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I just had to laugh about that one. Plus the public transportation in Houston seems like a joke.
Yeah I agree. It would be nice to have more public transportation in Houston. In America the public transportation sucks everywhere except NYC and San Francisco. These two cities are definitely the exception and not the rule. In America everybody likes to drive so public transportation is almost non-existent. Everywhere but the two cities I mentioned above public transportation is almost exclusively used by the poor people. They kind of have to use it since they don't own cars.
Yeah I agree. It would be nice to have more public transportation in Houston. In America the public transportation sucks everywhere except NYC and San Francisco. These two cities are definitely the exception and not the rule. In America everybody likes to drive so public transportation is almost non-existent. Everywhere but the two cities I mentioned above public transportation is almost exclusively used by the poor people. They kind of have to use it since they don't own cars.
Chicago has great public tranportation too.
This is the one area that Houston needs to improve in. I would love to see a rather extensive light rail that goes all arounf the inner loop as well as lines that go to the suburbs
This is the one area that Houston needs to improve in. I would love to see a rather extensive light rail that goes all arounf the inner loop as well as lines that go to the suburbs
Yeah it's going to be a long time before Houston has an extensive rail system. A few years back when Houstonians voted on a proposal to extend the light rail when I went to vote I read the little paragraph that was printed. I live in the Clear Lake area and even going out to 2025 they're not going to extend it to the Clear Lake area. It seems the suburbs are way down the priority list.
Yeah I agree. It would be nice to have more public transportation in Houston. In America the public transportation sucks everywhere except NYC and San Francisco. These two cities are definitely the exception and not the rule. In America everybody likes to drive so public transportation is almost non-existent. Everywhere but the two cities I mentioned above public transportation is almost exclusively used by the poor people. They kind of have to use it since they don't own cars.
Only NYC and San Francisco? Other American cities where public transportation doesn't "suck": Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, L.A., and undoubtedly others that I'm not as familiar with.
The perception that public transit is only for poor people who can't afford a car is THE REASON for the attitudes toward expansion and funding in the U.S. Fortunately, more and more people are learning that public transit benefits the entire public - not just one particular group.
I'm sure that in all of the cities I mentioned there are thousands of regular/daily transit users who are not poor.
This is the one area that Houston needs to improve in. I would love to see a rather extensive light rail that goes all arounf the inner loop as well as lines that go to the suburbs
So does DC and Boston.
NYC, DC, San Fran, Chicago, and Boston (in this order, in my opinion), have the best transit systems in America. LA is good, too. Other cities that are a step below the ones I mentioned (Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Portland) have respectable systems.
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Yeah it's going to be a long time before Houston has an extensive rail system. A few years back when Houstonians voted on a proposal to extend the light rail when I went to vote I read the little paragraph that was printed. I live in the Clear Lake area and even going out to 2025 they're not going to extend it to the Clear Lake area. It seems the suburbs are way down the priority list.
You sure you read it right? There is going to be a Houston-Galveston commuter rail line in the next few years that will have a stop in Clear Lake.
This is the one area that Houston needs to improve in. I would love to see a rather extensive light rail that goes all arounf the inner loop as well as lines that go to the suburbs
Like I said in previous other posts numerous times. I believe Houston should look into heavy rail at some time in the future. Light Rail and Heavy rail in a city can coexist. I think Houston's density is creasing especially inside the loop and the population is big enough to support a heavy rail system. Right now, what Houston is building is nothing but a modern version of a streetcar system or trolley system that San Francisco has.
I'm disappointed in the trains that METRO is deciding to use for these new lines. They should have stick to the ones we have on the Red Line. It's not like they can't upgrade them though, so it's not the end of the world. The new trains also hold more people. That, and commuter rail is coming online. Heavy rail can wait for now, though it'd definitely work Inside the Loop (maybe even Inside the Beltway).
NYC, DC, San Fran, Chicago, and Boston (in this order, in my opinion), have the best transit systems in America. LA is good, too. Other cities that are a step below the ones I mentioned (Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Portland) have respectable systems.
You sure you read it right? There is going to be a Houston-Galveston commuter rail line in the next few years that will have a stop in Clear Lake.
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I agree, especially Philadelphia.
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