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If that happened, probably, it was 60 years ago. The issue here is Houston installed an extremely expensive light rail track. It is One street. That is it. We're not a long narrow city where everything is walking distance to a rail stop.
If someone had said to convert the old Katy (KT - Kansas and Topeka) rail line from Katy Texas to downtown, running along the I-10 Freeway, with parking lots nearby, I'd think it was a great idea. Do the same type of development along the major freeways, fantastic.
But this is a converted bus route and all of about 4 miles long. It is taking up 1/2 of a road and it interferes with traffic. Nothing significant has developed along the line, since it goes through a really crummy part of town, once it is outside the end points (downtown Houston and the Medical Center). These accidents happen every few weeks here.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
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