MetroRail flew under the radar for about a week, but that couldn’t last long. Indeed, it appears the 20th century transportation solution had a bit of a problem yesterday:
MetroRail suffered a minor service disruption Sunday after an overhead wire snapped out of a pole, requiring some Houston Texans fans to board a bus to Reliant Stadium for the noon kickoff against the Indianapolis Colts.
Good thing those buses were available!
And, Metro says ridership dropped in November:
MetroRail averaged 29,782 weekday boardings in November, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
That’s a 10 percent drop from the record high 32,941 boardings in October.
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Metro attributes the lower counts to two storm-related service disruptions and the Thanksgiving holiday.
Oh, okay. We’ll have to accept Metro’s excuse (and numbers) because we all know the Chronicle sure will. And, does anyone know if Metro actually has a way to count ridership yet? REALLY count it?
