@dsindc Pathetic street car? This is a fantastic system that's only going to be expanded. Do your research, these "pathetic street cars" are going to provide rail transportation around the majority of Houston in the future.
@GJdude8612 Just short of 40,000 passengers a day? Houston had street cars eons ago like most American cities. They worked when cars were fairly rare. This type of system is very very limited. That said, I am encouraged that you see mass transit as part of the solution. My city, Washington, has about 106 miles of heavy rail, and is soon to add about 26 more. We also have two commuter rail systems. We are adding to that "street cars", much like Houston to fill in gaps. I wish Houston well.
Do you see where the "train" is? It's on the STREET. That makes it a street car. This is not "metro rail" per above, or light rail. Light rail crosses streets, but largely has its own right of way. DART is a good example. The only place it is essentially a street car is downtown, and those lines will likely be put underground in the future. I live in D.C. with a real Metro. Perhaps Houston will grow up and be a real city some day.
@benjie414 There appears to be no end to your ignorance. The Washington area totals about 8.5 million. This is from something even you could understand---- Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA 8,572,971 CSA means Consolidated Statistical Metropolitan Area. Here is Houston from the same source: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA 6,051,363. SO !! You want to try again? As for the crime part, no you're wrong again. I don't think you will understand this frankly.
@benjie414 I'm still laughing at the idea that anybody ANYBODY who lives in the D.C. area would feel inferior to somebody from a S**thole like Houston. Look, we RUN the world from this city. Houston has few trappings of a real city - a subway, international institutions, at least one real university, commuter rail, etc. Houston has tall buildings downtown.- who cares? The skyscrapers in Houston are surrounded by tired neighborhoods. You would find little difference betwwn Houston & Omaha.
@benjie414 You, personally don't know shit. I live in D.C., think government....now try real hard, think transportation. We don't care if you live in D.C., in fact white trash ( and yes I'm white,), is not much welcome here. I suspect there is NO way you could afford the cost of living. So ride your cute little trolley car. You'd never be able to figure out out Metro, or Marc commuter, or VRE commuter. It would be like some barefoot rube ' Golly, I ain't never been in no big city'.
@benjie414 Here sparky, this might help you. The "Washington region has nation’s lowest poverty rate" Carol Morello and Luz Lazo, Published: October 20
The Washington region had the lowest poverty rate of any major metropolitan area in the country during the past two years.". Post 10.21.11. Houston is a sprawling mess with no zoning, billboards everwhere. So much for another argument. You sound like a little boy "my city is bigger than yours.." Even if it were true, nobody cares.
@benjie414 Oh bullcrap. We had fewer murders than Kansas City. The city in case you hadn't noticed is the most highly educated in the country. Far higher than Houston. It is considered the #1 real estate market in (not the U.S.), but the world. I lived in Texas. Houston is a suburban sprawl, defined by strip malls, and white trash. As for Chicago, I doubt you really live there. but so what. D.C. is part of the D.C.-Boston megalopolis, with high speed rail (acela), and 50 million people.
@dsindc Strip malls and white trash? Where are you getting this information? Houston is one of the more friendly cities in Texas. We host people from all over the country and world from all different backgrounds. And you say suburban sprawl? Go ahead and google that and get back to me and tell me how it relates to Houston, home to a big Downtown, a renowned Medical Center, and a big Uptown district as well. Of course suburbs exist outside the hub of the city, because that's what suburbs are.
@benjie414 OH, and Benjie414 (what are you a little dog?), you're looking at the urban core. D.C. has about 620,000. But the entire area nearly 9 million. Atlanta has a population about the same as Wichita Kansas. But most Atlantans live in the burbs. Are you in junior high school or something? You need to learn something about demographics.
@benjie414 You write "Trams in Houston, Tx. (metro rail) is the 7.5-mile light rail line located in Houston, Texas. It is the second major light rail service in Texas following the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. With a daily ridership of 39,500, the METRORail ranks as." Compare 39.5 with the following - Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S in number of passenger trips, after the NYC Subway.There were 215.3 million trips, or 727,684 trips per weekday, on Metro in 2008.
