Trams in Houston, Texas, USA (metro rail)

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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The arrival of METRORail came 64 years after the previous streetcar system was shut down, which left Houston as the largest city in the United States without a rail system since 1990 when the Blue Line opened in Los Angeles. METRORail is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO for short.

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[dsindc]

@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.

[GJdude8612]

@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]

@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]

@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.

[dsindc]

@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]

LMAO, no it's like a small town in Serbia... can only afford a pathetic street car. How sad.

[dsindc]

@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.

[benjie414]

@dsindc

not this sh-t again.

[dsindc]

@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]

@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.