Light Rail

Today was a first for me. I had a super secret mission in downtown Houston and decided to get there by riding on our new Light Rail system for the first time.
I bought a round trip ticket for $2.00 but no one ever asked me for it. I guess that the train is for free if you don't want to pay. I am not sure how this is working in Houston but if it was NYC I am sure it would be filed with free riders.
For that matter it may be anyway.
The train I was on was pretty full and as we got close to downtown there was standing room only.
The trip took about 30 minutes or twice what a car would take. The train was clean and the trip was pleasant, both of which I would have a hard time saying about the trains in the town I was born in.
Better yet we didn't hit or get hit by anything. In case you have not read about it our light rail system has had over 30 accidents in the last few months, not a bad start.
I would ride it again but even one of my co-workers who is otherwise very honest told me I should have only bought one ticket and not the round tripper.