For those of us that have never traveled to Houston...

1) What is the best way to travel from airport (Hobby) to the convention center area?  Are Lyft and Uber good options?

2) It appears that there is a distance of about 0.5 mile from hotel to Fusion.  (Other side of the park) Some of my searches seemed to indicate some construction in the area.  Are there better paths than others?

3) Anything else I need to know as a single traveler?