This unit is designed to prepare students to design a regional mobility plan for the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Region. The Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Region consists of eight counties: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller. These eight counties represent a Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA is presently 11th largest in the United States and should become the 10th largest when the 2000 census data becomes available. It is the largest CMSA without a mass transit system. The unit covers the various aspects that caused the Houston region to be come one of the largest metropolitan regions in the United States in terms of both population and land area. The reasons that there is no mass transit system will be covered as well as the problems that this has caused. Finally the students will project their own plans to solve the regional mobility problems. The unit will require about four weeks.