Texas News Needed Improvements Or Unnecessary Expenses? The Debate Over METRO’s $3.5 Billion Bond Proposal KWBU | By Gail Delaughter Published October 10, 2019 at 11:16 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:50 Gail Delaughter / Houston Public Media A METRO bus departs the Burnett Transit Center in Houston Near Northside. The transit agency is looking to sell voters on a multi-year plan that would greatly expand transit in the region. But a former METRO chairman says he doesn’t think the financing plan is sustainable.