You must have a driver's license and car in Houston.
There is no respectable public transportation to speak of. We have buses, and here in the more central part of the city there's pretty frequent bus stops, but out in the burbs, they have maybe a bus stop every mile and only on the major street. You would have to walk from that bus stop down a busy 6 lane street and then down an 8 lane highway and several other roads, most of which lack sidewalks, and do this for at least one mile, to get to your house. That's if you live in the city limits or right outside. If you are outside the city limits, no buses go there and you may have to walk miles into the city limits to the bus stop. At the very least most buses have a bike rack on front where you can put your bike so at least you can bike to the bus stop.
I did everything through a driving school. I just had to take a basic written test to get the permit. When you graduate the driving school you get some papers, take the papers to the driver's license office and then wait about 5 hours in line, get your picture taken and you get a temporary paper license and your real license in the mail a few weeks later. There is no driving test if you go through the school.
There is no respectable public transportation to speak of. We have buses, and here in the more central part of the city there's pretty frequent bus stops, but out in the burbs, they have maybe a bus stop every mile and only on the major street. You would have to walk from that bus stop down a busy 6 lane street and then down an 8 lane highway and several other roads, most of which lack sidewalks, and do this for at least one mile, to get to your house. That's if you live in the city limits or right outside. If you are outside the city limits, no buses go there and you may have to walk miles into the city limits to the bus stop. At the very least most buses have a bike rack on front where you can put your bike so at least you can bike to the bus stop.
I did everything through a driving school. I just had to take a basic written test to get the permit. When you graduate the driving school you get some papers, take the papers to the driver's license office and then wait about 5 hours in line, get your picture taken and you get a temporary paper license and your real license in the mail a few weeks later. There is no driving test if you go through the school.