Ticket to ride — but where?

In Houston, our sense of place is easy to lose — it's constantly under attack from urban sprawl, car culture, our tendency to live in anonymous suburbia and our love of tearing things down. That's why Houstonist digs the Museum for Missing Places, an online investigation of where we are, where we've come from and where we're going.

The MfMP is beginning a project today that we're interested in seeing the results of: It's posting signs at all MetroRail platforms asking riders to tell where they're coming from and where they're going. We've seen things like this before — usually large maps where you're asked to stick pins to show where you live and work — but the MfMP's project is especially interesting because it focuses on light rail, one of the most controversial and novel civic works in Houston in years.

We encourage MetroRailers to look for the signs and note their comings and goings (and remember, the signs will only be posted through Monday, Dec. 5). When the results are released, we'll let you know.