As a long term Houstonian, the ideas presented here are going to be a huge mistake. The train they already built into downtown was no improvement at all. Increasing that approach will only make things a whole lot worse. Downtown Houston used to be a dream to drive in. The traffic lights were fairly well-timed, and you could almost make through the downtown area without having to stop. Thanks to the train, you will encounter stalled traffic that could last forever, or so it seems.
Some people should have better things to do than to make plans for other people. Their plans are are supposed solution to a supposed problem. In the end, they solve no problems, and just spend a crap load of money. This video is about making Houston go from a car happy town to a rail town. Good luck with that. Not that it matters all that much to yours truly since I don't live there anymore. But the locals who are still there should beware of these knuckleheads. It may already be too late.
P.S.
This was an incomplete post. So here's some more on the subject... Of course, the idea to convert freeway to rail lines is absurd. However, he did cover what he called the "Brightline" idea, which is a lot more sensible.
The part I was referring to, and what the author of the video referred to, was how Houston is "cut in half" by the freeway. This is a lot of hyper criticism of a sensible thing they once did, but the plotters and schemers want to take down. If you're going to do that, you will have to piss off a lot of other people.
So I don't know which ox gets gored, but the libs are getting more and power in Houston, so the dumbasses may win out. They'll "free" the area of I45, and the sensible people will take it on the chin. Unless something changes, of course. I wouldn't bet the farm though. Things are going downhill in Houston, sorry to say.
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