TX: Metro Connect to be Expanded and Rebranded as RGV Metro Express

Sept. 3, 2018
Rio Grande Valley leaders are hailing an enhanced alliance by the region’s four public transit authorities, saying their collaboration will lead to buses running more frequently.

Rio Grande Valley leaders are hailing an enhanced alliance by the region’s four public transit authorities, saying their collaboration will lead to buses running more frequently.

Valley Metro, McAllen Metro, Brownsville Metro, and South Padre Island’s Island Metro, along with UT-Rio Grande Valley, are teaming up to promote RGV Metro Express, a service that will connect all the major cities in the Rio Grande Valley. RGV Metro Express will supersede another service the four transit authorities operated, Metro Connect.

By bringing in UTRGV and rebranding the program, the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (LRGVDC), which administers Valley Metro, can access more funds from the Texas Department of Transportation.

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