Houston rail system? Options

[impala454]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5829400.html

The plan, which would cost about $3 billion — although no funding details were included — calls for sharing tracks with freight trains on lines that have light traffic. The five recommended lines are:

• U.S. 290, with a passenger terminal and maintenance facility near Metro's Northwest Transit Center. This would connect to Metro's planned Uptown light rail line.

• Texas 3 to Galveston

• Texas 249 to Tomball with "back door" service to The Woodlands

• Texas 35 to Pearland

• Almeda Road, later turning west and providing an indirect route to Fort Bend County

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said he will push for commuter trains to start running as soon as possible on the U.S. 290 and Texas 3 routes, even though the overall plan may not be developed yet.

Plan says they want to use existing rail where they can, and share with lightly traveled freight lines. Sounds like a pretty good idea. 45 to galveston is disgusting during the summer, and 290 is nasty every damn weekday of the year.

[Testm0nkey]

id love to be able to use public transportation! though none of those proposed routes work for me other than galveston trips. but i can wait! i would/am still thinking about riding metro in Houston but i think commuting with my own car would possibly be more environmentally friendly and most definitely cheaper than a metro pass.

why is it so expensive!? why do other countries have amazingly efficient public transportation for the equivalent of 20 cents american. (sarcasm i have a fairly good idea why but itd still be nice to have something like that in the future)