| 1994 |
- Chartered as a Transportation Management Organization (TMO) by a core of 11 companies to work together on the Clean Air Act requirements to reduce emissions by reducing trips to worksites
- The charter name of the non profit corporation was Trip Reduction Efficiency Council (TREC)
- Charter member companies included AFP Group, AIM, Apache Corp, Bechtel Corp., EOTT, Galleria Chamber, Marathon Oil, PanEnergy, Telecheck, Transco, Union Petroleum
- TREC served approximately 60 area companies in Uptown/Galleria and Greenway Plaza, helping them with the Clean Air Act requirements
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| 1995 |
- Developed a proposal for and received a two year federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant for $165,000 from the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC)
- The TREK Board hired Janet Redeker, who had previously worked for METRO, to serve as Executive Director
- Implemented the first TREK Holiday Shuttle partnering with METRO
- Mandatory fines for non compliance with the Clean Air Act were deleted from the Act by Congress
- TREK companies decided to continue the organization because of traffic congestion and to help clean the air
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| 1996 |
- Implemented the TREKHOME emergency ride program
- Initiated sale of discounted METRO bus passes
- Continued the Holiday Shuttle service and extended the routes to four
- Received a 501 C4 non-profit status
- Formed an advisory Board of transportation experts, elected officials and corporations
- Developed four TREK informational and marketing brochures
- Distributed vanpool formation in companies throughout the area.
- Initiated talks with METRO to obtain more park & ride routes for the area
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| 1997-1999 |
- Continued marketing efforts, increased METRO sales of passes, formed vanpools and carpools and operated the Holiday Shuttle each year
- Convinced the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) to award TREK a grant to initiate a commuter bus route from Fort Bend County to Uptown/Galleria
- Demographics showed that 1/3 of the employees in the two business centers lived in Fort Bend County and there was no bus service there
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| 2000 |
- Inauguration of the TREKEXPRESS Uptown/Galleria commuter bus route from Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston
- METRO participated in funding 10% of the 20% local match required for the grant for 2 of the 3 years
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| 2001 |
- Inaugurated the TREKEXPRESS Greenway Plaza commuter bus route from Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston – no METRO participation
- METRO initiated a new park & ride route from Hwy 290 to the two business centers
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| 2002-2003 |
- Continued operating the two TREKEXPRESS routes
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| 2004 |
- Expiration of the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) grant for Uptown/Galleria and lack of a sponsor forced TREK to discontinue the TREKEXPRESS Uptown/Galleria commuter bus route
- METRO cancels direct service to the two business centers from the Katy Fwy and Kingwood park & ride lots
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| 2005 |
- Fort Bend County forms new Transit District
- CMAQ grant for the Greenway Plaza TREKEXPRESS route expires
- TREK awarded a contract to manage the TREKEXPRESS Greenway Plaza commuter bus route for Fort Bend County Transit
- H-GAC initiates program to fund TREK and other TMOs for formation of vanpools to help clean the air
- TREK sets record by forming 52 new vanpools from late 2004-2005
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| 2006 |
- TREK awarded a contract to re-start the TREKEXPRESS Uptown/Galleria Commuter bus route for Fort Bend County and continued management of both commuter routes
- TREK continued to form vanpools
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| 2007 |
- Formed a total of 135 vanpools for Greenway Plaza and Uptown/Galleria from 2004-2007 and received approximately $70,000 from H-GAC
- Inaugurated new marketing campaign for TREK services
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