> I got the idea when they were building it in Houston that a large bit of the Metro system is geared toward transporting people in lower-income areas who can't

> I got the idea when they were building it in Houston that a large bit of the Metro system is geared toward transporting people in lower-income areas who can't afford cars, so they can gain employment downtown and in the med center. This is how most US cities view public transit: poor people only. Only a handful of US cities treat it as something that everyone uses, places like NYC, Chicago, DC, and Boston. Houston should have an equivalent to the Metra or MBTA commuter rail.