These folks mostly are concerned about how all that public transportation money could best be spent to accomplish the most good for the most people. And there have been studies. So many studies you could probably fill a roundhouse with them. A few years back some official who is in a position to know said that more than 70 million bucks had been spent on Houston rail system feasibility studies. But the mass transit debate continued and just recently has begun to grow considerably louder.
Good times are back.
Our local economy is healthy again. And we want relief from all the traffic jams. Some months back we looked at an idea from local inventor Chuck Mullen. And now Jay Thompson, a retiree residing in Kingwood, has come up with another suggestion that marries rail and road travel. Put buses on the right track Jay got to thinking about how railroad companies have used standard highway-type vehicles to move personnel or equipment on the rails.