At this point I feel like Houston Metro is trying everything they can to run good service. It's a constant battle against TxDOT who still wants to widen freeways!

live in Houston for 25 yrs. , “just find out” that Houston has an Amtrak train station !!!!!! , thanks to you guys !! Good job guys , enjoy the video , keep up the good work !!

man this looks fun as hell - the same thing one would do just sightseeing in a new country for the first time, but as a side of an american city that most people will never see. i'm subbing

You did it! I am a flight attendant and have to take the Skyway and Subway often. I love the Subway because I pretend it’s a Disney ride, which it technically is. It was cool to see you take the 56 bus down my old neighborhood I grew up in. Nice way to show our public transit issues. Also, chips and salsa are always free here!

Your video and NJB's video just further increases my desire to live wherever the exact opposite of this place is.

Couldn't believe that METRO won't sell you a day pass at a station when I was there. Especially when the rest of the rail operating transit agencies in the state will, DFW even has tri-agency regional passes at their stations.

Houston has great bike trails along the bayou and the red line was good for going to the green museum area south of downtown & renting a bike. On the other hand going north to a Walmart or Target or something to get supplies on the red line, I found a big fence between the station parking lot and store parking lot, so it was either climb or walk around. Later I took a bike to the historical village adjacent to downtown and as I was the only one there at closing time, got locked in and had to climb an even higher fence to get out. So that was weird. Overall, Houston is a surprisingly green city considering the petrochemical pollution and molds and pollens, and there’s been a great revival of people living “inside the loop” instead of out in the burbs. By loop they mean the inner highway loop, not the outer! (I think the entire light rail system or most of it is inside the loop.) Oh, besides fences, an understanding but strict guard did not let me take a bike, even walking, through museum grounds connecting two parts of a beautiful bike trail. And finally, one great thing about traveling in the Deep South is people will talk to you almost anywhere, unless they hate you. That applies from Miami, where it is crazy true, to about the NM-AZ border, where it dies out. The end. Oh, the bus system in Houston was cheap and good.

Ah Houston...4th largest city in the county...trains per day...0.875

You missed the dedicated BRT line in the Galleria/Uptown which was originally designed for rail but initially done with Bus Rapid Transit on dedicated lines. And head down to Galveston's little trolley train next time ;-)

You forgot Hermann Park Railroad train lmfaooo

Why on earth do all these large American cities like such as this one never build suburban rail networks that cover the entire city right to the outer suburbs as is common in Australia. Perth Western Australia is a similar size but have multiple fast electric suburban railway covering much of the city!

Thanks for the video about Houston’s light rail lines. I heard from others before the light rail lines were built that the bus system was not that good. I Don’t understand why they do not have a ticket system where you can buy a pass at the airport. I guess they want out of town people to use taxies or rent cars rather than use transit. By the way using web and apps are not for everyone. I have a modern mobile phone but do not use any apps on it. I would be especially mad that they want me to use that if I am only visiting one time and not need it again. All systems should have ticket/pass machines for people to pay for fares at major terminals or the ability to pay for it upon boarding the transit service. For example I live in the Philadelphia area but have used Delaware’s DART bus system and can buy a day pass when I board one of their busses from the driver. This kind of convince helps boost ridership by not making you find and buy a fare in advance.

Congratulations on 1000 subscribers! (I’m sorry I’m late on this!) Continuing to branch out to other cities…love it!

Unfortunately politics have killed any chances of an expansive transit system in House. They're constantly expanding freeways and adding more lanes instead of adding more light rail connections. So much wasted potential. Sucks that with the expansion of the freeways literally said screw transit systems.

Congrats on 1000 subs! Hope you enjoyed your A220 flight!

Was rewatching and realized you forgot the Shark Train Miles!!!

Here's a fun fact. If you look at the census tract map, every major Texas city's downtown tract has suburb density (2000 people/sq mile)

As a former resident of Houston I approve

If it's not delivery... it's Amtrakgiornio's!

Do Dallas/Fort Worth! We have a wild amount of track mileage that is criplingly underused.