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Can Houston Drivers Adapt To Light Rail?

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
11 March 2004 - 9:00am

For the last year, Houston has been trying to prepare its drivers for light rail, but already there have been 15 accidents since January 1.

"Since the MetroRail trains began running full time Jan. 1, there have been 15 more collisions. No one has died in the accidents. Police blame motorists in all of them. 'It's not a rail problem,' says Ken Connaughton of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. 'It's a driver problem.'... But it's more than Dallas had initially with about 1.2 million residents, and almost equal to the 17 car-train wrecks that Dallas had all of last year."

Full Story: Houston's crash course in light rail
Source: USA Today, March 7, 2004
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