Houston METRO Danger Train

[prototype434]

it kills off all the idiots =D

[MrShitface2005]

thats a tram not a train



[cancerman50]

They need a crossing signal or something. At least a sign.

[sjtom57]

And yet another misleading title gets a well deserved thumbs down.

[renepintazzo]

no problem only idiots get hit by trains they are not the problem

[Htown20XX]

a few years ago a woman ran a red light on milam street and crashed into one of those bendy buses and totalled the bus.

[bananian]

I like this. Should be much cheaper than the Skytrain in Vancouver.

[vivadangermouse]

I think someone set a nuke off during that video

[943kline]

Metro is taking out the bad drivers. Great job getting the rid of the morons on the road

[toy4x4nj]

LRT I did not hear a horn when crosing the road

[exploit88]

danger?

[flyingmagiccarpet]

@ exploit88:

Danger only to the kind of people getting surprised that coffee at McDonald (or anywhere else, for that matter) may be hot. LMAO

[Bobbyp451]

Run trains over/under the street instead of in traffic? But no... light rail makes so much more sense, a kind of "Instant Gratification Darwin Award" for bad or clumsy drivers. Europe has trains that run through the streets, they were build a mere hundred years ago, I mean why advance ourselves? We'll just build whats been killing European drivers for about a century! Overhead rail is the only way to go in American Cities, subway has become too expensive and at grade rail, well, watch the video!

[Lukelr]

What's so dangerous about it? I've heard that the Houston METRO has had TONS of accidents since it opened.

[superdart75]

True, but that is largely because people in cars do not know how to operate their motor vehicles.

[superdart75]

No, it's not a Tram. It's known as Light Rail or LRT (Light Rail Train), and those are not trains, they are Light Rail Vehicles, or LRVs.

People may not like it yet, but it's a starter system. Just as DART in Dallas had a starter system, and next year will cover an even larger service area.

[dsindc]

It's a bit more complicated than that. Light rail involves sharing the right of way to some degree with traffic. Heavy rail involves total separation. There are various degrees of both. A light rail vehicle that's nearly all on a street is much more like a "tram" or street car. I lived in Dallas where the system is a much "heavier" sort of light rail, and has many miles where the rails do NOT share the right of way with traffic at all. DART is considered a much 'heavier' light rail than Houston

[dsindc]

There is also a type of heavy rail referred to as "pre-metro" - all the attributes of full heavy rail, large rigid cars virtually identical to a subway or 'EL' system. These systems are more common in Europe and Japan. In suburban areas, they will cross a few streets, i.e. at grade level. This is why they are powered by overhead cables. Dallas was going to build a pre-metro before the bond referendum voted it down. I live in D.C. with a full metro. Only problem, other trains as we saw in June.

[mrrayco]

First of all it's not a fucking train.......It's a Tram...... And what the fuck is so dangerous about it ???? You stupid fucking liberal piece of shit !!!!

[chytown2k]

The Main Street Monster is what its now as in Houston... It comes out of its cave on Fannin st. and lurks down the Main St. line, and gobbles up a couple of cars and maybe a pedestrian or two and goes back into its cave on Fannin St. It was only made to transport people to and from the medical center to downtown, and parking relief for reliant stadium during the superbowl.

[intercityrailpal]

@chytown2k Well we need to get rid of the stupid people of the world!

[Uprising3k]

- It carries 40,000 people on an average weekday. Thats remarkable for a line so short; its more than the 12-mile line in Minneapolis, the 25-mile system in Pittsburgh, 27-mile system in northern New Jersey, the 30-mile system in Baltimore, or the 42-mile system in San Jose. Only one other light rail system in the United States carries more passengers per mile, and thats Bostons, which had a 100-year head start.

[RocketManF4]

Uprising3k

Your "It carries 40,000 people on an average weekday" is trips not people as to get a higher count transit systems count every boarding as a person, but in real life people make round trips not one way trips per day so it only carriers 20,000 people

[david40686]

I don't take a round trip, I catch the train ONCE a day.

[MichaelMann007]

David

You only make a one way but most make a round trip. If transit agencies were not trying to stretch the truth they would list it as

"It carries 40,000 people ONE WAY on an average weekday"

instead of

"It carries 40,000 people on an average weekday"

which imply 40,000 making a round trip

[hotdogman67]

LOl, stupid toy train. Phoenix made the same mistake of making it :P.

[dontwalkhand]

How so? We are so behind on trains while other countries have trains everywhere.

[intercityrailpal]

@hotdogman67 It keeps gas prices lower. If those people were in cars the price of gas would be higher than it is. Or you'd have smelly buses nobody likes to ride.

[callywitch]

Yes, Houston looks as dead as Atlanta. Note there is no activity on the sidewalks. No vendors or pedestrians as in Europe. And then notice how that bland silver color on the tram is so out of style to be running on the street, making it harder to catch the eye of a dummy on a cellphone driving along. It should be painted in a livery of bright red, or orange, or yellow... something more visible.

[602780573]

yeap we in Prague we have a many tram lines and all trams are in red livery and must have light on all day. But still many accidents when cars crossing a tram line without looking to a back mirror.

[dontwalkhand]

The problem won't then be the train, it would be the dummy on the cellphone. People need to keep their eyes on the road.

[alphamone]

personaly, if these idiots cut off light rail, then they would just as likely (more likely even, if they cant tell a large tramlike thing is behind them, how likely are they to notice a bus that doesnt even have a reminder of its existance such as rails) to cut off a bus.

[yappcd]

Rode it quite a few times, clean and efficient. The train is not the problem the drivers are.

[BucketSeeker]

@yappcd Yea, Idiots and Trains don't mix, they collide! :D LOL

[arohr16]

im suprised it didnt hit someone

[KazzRacer]

Huston's LRT owns Calgary's.... by a lot lol.

[whatislife67]

never been to houston.

[jdmarkette]

As a former Houstonian I can honestly say... your not missing a whole lot. There a some really nice museums just off the Light Rail's route but after that there's not too much more to experience but the Livestock show and Rodeo, Traffic, and streets that flood after 5 minutes of rain. Try San Antonio. Lots more to do.

[StylistecS]

Houston as a city> San antonio as a city. Much more to do in Houston than San Antonio unless you like theme parks. Houston beats SA in museums, art, clubs, nightlife, bars and more.

[BisonAP]

Short but sweet. Wow, they sure got that system up and running fast in Houston.

Congratulations on the LRT. Anyone here from there? How has it been recieved by the public overall?

I know how hard it is for those used to cars to accept this. I wish we had it in my home of record, I'd gladly park my car and give it a spin.

Looks like fun as well as reliable and economic/ecological.

[trainluvr]

trains arent dangerous, people are.

[ijnr]

they should put arms up.

[Broadcast77063]

Nicely shot. Very steady hand.