Which part, Willie ? The toy train that's had over 100 wrecks ?
Or the largely empty bus fleet ? The one where you HAVE to go downtown to get anywhere ? Where you get to stand in 100 degree heat waiting for your bus to arrive ? The one that leaves you miles from your actual destination so you can enjoy a pleasant walk through Houston's daily downpours ?
I can remember attending a "public meeting" when Metro was being considered. A Hispanic gentleman stood up and said "I'm a working man. Why do I have to pay a 1% sales tax for busses I will never use ?"
There was no intelligent answer.
BTW, we have valet parking in so many places because the business owners located where there is no on-street parking, and where they don't provide a parking lot. In essence, fools who think they're in New York, not Houston.
No biggee. We have thousands of restaurants with adequate parking.
One thing we sure as hell don't need, and that's more Metro profligacy and waste.
Firstly, I see restaurants sectioning off large swaths of their lot for valet-only parking. I smell a ripoff there, as the parking is obviously available, but the restaurants want to make a buck off their previously free spaces. They are bastards.
Secondly, on Saturday nights you see a dynamic wherein a large and intimidating man will put out cones on a public street and force you to pay for parking. He has no legal or moral claim to the area, he just has cones. At any other time those spaces would be free, but because he has cones and is a ghetto thug, you must pay or risk having your car damaged by him or his associates. This is 100% illegal. He does not own the spots; they are part of the street. He is also a bastard.