Nobody interested in this meeting? I would like to see us get a train or a park n ride at the least.

Good info -- thanks for posting this, @Dorothy !

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Why don't you like fixed rail? Can you explain that to me.Actually, imo, rail is so much better. Commuter rail is comfortable and you can work on the train and you don't use the road at all, so no problems with traffic and accidents, etc.I have used commuter rail in Chicago, Boston and New York City and it is faster than a bus and much more comfortable. Park and Ride would at least be better than what we have now, but it is behind the times in so far as what world class cities have.

@Dorothy I agree. A rail line would be a huge improvement over sitting in traffic for an hour to get downtown.

As a longtime resident of "old Pearland", I am never in favor of anything connecting Houston and our town. Pearland, at least the quieter side, is a million miles away from Houston mentally, and I'd like to keep it that way. I live on the Pearland/Friendswood line and commute to the island every day, and that's my choice. I don't expect or desire bus/rail routes to cater to that choice. If people want to be closer to work in Houston and not drive so far or sit in traffic, then choose to move closer to work in Houston.

@crazy4disney So anyone who works at the medical center, but wants to live in Pearland because of the schools and the home prices is out of luck according to your philosophy? Why should people who live here have to move? When they moved here, the traffic was manageable. They bought homes here and love it, but the traffic has gotten so much worse that the commute is terrible.Most big cities have rail and bus. Houston is a world class city and should have good transportation options, imNsho.

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@Dorothy I couldn't agree more -- *Houston* should have good transportation options. We're not Houston, and that's my point. Pearland needs to focus on our OWN transportation and traffic issues - of which there are plenty - and not worry about getting people to their work destination of choice outside of Pearland. Just my .02.

So people who work outside of Pearland are not welcome to live here? And people should just pick up and move even if they have lived here for 20 or 30 years? Commuter rail, btw, is NOT light rail. It should be heavy rail and be built in a way that does not disturb car traffic.Pearland is currently at 120,000 population. It is not a *small town* any longer and deserves better service. 1. People who work in Houston and live here, pay city taxes to Pearland.
2. People who live here and work in Houston shop in Pearland and pay sales tax here.
3. People who live here own their homes and pay property taxed to PISD.I would love to see cross town buses in Pearland although I don't know that many people would use them. Evanston, IL where I lived for over 30 years had 3 commuter rail stops and 7 *el* stops and people who lived in Evanston took advantage of them because many worked in downtown Chicago. Evanston has a population of about 80,000 now. It has the advantage of having a major University (Northwestern) in the town. Pearland currently has a branch of UH Clearlake in town now as well.People who live in the suburbs of Boston use the commuter rail to get to work in Boston or to college in Boston or other suburbs. People who live in New Jersey or on Long Island and work in New York City use commuter rail into Manhattan and/or use the subways to commute to various parts of the city.There is no reason why we should not have similar options. I would love to take the train to go to the Museum district because driving is a pain.

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@Stealth83 Actually, the park and ride has about the same flexibility as rail does and is less in terms of the schedule because it really *only* works for commuting. My dd's Framingham to Boston has 28 runs from early morning (5:26 am) to late evening (midnight and 1:00 am). It has the same amount returning starting from Boston's South Station at 4:50 am. She could also take the Green line, but that's one town further from her. That's an *el* type line and makes more stops.Chicago's commuter rail is also like this and where I lived, there were three stops in Evanston as well as the possibility of taking the *el*Chicago is quite large, although it is narrow not wide.Note that rail lines would need to be built for other suburbs *if* they wanted it.I am really concerned with having it out here because originally 288 was designed so it's median could be used for rail and instead they are putting in toll roads.Of course you need parking, just as you would for a park and ride. Of course in Evanston, I could walk to the stations -no need for a car. In Boston, you could take a bus or an *el* to the commuter rail. And Boston is pretty walkable.I don't think the cost is any higher either, but if you have actual figures on that I would like to see them. The big cost is building a rail line because Houston didn't do it back when they should have.

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