blech:
posted on 2004/03/08 12:46
'Since the MetroRail trains began running full time Jan. 1, there have been 15 collisions'
'Almost everybody in Houston drives. The city has 3.9 million registered cars and one of the longest average commutes in America.'
'The search for affordable housing pushed the metro area 50 miles from the center, creating a metropolitan area as large geographically as the state of New Jersey'
The amount of sprawl modern American urban planning allows scares me silly.
candace:
and brits like tea. film at 11. sigh
blech:
'It's more than any of the nation's other light-rail systems experienced during their first few months of operation. Nationwide, light-rail trains were involved in 815 accidents from 1997 through 2001, or about 13 a year for each system'
candace: it does seem that Houston is a particularly... hmm, 'bad' will seem pejoritave, but damn it. Bad case of car-oriented.
candace:
and it's texas. what do you expect?
blech:
Oh, not much.
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Writing / Houston's transport: Houston's got light rail. But it didn't when I was there, and I've provided a handy set of bullet-points outlining my experience of travel in the city.
We hate you all. Yes, especially you. Sod off and DIE