All I Want for Christmas is Light Rail
Houston's light rail line opened on Thursday. 7.5 miles (with 16 stations) have been completed so far, and a 22 mile "extension" was approved during the last election.
The line is expected to draw 33,000 riders a day paying $1 per trip.
[Picture Courtesy AP/ABCNEWS.com]
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amg | 2:35 AM |
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I had thought I'd never see the day when Houston-area residents approved an extensive, permanent (not buses) public transit plan or the day it actually went into use. Phase II is especially great-looking; they'll have done with both of their regional airport what we should do with Dulles.
I'd like to see how many Sugarlanders voted for this. Fort Bend County is an awful lot like the more conservative parts of Fairfax Co.
Looks like everything in the first few stages is completely contained in Harris Co.
Houston METRO also avoided the most common problem I see with Texas public transit efforts: somewhat useless hours of operation. They open at 4:20am (heh) on weekdays and 5:25am on weekends, and stay open till 1am every night except Saturday, when they operate 30 minutes longer.
