Oh my god, you think I'm going to oppose someone proposing to build a coherent light rail system that I could actually use? With the existing BART/light rail infrastructure that Houston has, I literally cannot get to my job any other way than by driving there in a car. I have looked at the schedules myself and the dots literally do not connect for my location and schedule.
I would love for that to change, but it's not going to. The political landscape here simply will not allow it. So, yes, I am going to wrap myself in MUH HIGHWAYS FOR MUH CAR because there are no other options available to me. It's a choice between sitting in traffic for X amount of time on a congested highway and sitting in traffic for <X amount of time on a less congested, more built-up highway.
Oh, here's another thing about that whole "it's never going to change in Houston" idea: it actually
is changing, for the better, right this exact moment. They in fact just approved a "reimagined map" which shifts around some resources to make a network that has denser, more frequent coverage (including a grid-like network of buses running at least once every 15 minutes most of the day and weekends):
http://transitsystemreimagining.com/web/the-approved-map/The plan is for it to take effect in August.
I mean, I don't know if it specifically makes transit a viable option for you, but it a) most certainly makes it a viable option for many more people than it was before, and b) they are getting this done
in Houston, right in your backyard, with that political landscape, which I would hope disproves your idea that change/improvement is hopeless. You owe it to yourself to take a look.
