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  2. Houston Metro - Wikipedia

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    The Texas State Legislature authorized the creation of local transit authorities in 1973. In 1978, Houston-area voters created Metro and approved a one-cent sales tax to support its operations. Metro opened for business in January 1979, taking over the bus service owned by the City of Houston known as HouTran. HouTran was plagued by outdated ...

  3. METRORapid Silver Line - Wikipedia

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    The METRORapid Silver Line is a bus rapid transit line in Houston, Texas operated by METRO. Opened August 23, 2020, [2] the line connects the Uptown area of Houston, with dedicated lanes over nearly the entire length of the corridor. [3] It serves the Northwest Transit Center, 8 stations along Post Oak Boulevard in Uptown, and the Westpark ...

  4. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the majority of Utah's aggregate sales taxes are in the range of 6.1 – 8.35%. Utah has a 16.350% sales tax on rental cars in Salt Lake City. [192] The sales tax on food and food ingredients is 3.0% statewide. This includes the state rate of 1.75%, local option rate of 1.0% and county option rate of 0.25%.

  5. How To Calculate Sales Tax: A Step-by-Step Guide - AOL

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    Here’s how to calculate how much you’ll pay in sales tax on a product. Use the following sales tax formula: sales tax = list price x sales tax rate (as a decimal) For example, Sarah is ...

  6. METRORail Green Line - Wikipedia

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    The Green Line [6] is a 3.3 mi (5.3 km) [4] [5] [7] METRORail light rail / streetcar [1] line operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, serving the East End area. The first seven-station segment of this line opened on May 23, 2015. [3] The two-station eastern end of this route was delayed due to issues over crossing Union Pacific Railroad tracks ...

  7. METRORail Red Line - Wikipedia

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    The Red Line is one of three light rail routes on the METRORail network operated by METRO in Houston, Texas. It is the oldest line in the METRORail system, with the first 7.5-mile (12.1 km) section of the line between Fannin South and UH–Downtown opening on January 1, 2004. Construction on a 5.3-mile (8.5 km) extension to the north [5] began ...

  8. COTA approves sales tax hike proposal for bus rapid transit ...

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    The Central Ohio Transit Authority on Wednesday approved ballot language for a 0.75% sales tax that will go before voters this fall in Franklin County and parts of Delaware, Fairfield, Union and ...

  9. Houston - Wikipedia

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    Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United ...