends
- Make bus and light rail free for women to draw attention to the gender wage gap
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