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Well, there is always the benefit of NOT having to drive and being able to do other things (reading) or just relaxing... Driving IS tiring...
by ktosobcy 3y ago
Well, there is always the benefit of NOT having to drive and being able to do other things (reading) or just relaxing... Driving IS tiring...
- cryptonector 3y agoThere are fairly inexpensive luxury bus options for travel between all the major cities in Texas. These come with internet access, spacious accommodations, clean restrooms.
- jakeinspace 3y agoThe point is, Houston is virtually impossible to live in without a car (I experienced that for 6 months, not great). There would of course be a bus or light rail between downtown and/or the airport to this train terminal, but for those in a Houston suburb looking to visit a friend in a Dallas suburb, there would be easily 1-2 hours of driving involved. You just can’t get downtown from where most houstonians live by bus.
- ktosobcy 3y agoWell, so because "us housing / cities care utterly broken then let's settle on not fixing any posible solution and making the situation less broken ;-) (I once went to Dallas and felt adventurous and opted not to rent a car - it was a hellish experience getting around outside of the provided office shuttle - going to the nearest target on foot was more than an hour walk and then on a train to the centre I felt treated like a homeless or some such - the ticket checker just kicked my foot to wake me up from the doze)
- ghaff 3y agoRight but if you're going to drive 45 minutes+ to get to the train station anyway which is probably very typical of Houston (heck, I drive an hour to catch the train from the Boston area to go to NY), you've given up a lot of the advantage of taking a train trip vs. driving--especially if it isn't dropping you off somewhere convenient to your office/hotel.