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Originally Posted by diablo234
One thing you have to remember though is that alot of the politicians here are still very anti transit. Tom Delay tried to hold up funding for the light rail. All metro is doing now is trying to catch up.
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I know. It is somewhat upsetting that many with interest in oil companies run our City (the current Mayor is the only one without any real ties to the oil industry). I understand that Houston’s economy relies on the Oil and energy industries, but it is time for local politicians and residents to wake up to the reality of mass transit.
I look at cities like (my current home) Austin, which doesn’t even have rail in operation, but still outshines Houston in mass transit availability and ridership-per-capita. As a student here, I can go anywhere at almost any time for free without even touching a car. Over the weekend, I went on a trip with a few friends to Zilker Park, hiked a nature trail, boated on Town Lake, and went Downtown using Capital Metro’s 470 route. When I attended UofH, I had no choice but to be a slave to a car because Metro could not provide options for the community I commuted from.
I am hopeful for the new rail lines being developed that will serve the residents who need to use it, rather than the tourists. I imagine that once the University line is completed, UofH will become less of a car commuter campus, and more of a university with student neighborhoods adjacent.