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Discover the New Airport Parking Feature in ConnectSmart’s Latest Update
Whether you’re traveling across town or flying across the country, ConnectSmart’s latest update has features you’ll want to check out! Few trips are as stressful as the drive to the airport. It’s not just the race against traffic to make it on time--it’s also finding a place to park once you finally get there. If this sounds familiar, you’re going to love the latest update to ConnectSmart’s parking feature! We’ve partnered with the Houston Airport System to deliver real-time
Dec 11, 2025


Houston Spring Break Traffic: Avoid the Rush with ConnectSmart
Houston Spring Break In an article from the Houston Chronicle , Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner sounded the alarm for those planning Spring Break activities around town: "We want everyone to enjoy a great spring break, but we do need your help," Turner emphasized. "To create a more pleasurable travel experience to these great spring break Houston destinations, and to your medical appointments, we want you to remember a few things..." One of those things, according to Mayor Tu
Dec 11, 2025


ConnectSmart’s Mobility Wallet: Simplifying Payments
It wasn’t too long ago that you had to use cash or a credit card at a kiosk to buy a paper ticket before you could ride the bus, take the subway, or any other public transportation mode. That’s all changed. With the advent of Mobility Wallets, it’s easier than ever to hop on public transportation, rent a bike or scooter, pay for parking, and even pay a carpool driver. ITS America defines a mobility wallet as: An electronic or card-based payment tool or system, applicable to b
Dec 11, 2025


What’s New in ConnectSmart? Explore Real-Time Parking, Traffic Alerts, and Live Bus Arrivals!
Does this sound familiar? You grab your keys and fire up your trusty navigation app only to find that an accident or construction along your route will have you arriving later than planned. If so, you’re going to love these new updates to ConnectSmart version 1.98. Whether you’re behind the wheel or catching a ride on transit, these new features will help you make it to your destination on time and avoid unnecessary delays! Drivers, we’ll notify you of trouble along your rout
Dec 11, 2025


Metropia and Applied Information Collaboration Enhances Safety in School Zones
In an editorial in the Cleburne Times-Review , Texas Transportation Commissioner Laura Ryan, wrote about the streak of daily fatalities in Texas since November 7, 2020: An average of 3,700 mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, children, and loved ones have been needlessly taken from their families every year. Last year, just under 4,500 loved ones died on our roads. Half of those fatalities were caused by driving at unsafe speeds or not wearing a seatbelt. If only different dec
Dec 11, 2025


Join ConnectSmart to Save Lives and End Daily Road Fatalities
Today, the makers of Houston’s ConnectSmart app made a promise: For every trip a user takes in the ConnectSmart app from now through the end of November 2022, we’ll donate $1 to the Kailee Mills Foundation (up to 10 trips/user and $5,000). What does this have to do with saving lives? In October of 2017, a 16-year-old passenger in a car died when the car she was riding in veered off the road. For a brief moment, Kailee didn’t have her seat belt on. But that moment was all it
Dec 11, 2025
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