The past few weekends have been some of Houston's best: sunny, blue skies, low humidity. It has been perfect zoo weather for families with children. And that means parking congestion. This past weekend, more than 26,000 people visited the zoo. In fact, I almost took my kids, too, but we ended up at Terry Hershey Park instead, ...

        Mark Mays has been riding the METRORail since its inception in January 2004. He rides every day, five days a week to his job downtown.   A few days ago, he e-mailed me his thoughts on riding the train and included some constructive criticism. I thought I'd post his observations here and see if ...