There are three above grade rail lines for the entire metro area, which is a little over 7 million people. Busses are regularly up to 2 hours late. There are over 200 accidents in the city per day. Everything is pointlessly far apart and connected with crisscrossing highways which are always under construction. There’s highway going from south Houston to League City that’s just a spahetthi jumble of overlapping concrete and steel I’m surprised more cars just don’t fall off during rain or ice.

Also, you know the worst part about this place? It is so difficult finding anyone who cares about changing it. Car culture is so endemic to Houston that all the transportation problems are placed on other drivers and/or poor people. Every time I bring up how shit the busses and rails are, the inevitable response is they’re only used by poor people, homeless people live in them, they smell bad, they’re slow, etc.

All the roadway problems are entirely blamed on all other people being shitty drivers except the person in question. Every time I bring up that the city could be organized better or less focus could be put on cars, I’m looked at like I’m an alien.

It’s also really bad if you live in the surrounding cities and commute to Houston for work. There are literally no public transportation options in Pearland except for the school busses. The options in Baytown, Webster, Spring, etc are so threadbare they mighr as well not exist and probably only exist due to federal or state mandates.

I’m losing my mind.

Its still somewhat possible to get around with walking, but good luck. I’ve been hit as a pedestrian twice, plus you might have to illegally cross a highway or walk through someone’s front yard to get where you’re going.