Transit's Final Frontier

Houston Metro?s president and CEO, Frank Wilson, is looking to lay tracks in a modern boomtown.


?Everyone?s car was acceptable,? Wilson says.

?This all came down to price. But it was their car on their terms at their price. I?m just selecting the one that looked best price wise. So we didn?t start out low bid. And we didn?t start tinkering with it. It was what it was.

?And that?s how the whole program is going. We?re not dictating the terms, we?re accepting the terms from the marketplace.

?We?re doing exactly what the industry says it wants to have done and the way it wants to compete. And they?re finding it disorienting because there is nothing to fight over.

?Just give me your best offer on your best car. I?ll either accept it or reject it,? Wilson says with a smile.