The Houston Chronicle's Rad Sallee did an excellent job pointing out criticism and rumors about METRO in his column today, "Sometimes the hype overshadows the truth." One by one, Sallee addressed issues, including: stray current along the Red Line; METRO's obligation to set aside 25 percent of its 1-cent sales ...

  Just how dangerous is stray current on METRORail? In the past 18 months, METRO and Siemens have worked together to resolve and mitigate the stray current issue. It's important to note that METRO set very high standards for the manufacturer to meet - much stiffer than industry standards. Some of the corrective work METRO and Siemens ...

  A reader of this blog has raised the question of whether stray current from our light rail system has had any detrimental effects on Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) overpass structures. The independent report from V&A Consulting Engineers Inc. of Oakland, Calif., national experts in corrosion control, offered good news, ...