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Raj Mankad
Verified
Deputy Opinion Editor, Chron
Houston
Beats
Travel, Early Childhood , Transportation, Politics , Middle East , North Africa, Lifestyle, Restaurants
Soullessness
Content
By Raj Mankad Verified| Houston Chronicle Verified On its first day of operation in the Heights, Metro's Community Connector shuttle arrived at my home with a whoosh, like a whisper of wind through falling spring blossoms. Somehow boxy and curvy at the same time, the vehicle is what you'd expect if a five-passenger shuttle bus and an electric golf cart had a cartoon baby. It was adorable. Was this the future I've long awaited as a transit rider, the iPhone moment for Houston's flip-phone transit system? Maybe.
By Raj Mankad Verified| Houston Chronicle Verified I'm embarrassed whenever I experience pleasure over someone else's pain. But sometimes I just can't help it. Germans, of course, have a word for the phenomenon: schadenfreude. And that's exactly what I felt watching as the press interviewed Duke University's wunderkind37-year-old basketball coach, Jon Scheyer, and his top players, Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, after they lost to the University of Houston Cougars in the final minutes of their Final Four matchup.
By Raj Mankad Verified| Houston Chronicle Verified On its first day of operation in the Heights, Metro's Community Connector shuttle arrived at my home with a whoosh, like a whisper of wind through falling spring blossoms. Somehow boxy and curvy at the same time, the vehicle is what you'd expect if a five-passenger shuttle bus and an electric golf cart had a cartoon baby. It was adorable. Was this the future I've long awaited as a transit rider, the iPhone moment for Houston's flip-phone transit system? Maybe.
Company Info
Chron
Houston Chronicle is an online platform that publishes regional, business, sports and entertainment news.
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