New Nicknames For Houston Light Rail
9 August 2004 - 6:00am
'Wham-Bam-Tram'and 'Streetcar Named Disaster' are some the nicknames given to the Houston's new light rail line between downtown and the Astrodome.
"The MetroRail averages six crashes a month -- a rate 20 times worse than the national average for the nation's 17 light rail systems, according to the Federal Transit Administration."
Full Story:
METRO light rail earning a few new nicknames
Source:
ABC News, August 7, 2004
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