Using the word "wrapped" or even the use of "partially wrapped in the sub text, is not even close to what a wrapped train would look like.

Metro is playing the cheap end of what a wrap would be.  

Here is a link to a true "wrap" of a light rail trolley for the NBA show in Phoenix:

http://www.nba.com/suns/news/lightrail_090126.html

The most successful wrap campaign (still ongoing) is the Vegas Monorail.  It is far more effective though because the entire line is elevated and easily noticed from greater distances.

Here is a site that shows wraps of many vehicles:

http://www.sgigraphics.net/bus.htm

I meant to snap a picture of this but since TWO #1 buses passed me up today I didn't have time.

I was waiting at the stop by my office building on Almeda Rd and Lockett St. Can you believe I was passed up twice? Bus #2906 - 12:11p  and #3535 - 12:27p. This has never happened before.

I must say the driver on route 26, bus #2827 did stop and attempt to see if I needed the bus. He got me to the transit center where I caught 87 to TMC. But the driver on 87 bus #3317 was on her cell phone and passed up a lady at the stop by the Harris County Pct 1 office. Lets work on this METRO.

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But METRO should allow Houston companies to have a shot at advertising by wrapping the train. METRO is spending money on advertising instead of making money from it.

I got a picture of those ridiculous MAD trashcan ads... If ridership increases on the MAD route I will no longer criticize METRO. But they should do the same for other routes with low ridership.

METRO is a a wrap frenzy... Wrap trains, trashcan, next will be the buses then 1900 Main.

This is really disappointing. MetroRail is the only pleasant riding experience that Metro has and it's made it more uncomfortable for riders to sit in the first 5 rows of seats.

It's nice to sit on the train and look out on a bright beautiful Houston morning, but these make the train dimmer and more sterile with only the overhead fluorescents illuminating.

Riding in a wrapped vehicle is like a fish being caught in a net. You can barely see out and impossible to see inside. All the wrap fans should wrap your personal vehicle and see how you like it.

Yesterday around noon I was at the Main Street Square train stop and there must have been a hundred people waiting for the train. About half of them were in line trying to get a ticket. One of the ticket machines was out of service. These were mostly Wrestlemania fans trying to get to Reliant park. All the trains were packed as Metro was only running one car trains. You're doing a heckofa job Metro.

METRO didn't even advertise rail service for the Wrestlemania event which had 70k + fans. Yet they advertised every week for that losing football team.

you think METRO would have known to run double cars for the event.

They did advertise at like 5 of the 16 train stations

METRO would use a concept the Southern Pacific used with their DAYLIGHT trains, I think it would help.

SP used a "winged ball".  Actually, it had both sets of wings.  However, on say the DAYLIGHT, the ball would only have one wing, in the opopsite direction of travel.  Look up SP 4449, and look at the front end of the engine.  You can see what I mean.

MAD uses a double winged logo.  Now, on the LRT, you could have the one wing concept on each end of car.  Actually, the wing could extend back to the articulation.  To me, it would be better than that burr under the saddle look the poster has.

Also, the one wing concept also would look good on the sides on the MAD buses, and on the new paper bus Cedric will be forced to make!

Don G,

maybe this is why the wrap is so cheap!!

http://www.khou.com/video/index.html?nvid=349472&shu=1

Dominic,

       If I'm understanding you correctly, you're suggesting that METRO split the double winged logo and just have one wing on each side of the bus, right?  Like---the wing on the left side of the "M" would be on the right side of the bus and the wing on the right side of the "M" would be on the left side of the bus?

Maybe---perhaps---METRO can do what I just said above but instead of just having the wing by itself, have it AND the "M?"

It may sound complicated but again, let me know if I'm getting this right.

Cedric:

EXACTLY!  But make the half logo HUGE!

Hmmm---interesting.

HEY i saw 7 or 8 passengers board MAD last night on the 7pm trip Downtown.... :)