The Queen Bee is performing at NRG this weekend, and Houston traffic will be joining her in the spotlight. In an effort to reduce congestion around the stadium, ConnectSmart is encouraging everyone to carpool to the concert--in fact, we’ll even give you a $5 gift card just for sharing a ride ! The ConnectSmart app’s Instant Carpool feature let’s you get credit for taking a pre-arranged carpool (like grabbing lunch with a coworker on your break)--just hop in your car, tap a fe

Whether you drive or take transit, you’re going to love the updates to ConnectSmart’s Trip Planner! While planning your trip, you’ll now see live detailed alerts on roadway incidents, construction, flooding, and service interruptions along your potential routes. If you’ve got a minute, you can learn more below. Drivers, here’s what’s new! Now you can tap the incident icons on our Trip Planner to see detailed information on the potential delays and incidents along a particular

¡ Maná  está viniendo a Houston y nuestros buenos amigos de Univisión nos dieron 3 pares de boletos para el concierto PRIVADO el 29 de Agosto! ¡Este sorteo es EXCLUSIVAMENTE para nuestros usuarios de ConnectSmart! ¡Si aun no lo ha hecho, descargue la aplicación ya mismo! ¡Por cada viaje que haga desde ahora hasta el 25 de agosto, tendrá la oportunidad de participar en nuestro sorteo para ganar 2 boletos para el concierto! ¡Cada viaje que haga en la aplicación es una oportunid

Mana is coming to Houston and our good friends at Univision gave us 3 pairs of tickets to their PRIVATE concert on the 29th! This giveaway is EXCLUSIVELY for ConnectSmart users, so if you haven't already--download our app! For each trip you take now through August 25th, you'll earn one entry into our giveaway to win a pair of tickets! Whether you're driving, taking transit, biking, walking, or carpooling, use ConnectSmart to navigate door-to-door and you'll be automatically e

If you’re in the unfortunate situation of having car trouble, you can request no-cost emergency roadside service (available on eligible roadways, see map below) right from the ConnectSmart app. Thanks to ConnectSmart’s integration with TranStar’s Tow and Go™ program, with a few quick taps you can share the nature of your car trouble and your exact location to have a tow truck dispatched to your exact location. Once the tow truck arrives, your vehicle will get towed off of the

It’s not the first thing people think of when talking about Houston, but the heavy rains from tropical storms and hurricanes in recent years have earned our city the title of America’s flooding capital . Although there’s little we can do to stop a storm, we can avoid putting ourselves at risk by venturing out in these storms unaware--that’s where ConnectSmart’s latest feature comes in. Our pre-trip flooding alerts warn you of potential flooding along your route before  you le