While solo driving is still the most common baseline choice in the Houston region, tracking data shows that ConnectSmart users are carpooling at a significantly higher rate, providing measurable relief to over-capacity highway networks.

Making Cities More Connected and Less Congested In an effort to deploy an innovative solution that optimizes available capacity while managing the demand growth, shifts, and spikes associated with scheduled and unscheduled events, the Texas Department of Transportation Houston District (TxDOT HOU) applied for and received a USDOT FAST Act Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment grant. Metropia and ConnectSmart Collaboration In 2019, Metropia