@dsindc Perhaps Houston will grow up? Not sure if you are aware but we are currently the fourth-largest city in the US. Also, these lines definitely count as metro rail. The lines will soon be expanding to cover a much larger area of the city and I don't see how that won't qualify as a MetroRail.
@GJdude8612 No Houston is not. Here are the facts again : "Officially, the area is designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Washington-Baltimore-No.Va., DC-MD-VA-WV CSA. It is composed primarily of two major metropolitan areas, the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA. In addition, other smaller urban areas contiguous to the main urban area having strong commuting ties with the main area are also included in the area.(cont)
@GJdude8612 "The population of the entire Baltimore-Washington Metroplex as of the 2010 Census is 8,924,087.The most populous city is Baltimore, with a population of 637,455. The most populous county is Fairfax Co, Virginia, with a population exceeding 1 million." Houston doesn't even come close. You need to Google Metro Rail. It is also referred to as "Heavy Rail". It is defined by trains that are larger than trams, trolleys, or light rail, and are GRADE SEPARATE. You have a street car system.
@dsindc I'm sorry, are we talking about cities or areas here? I did not say Houston is the fourth largest compilation of metro areas. Houston ALONE by itself is the fourth largest CITY.
LMAO, no it's like a small town in Serbia... can only afford a pathetic street car. How sad.
dsindc 4 weeks ago
@dsindc Pathetic street car? This is a fantastic system that's only going to be expanded. Do your research, these "pathetic street cars" are going to provide rail transportation around the majority of Houston in the future.
GJdude8612 3 weeks ago
@GJdude8612 Just short of 40,000 passengers a day? Houston had street cars eons ago like most American cities. They worked when cars were fairly rare. This type of system is very very limited. That said, I am encouraged that you see mass transit as part of the solution. My city, Washington, has about 106 miles of heavy rail, and is soon to add about 26 more. We also have two commuter rail systems. We are adding to that "street cars", much like Houston to fill in gaps. I wish Houston well.
dsindc 3 weeks ago
is houston more like new orleans or mexico?
benjie414 4 months ago
Do you see where the "train" is? It's on the STREET. That makes it a street car. This is not "metro rail" per above, or light rail. Light rail crosses streets, but largely has its own right of way. DART is a good example. The only place it is essentially a street car is downtown, and those lines will likely be put underground in the future. I live in D.C. with a real Metro. Perhaps Houston will grow up and be a real city some day.
dsindc 5 months ago
@dsindc
inferiority complex?
houston is 4 times bigger than d.c.
d.c. is 1 of the worst ghettos is the country.
benjie414 4 months ago
@benjie414 There appears to be no end to your ignorance. The Washington area totals about 8.5 million. This is from something even you could understand---- Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA 8,572,971 CSA means Consolidated Statistical Metropolitan Area. Here is Houston from the same source: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA 6,051,363. SO !! You want to try again? As for the crime part, no you're wrong again. I don't think you will understand this frankly.
dsindc 4 months ago
@benjie414 I'm still laughing at the idea that anybody ANYBODY who lives in the D.C. area would feel inferior to somebody from a S**thole like Houston. Look, we RUN the world from this city. Houston has few trappings of a real city - a subway, international institutions, at least one real university, commuter rail, etc. Houston has tall buildings downtown.- who cares? The skyscrapers in Houston are surrounded by tired neighborhoods. You would find little difference betwwn Houston & Omaha.
dsindc 4 months ago
@dsindc
you, personally, don't run shit.
i wouldn't live in d.c. if you paid me.
why are you starting shit on a video about public transportation?
benjie414 4 months ago
@benjie414 You, personally don't know shit. I live in D.C., think government....now try real hard, think transportation. We don't care if you live in D.C., in fact white trash ( and yes I'm white,), is not much welcome here. I suspect there is NO way you could afford the cost of living. So ride your cute little trolley car. You'd never be able to figure out out Metro, or Marc commuter, or VRE commuter. It would be like some barefoot rube ' Golly, I ain't never been in no big city'.
