Hoffman gets results
Ken Hoffman, the Chronicle's resident humorist, penned a column a few weeks ago blasting Metro's comically mislabeled "express" bus that runs from from Intercontinental Airport to downtown.
Hoffman now reports that Metro is actually considering a real express service:
A fast, cheap and truly nonstop express bus between downtown Houston and Bush Intercontinental Airport may be on the way.
"It's in the planning stage. We are determining how many buses and how many drivers it would take and whether it would be practical — whether there would be enough people riding it," said Metro spokesperson Ken Connaughton.
Right now, the proposal is to run buses from the Downtown Transit Center on Travis and St. Joseph to Terminal C at Bush Intercontinental Airport — and vice-versa — every 30 minutes during the day.
"Cost, fare and source of funding issues must be worked out before a decision is made. So I don't have a date for start of service," Connaughton said.
It's about time, Metro. It's unbelievable that Houston doesn't already provide an inexpensive way for people to get from the airport to downtown. Almost every other major city has buses or trains to take visitors to places where they can spend money.
It is even more unbelievable that Connaughton says a study has to be conducted on whether anyone would use a true express service (which would be relatively cheap), but that Metro has no such qualms about an airport light-rail line that will be several orders of magnitude more expensive to build and operate.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/01/04 09:11 PM | Print |
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