in Harmony” mural l in honor of Mayor Lee P Brown was commissioned by the Honey Brown Hope Foundation and its founder, Tammie Lang Campbell, in 1999. It was moved March 23, 2005 to the Lee P. Brown Metropolitan Transit Authority Administration Building, where it is on permanent display. Previously the Metro headquarters were in the Louisiana Place (now the Total Plaza), also in Downtown Houston. The agency occupied 10 floors in the building and did not receive any federal funds to cover the $3.8 million annual rent. The Metro Board Room was located on the 16th floor. Total Petrochemicals USA, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, moved into the space that was previously occupied by METRO; the agency scheduled its move into the Brown building to occur in January 2005. Metro's lease of of space expired in April 2005. Ridership Demographics A Regional Fixed Route Transit Rider survey sponsored by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), in partnership with METRO, was completed in 2017. It was the most expansive survey ever conducted on a regional basis and included eight regional fixed-route transit agencies which operate in HGAC's eight-county region. Appearing before a Metro committee, Linda Cherrington with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute stated over 22,000 riders were surveyed. The vast majority were people who used Metro's buses and trains. Breaking down the numbers, Cherrington said 58 percent of riders use transit to get to work, 20 percent use it for shopping or personal business, and about 10 percent of riders use a bus or train to get to school. Eighty-eight percent of riders reported that they rode transit at least three days per week with almost 50 percent of riders riding at least five days per week. The survey's findings concluded that 88 percent of all the trips were directly contributing to the region's economy. Seventy-eight percent of riders surveyed stated they were employed. Of those, 63 percent were employed full-time and 15 percent held part-time employment. The median household income of riders was $33,765, but the distribution of ridership cut across all income brackets. Regional Transit Rider Profile – Annual Household Income 18.5% - Less than $16,000 14.2% - $16,000 - $23,999 14.1% - $24,000 - $31,999 12.1% - $32,000 - $39,999 13.7% - $40,000 - $53,999 12.4% - $54,000 - $80,999 4.8% - $81,000 - $99,999 10.1% - Over $100,000 Regional Transit Rider Profile – Age 5% - More than