dsindc 4 months ago
@dsindc
i live by chicago. it's about 4 times bigger than d.c. too.
how many times do i have to say that i don't give a shit about d.c.?
fuck off.
benjie414 4 months ago
@benjie414 Here sparky, this might help you. The "Washington region has nation’s lowest poverty rate" Carol Morello and Luz Lazo, Published: October 20
The Washington region had the lowest poverty rate of any major metropolitan area in the country during the past two years.". Post 10.21.11. Houston is a sprawling mess with no zoning, billboards everwhere. So much for another argument. You sound like a little boy "my city is bigger than yours.." Even if it were true, nobody cares.
dsindc 4 months ago
@benjie414 Oh bullcrap. We had fewer murders than Kansas City. The city in case you hadn't noticed is the most highly educated in the country. Far higher than Houston. It is considered the #1 real estate market in (not the U.S.), but the world. I lived in Texas. Houston is a suburban sprawl, defined by strip malls, and white trash. As for Chicago, I doubt you really live there. but so what. D.C. is part of the D.C.-Boston megalopolis, with high speed rail (acela), and 50 million people.
dsindc 4 weeks ago
@dsindc Strip malls and white trash? Where are you getting this information? Houston is one of the more friendly cities in Texas. We host people from all over the country and world from all different backgrounds. And you say suburban sprawl? Go ahead and google that and get back to me and tell me how it relates to Houston, home to a big Downtown, a renowned Medical Center, and a big Uptown district as well. Of course suburbs exist outside the hub of the city, because that's what suburbs are.
GJdude8612 3 weeks ago
@benjie414 OH, and Benjie414 (what are you a little dog?), you're looking at the urban core. D.C. has about 620,000. But the entire area nearly 9 million. Atlanta has a population about the same as Wichita Kansas. But most Atlantans live in the burbs. Are you in junior high school or something? You need to learn something about demographics.
dsindc 4 weeks ago
@dsindc
not this sh-t again.
benjie414 4 weeks ago
@benjie414 You write "Trams in Houston, Tx. (metro rail) is the 7.5-mile light rail line located in Houston, Texas. It is the second major light rail service in Texas following the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. With a daily ridership of 39,500, the METRORail ranks as." Compare 39.5 with the following - Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S in number of passenger trips, after the NYC Subway.There were 215.3 million trips, or 727,684 trips per weekday, on Metro in 2008.
dsindc 4 weeks ago
@dsindc Perhaps Houston will grow up? Not sure if you are aware but we are currently the fourth-largest city in the US. Also, these lines definitely count as metro rail. The lines will soon be expanding to cover a much larger area of the city and I don't see how that won't qualify as a MetroRail.
GJdude8612 4 weeks ago
@GJdude8612 No Houston is not. Here are the facts again : "Officially, the area is designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Washington-Baltimore-No.Va., DC-MD-VA-WV CSA. It is composed primarily of two major metropolitan areas, the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA. In addition, other smaller urban areas contiguous to the main urban area having strong commuting ties with the main area are also included in the area.(cont)
dsindc 4 weeks ago
@GJdude8612 "The population of the entire Baltimore-Washington Metroplex as of the 2010 Census is 8,924,087.The most populous city is Baltimore, with a population of 637,455. The most populous county is Fairfax Co, Virginia, with a population exceeding 1 million." Houston doesn't even come close. You need to Google Metro Rail. It is also referred to as "Heavy Rail". It is defined by trains that are larger than trams, trolleys, or light rail, and are GRADE SEPARATE. You have a street car system.
dsindc 4 weeks ago
@dsindc I'm sorry, are we talking about cities or areas here? I did not say Houston is the fourth largest compilation of metro areas. Houston ALONE by itself is the fourth largest CITY.
GJdude8612 4 weeks ago
Houston looks futuristic
TheMiamiRockStar 7 months ago
corretion its not a tram its a light rail
flyerbuses5000 1 year ago
@flyerbuses5000 no, its a so called tram..
erholung 5 months ago
Still looks like a long accordion bus on wheels to me.
denny906 1 year ago
love the little red train!
fff604 1 year ago