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  1. Downtown Eastside GRB/Toyota Center/Minute Maid Park and Congress Yard (UP) is one suggestion .
  2. Willowbrook is a community inwhich the mall is named after and is located . An indication of that is the giant water storage tower that bears the Willowbrook name . BNSF runs directly through it aswell as 249 and Beltway 8 . The community itself fairly huge because of Texas A&M , UT , Baylor and Prairie View communities aswell as neighboring Tomball , Montgomery and Conroe Counties. The community encompasses both the mall , BNSF and the HPSL which is Beltway 8 & 249 .
  3. Here is my explanation ,if you look at the map above , One of the marked HPSL's is Beltway 8 & 249 . That is Willowbrook . Willowbrook sits directly on BNSF just like Northwest sits directly on UP . They both have the potential of being stations . I live a few blocks from Northwest and 4 to 5 miles from Willowbrook . Willowbrook is 3 to 4 miles west of Bush IAH via Greenspoint and Beltway 8 which would make it a possible airport connector station.
  4. I believe Willowbrook and Northwest Malls would be good options but I got more of a gut feeling if the station is on the northwest corner , it may be Willowbrook for two reasons , It sits on BNSF and it can be a connector to the Airport via Greenspoint/Cityview because of its close approximity to Bush I A H to the east on I-59/69 and Beltway 8 . UP's Davis Yard near Beltway 8 and Hardy Tollroad can be a good site for a station . One more option would be the Deerbrook area on I-59/69 in the northeast . Dallas , I mentioned earlier Love Field , other options would be Irving , SMU , Grand Praire , Frisco , Duncanville , Arlington , Texas Stadium , NAS JRB Dallas via Grand Praire , Ft. Worth , I-35 , I-20 or I-45 .
  5. I think we will soon . I hope I'm lucky enough to catch UP X4014 in Houston .
  6. I would suggest a terminal station for Hicks Airport Hwy and the Southwest Triangle area and a terminal station for,Nasa/Ellington Field or Hobby Airport as possible southeast/southwest connector corridors that could be elevated and merge onto a downtown central terminal station for all points north to DFW as a suggestion . It's possible .
  7. 290 & Beltway 8 ,90A & West Junction ,I-59/69,Sugarland, I-10/Channelview & Beltway 8 ,I-45 would be ideal locations for a bigger Grocer's Supply warehouse. Grocery retail is rapidly growing as the city expands meaning more jobs . It would create more variety in produce , dry foods , specialty foods and poultry . Being directly on a interstate would be good for local delivery traffic and arrival delivery traffic . Being located near freight rail would be essential due to refrigeration and container traffic importing huge quantities of perisheable items by rail . Rail to dock would be utilized quickly especially if it is being constructed near a SIT or Intermodal Classification yard . Food will spoil or expire if not kept in refrigeration or quickly shipped directly to the store especially poultry and dairy .
  8. The property near Congress Yard would be a idea location but Txdot has a facility there .
  9. Cloud , I understand this is HIGH SPEED RAIL . What I was saying was a given scenario that it is possible that they could place stops which would be lkely in high end areas for something of that type of travel or decide to express from city to city where an airport or a new class terminal would be likely to accomodate that type of travel if they decide to . It is great possibility .
  10. 1. Office Depot 2. Best Buy 3. Big Lots 4. Frye's
  11. What I learned about Amtrak is that it will not traverse lines that are single tracked mainline corridors . It will only traverse corridors that are double or multi-tracked . This is also partly the reason it may bypass some townships that sit near or on single tracked corridors to avoid being late due to freight manifest (Priority Hot) being given the right of way because both traffic have to share that one line or MOW crews working on the line . This is why multi-tracking is important . Waco and College station would benefit from HSR because of Bryan's UP(SP) connection to Houston and DFW . Waco's UP(MP) Amtrak Texas Eagle) connection between DFW and Austin /San Antonio via McGregor to the west . Second , they both sit near a freeway .Waco sits on major interstate I-35 . Third , Texas A&M/Prairie View A&M and Baylor is creating commerce for Bryan and Waco. They would make good HSR stops . Houston to DFW , I live on the very line that used to host a Zephyr service at one time . It is a state marker FWDC/CRIP ( Ft Worth & Denver City /Chicago Rock Island & Pacific(The Rock(BN) it was once apart of the Cotton Belt (SP) later Burlington Route/I&GN(BN) ,etc . A little history about the line . Today , It is the BNSF Gulf Division from Tower55 in Ft. Worth to Brisbane/Bayport Division (Hobby Airport) here in the city . The line is current single tracked that begins from Hardy Tollroad to the west then northwest to Ft.Worth. A good possible corridor for the Houston/DFW HSR would be from the following stops in succession Hobby , Bush , Deerbrook , Woodlands ,College Station/PrairieView, Baylor , Dallas Love Field/TRE East/West connection to Ft. Worth Intermodal Center or Dallas Union Station .An option TRE would probably establish a intermodal center at Love Field or in Grand Prairie or East Ft Worth. I believe in some areas this line would be elevated .
  12. 1. William's Chicken (Churches ) 2. Hot Stuff Restaurants 3. Fish King 4. Showbiz Pizza (Chuckie Cheese) 5. Pizza Inn (Still Here ) 6. Two Pesos 7. Grandy's 8. Del Taco 9. Captain D's 10. Lone John Silver's (Still Here ) 11. Ryan Steahouse 12. Wyatt's Cafeteria 13. Steak N'Ale (Recently Closed ) 14. Monterrey House (1 Remaining ) 15. Checker's 16 . Ninfa's 17. Pancho's 18. Godfather's Pizza 19. Sizzler's 20. BigTex Chicken 21. Hart'z Chicken (Still Here )
  13. The zoo does seem small , I would go by it to and fro appointments . It could use some extra room . I've been to the zoo in San Diego and like Houston has a miniature train but the difference is the zoo is huge and the train runs all through the zoo for quick and easy viewing . Hermann is room for expansion . Another Idea that would be possible is to remove or shrink the golf course by a few acres away from MacGregor street and from the walking trail.The thought of those flying balls passing trees that suppose to deflect them and knocking out the windows of passing vehicles and people jogging and walking on the asphalt trail being hit by them . That would really create some expansion room .
  14. Tower26

    METRORail Green Line

    Isn't this the eastbound line in downtown that runs along Rusk on one side of the street ? I'm thinking the same in the previous post they may add signals to the catenary poles but these poles may be cantilevered where the arms stretches over one or two lines towards the middle of the street which is possible.
  15. Tower26

    METRORail Green Line

    A narrow doubletrack bridge overpass would be an only option . Crossing an active freight row would mean installing two or four 90 degree track diamonds which means getting permission from UP and there would be schedule delays in both LRT and freight as well as street traffic if the lines were built in to a at-grade crossing . Underpasses tend to flood but I understand if there is a SIT yard or multiple throat tracks for freight use that is necessary for an underpass to go under those lines .
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