Local Transport

Transportation Around Houston and To/From Airports:

Please be reminded Houston Ground Angels do not provide local rides around the medical center, nor from local hotels to medical appointments.

If you are staying at a local hotel and need transportation to any of the hospitals or facilities in the Texas Medical Center, the TMC provides a complimentary circulator shuttle service for patients, and visitors. Many hotels also have shuttle services for their guests, which get you onto the TMC Campus.

Please see the MAP of the Texas Medical Center area and information about the TMC shuttle:

Texas medical Center patient and visitor parking map

Also look out for the MD Anderson hospital Shuttle service available for visitors traveling between the Main Building, Mays Clinic, Hospitality Apartments, Proton Therapy Center and Radiation Outpatient Center. The shuttles operate Monday-Friday, 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. MDA Shuttle also services the Mohs Clinic and Radiation Treatment Center by request; call 713-792-2338.

Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, will provide three round trip rides to appointments for those who are lodging in Houston, and need a ride to their appointments and/or treatments.  This is to help those patients staying in temporary accommodations.

Phone: 713-533-4900 

Between the Texas Medical Center and Downtown you might like to take a ride on the METRO Transit light rail – trains run every 10 minutes or so and cost is around $1.50 per person for 3 hours – sufficient to get into downtown, eat, wander and get back to your stop.  Your hotel shuttle service can get you to your closest METRO transit stop. 

Harris County Rides, provides door-to-door transportation for residents. Harris County Rides system takes local patients to doctor’s appointments, to buy groceries, wherever they need to go.  Here is the link, Rides Home (harriscountytx.gov)

METROLIFT, also part of METRO Transit offers curb-to-curb transportation across the city for physically disabled patients.

Book Trips  5 a.m. – 5 p.m. – 7 days a week
Go online – No more waiting  – Confirm or Cancel trips, 24/7
Now with three ways to book your METROLIFT trip, getting around town has never been easier.

  • Reservations on the Phone – Call 713-225-6716 to speak with a representative to book your trip
  • MACS – Call 713-225-6716 then press the # 1 to use the automated trip scheduling system
  • MACS-WEB – Schedule your trip online quickly and easily

Also, for those who need transportation in and around Houston, the city METRO Transit bus/rail service can get you to both main airports and in and out of the City. The best way to find service to and from Bush International Airport and Hobby airports is to use Google Maps on your phone which will inform when and where to access the services. Here is the link to the Metro website: Metro Bus Service

For more information, please visit the METRO website:  Transportation Around Houston

Taxi Services

Approximate cost from MD Anderson to Bush Intercontinental Airport is approximately $60-$90 and to Hobby Airport, $40-$50, but please call for prices first as they often change.

REMEDY HEALTH CAB is a commercial taxi service that specifically assists wheelchair  bound those patients needing an extra hand to get to and from their medical appointments.  Check out their website:                 https://www.remedyhealthcab.com/

LYFT and UBER

LYFT and UBER both provide ride services all across the Houston area including to all the airports.  Get their applications onto your smart Phone and create an account. You can see your ride on the map as it gets close. 

Fort Bend Public Transportation (Sugar Land, Richmond, part of Katy, Texas)
Fort Bend County has their own transportation, and they have buses that go to the Texas Medical Center. They also have buses to take folks from their hotels to different medical facilities in Sugar Land and part of Katy, Texas that is in Fort Bend County. The other half of Katy, Texas is in Harris County to the METRO buses serve those areas. For more information you can call 281-633-7433 or the best number to call is 281-342-3411. The website is Public Transportation | Fort Bend County (fortbendcountytx.gov).