Houston Metro Rail HD (trams in Houston)

METRORail is the 7.5-mile (12.1 km) 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 an approximate daily ridership of 39,500, the METRORail ranks as the fourteenth most-traveled light rail system in the United States, with the second highest ridership per track mile.
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this video does not stutter as the previous video of the light rail in Houston

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[donzaliko]

guys which manufacture made this??

[timosha21]

@donzaliko Siemens-built Avanto S70 light-rail vehicles

[TheBrainMachine78]

@bigtown If it had more Klansmen, would you move back?

[bigtown]

Live there for 4 years. fuck Houston, for one it's too fucking hot to even call it good weather, and the illegals have taken over that motherfucker! They outnumber everyone in Houston. It looks every bit like Mexico there, and most can't speak a bit of english. This city doesn't have enough personality to ever be a city I would recommend.

[ChicagoJoe57]

These trains should be either in the gorund or on an elevated line.

[wacodude86]

I live in Houston, work in Medical Ctr. and take the train to work and downtown, but that's it. When i lived in DC i took The Metro everywhere, also when visiting other cities i take the BART in San Francisco and the MARTA in Atlanta to name a few. I'm a true Texas boy, but Houston is way behind with mass transit. I know we can do better. Elevate the trains, even some lines in Dallas are elevated, but Dallas is a bit more innovative.

[dsindc]

@PanzerVIZeke If you watch old (even VERY old) films of streetcars during the early 1900's, this is different in that it has more bells and whistles. Other than that, there's no real functional difference. But again.. what defines heavy, v. light rail v. streetcars, is one thing only - grade separation. I live in Washington where we have a metro ( i.e. metro ). It amazes me that a city like Houston can do no better than this. If gas prices explode and you need rapid transit - good luck.

[dsindc]

@PanzerVIZeke Not true. The issue is grade separation. A tram is essentially a street car. The Houston system appears to be built almost exclusively on streets, highways, roads, etc. with minimal separation (e.g. speed bumps). Light rail, for instance San Diego, Dallas, Portland, largely have their own right of way, but are not considered "heavy" rail because they will CROSS streets, therefore having some grade sharing, and can in a few places actually share a street - e.g. Downtown Dallas.

[mosleywade]

Best looking rail system in the world!

[mrdavis808]

My only way to work!!

[PanzerVIZeke]

This is not a tram, this is LRT. Portland and San Diego have full LRT systems and use these same Siemens S70 LRVs.

[tjmady]

Is there still bad accidents with cars?