Local politicians want to engineer galleria bus rapid transit in a way that would NEVER allow rail

Nick · Aug 25, 2014

FV Santiago said: ↑

Transit in Houston is 99% for very poor people. Houston is a car based city and it always will be until such point as the wealthy people move out (which will be quite some time).
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There you go again with the demographic argument... which doesn't support what the local politicians are forcing on to their rich constituents (dedicated bus lines, more bus service, etc.)

TheMystery008 · Aug 25, 2014

FV Santiago said: ↑

Transit in Houston is 99% for very poor people. Houston is a car based city and it always will be until such point as the wealthy people move out (which will be quite some time). The NY and Chicago subways and rails are much different due to population density, the lack of car ownership in NY, and the commuter aspect of the Chicago trains. Houston is ultra-low population density and the train is not a commuter train. Therefore your comparison is completely invalid.
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So are you ignorant or a schmuck?

Which one are you?

TheRealist137 · Aug 26, 2014

bigtexxx said: ↑

time for some harsh reality and facts.

Dallas just opened a rail line to DFW. You can now get from DFW to downtown Dallas in an hour. That is far longer than a bus would take, even at peak times.

Houston tried an express bus to IAH from downtown and it was a complete flop. It averaged 2-3 riders per trip.

Therefore, Houston should build a multi-billion dollar rail line to IAH?
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but what happens when it no longer takes an hour to drive from DFW to downtown because of a growing population and traffic? I'm talking about 20-30 years down the line. Let's say at that point it takes 90 minutes to drive to and from. The rail will still average about an hour.

Are you unable to think beyond the next decade and into the future?

da1 · Aug 26, 2014

bigtexxx said: ↑

time for some harsh reality and facts.

Dallas just opened a rail line to DFW. You can now get from DFW to downtown Dallas in an hour. That is far longer than a bus would take, even at peak times.

Houston tried an express bus to IAH from downtown and it was a complete flop. It averaged 2-3 riders per trip.

Therefore, Houston should build a multi-billion dollar rail line to IAH?
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Downtown Dallas to DFW during traffic takes more than an hour and also costs more than $2.50.

The reason the bus flopped is because nobody knew about it. The reason for that was a lawsuit by superhuttle that blocked metro from advertising it.

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