Houston's Transit: Just Build It

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins

11 February 2001 - 9:00am

Then 25-year debate over Houston's rail line has many frustrated. A member of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Board shares his opinion.

"For 25 years, Houston has been convulsed with the debate over rail transit. There are those who argue that Houston should never have rail because of our lack of density and our reliance on the automobile. Others will be satisfied with nothing less than a multibillion-dollar, 100-mile rail system to be constructed immediately."

Full Story: Enough political posturing ... Just build it

Source: The Houston Chronicle, February 11, 2001

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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.

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