Now that the light rail has started expanding and taking you to more destinations including East Downtown (Eado) as well as the University of Houston, it's become a more convenient way to get around town, especially if you don't feel like dealing with Downtown parking. It's been a couple of years since I last used the rail, but it seems a little more improved. You'll still find trash on the floor here and there and maybe even a pair of socks, but it still seems relatively safe and a convenient way to get around town and save on parking at the different venues. We used the park and ride to get to NRG park, which was just one stop away, but we managed to save a few dollars on parking. Parking at NRG for this particular event was $12, vs using the metro rail for two people it was $3 to park at the park and ride and $5 for round trip tickets on the light rail, so we saved $4. Now if you've got at least 4 people, of course you might as well just pay the $12 parking since the savings would be lost on the light rail tickets per person at that point. One day we're just going to take a leisure ride on the light rail to the new destinations to see what that commute would be like. One other thing were mentioning was that it was quite a wait for each train on Sunday, but I assume there is more frequency during the weekday. Lastly, I'm not sure if they do this on weekdays, but it'd be nice if they had some kind of security at the stops, just as a safety precaution. read more