This Week: CTA Stations

Why are trains so fascinating?  Why do people who won't ride a bus, ride a train?  Houston has a 7.5 mile track of light rail that opened in 2004.  That's nothing in a city that is 600 square miles.  There is an expansion project that will add more lines and that has caused a lot of political fighting.  The linked article says that construction will finish in 2012.  I'm not holding my breath, but I will definitely enjoy using the new system when it is in place.  I am one of those people that doesn't ride the bus but rides the train.  But why?

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