tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post114131703512588249..comments2023-08-09T04:53:47.459-05:00Comments on Driving Miss Dallas: Driven by a Dallas morningMiss Dallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16831133768123027451noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-1142011172746570532006-03-10T11:19:00.000-06:002006-03-10T11:19:00.000-06:00The system launched in 1996, but with annual rider...The system launched in 1996, but with annual ridership expansions and hardly any increase in the number of cars in rotation, they are showing so much wear.<BR/><BR/>I am with you on hoping Houston expands beyond the small part of downtown it serves. People would use it so much more if they would just increase the funding behind it. Rail in the South is still such a novelty.Miss Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831133768123027451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-1141848647382843422006-03-08T14:10:00.000-06:002006-03-08T14:10:00.000-06:00They are ugly, but I am surprised they are dilapid...They are ugly, but I am surprised they are dilapidated. The Dallas light rail system is quite recent.<BR/><BR/>I hope Houston is able to expand its rail system more, it's such a booming city.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-1141793486227497122006-03-07T22:51:00.000-06:002006-03-07T22:51:00.000-06:00When I was working with the Rodeo in downtown Hous...When I was working with the Rodeo in downtown Houston I rode the MetroRail every day from the medical center to Reliant Park. I loved it! It was my first urban rail experience, so when I found out that I could live close to rail in Dallas I was incredibly stoked. Then I discovered how dilapidated and unkempt the cars are. They look like yellow Gremlins on rails. UUUUUHHHHGLY!Miss Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831133768123027451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14065816.post-1141504359664000322006-03-04T14:32:00.000-06:002006-03-04T14:32:00.000-06:00Oh that's so nice; nowadays I lose those impressio...Oh that's so nice; nowadays I lose those impressions before I can blog them but when I started it was easy. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, at least you don't have to go underground for your trains...<BR/><BR/>I visited the DART train stop in Plano a couple of years ago. (Ave K/15th St area)<BR/>Did you see the sleek tram system in Houston, around the Medical Center?<BR/><BR/>It's like the ones in Europe.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.com