Houston Methodist Smith Tower At 6550 Fannin St.

[ricco67]

You've made an assumption that a driver would be going down Fannin. When i go to Scurlock tower from Gulfgate area. I can make it in 15 mins if i take freeway to fannin exit off of 59 and then cross over to main in front of the Warwick. Main has 3 lanes of traffic and goes right to the Scurlock. Parking usually takes 10 mins since the garage is large. All i know is i avoid Fannin in the med center like the plague and i always have. I will say that if you only compare a SMALL segment of the light rail vs car travel times they are comparable but any longer route, a car will be quicker because there are more ways to travel that will avoid traffic.

Are you talking about rush hour times? I've been to St. Lukes, Scurlock, and smith towers and there are times when there are no spots to be found on some days. I can just as easily spend that 10 minutes looking for a parking spot taking a train from sears!

[Highrise Tower]

The Houston Methodist Smith Tower was designed by Lloyd Jones & Brewers and was commercially developed by Century Development (and Hines?) and was named after Robert Smith.

Here's a photo I took today.