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[midtown 4.2]

Got in my car after lunch, turned on the radio, and caught this snippet of news . . . " . . . will replace the Greyhound station at Main and Grey."

What's up!? I'm going crazy with the anticipation of hearing that this bus station will finally move out of Midtown. Anybody have the scoop on this?

crossing my fingers!

[Lowbrow]

Probably

"CVS Megastore ... will replace the Greyhound station at Main and Grey."




jk.

[themidtownguy]

call the radio station and find out...

[MidtownCoog]

are the finally going to build the transit center on the north side of downtown?

[Parrothead]

Thank God!! That place is a cesspool.

[greystone08(returns)]

so what now? Houston's not going to have a greyhound station downtown anymore?

[RayLSU]

must find out more information. that greyhound station is the bain of midtown's existence. i hope they'd put some midrise apartments there with retail on the bottom...could be a great area!

[The Great Hizzy!]

I haven't heard of any progress on the proposed multimodal transit center. The idea has always been to incorporate the depots of AMTRAK, Greyhound, the Central American carrier to the south of the Greyhound Station (El Expresso?), and the north Hardy extension of METRO Rail at one location, like Union Station in DT Los Angeles.

I've also thought that the now empty four or five story brick building right near the current AMTRAK Station would make a good Greyhound/AMTRAK terminal.

[LTAWACS]

RayLSU, on Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 9:00pm, said:

must find out more information.  that greyhound station is the bain of midtown's existence.  i hope they'd put some midrise apartments there with retail on the bottom...could be a great area!

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HA! I wish that too but my dreams have been dashed. Good luck though.

[Globalarb]

I can't find any headlines about this, but am still hopeful! 4.2, which radio station? I'm as anxious as you are.

[kjb434]

I caught a piece of the story too on 950am and 740am. I guess I shouldn't switch back and fourth. I did here about moving Greyhound some where, but didn't catch it exactly. The multimodal concept would be awesome.

[ssullivan]

It would be great if Greyhound is moving! Not only is the current station hampering redevelopment of the surrounding neighborhood, but since MetroRail opened it's difficult for their buses to navigate in and out of the station, and the reconfiguration of Main St. eliminated a lot of space for cars dropping off and picking up passengers.

[debmartin]

i had a very interesting conversation with greyhound corporate today - a flat denial of any plans to relocate the midtown location. btw they still refer to it as "downtown", and my source tells me that they are pleased with the location being on the rail line. i mentioned the redevelopment of midtown and the obstacle the current location presents, but "that's my story and i'm sticking to it" was the offical reply.

i cannot imagine a radio station pulling that out of thin air, but i also cannot think of any reason greyhound would keep it under wraps. i was told that one of the sub-stations was being closed or relocated, so maybe it had something to do with that. sorry to dash the hopes of all who, like myself, would really like to see a greyhound station for houston that at least rivals the ones in other major cities.

deb martin

[editor]

While it's unlikely that the radio station pulled it out of thin air, it's possible someone else did. It's possible that some city official somewhere thought it might be a good idea and asked someone to look into it, and some council member got wind of it, heard only half the conversation, and told a reporter that the city is planning to move the bus station. The reporter then just repeated that, "Council member X says the city is moving the bus station." Not entirely the reporter's fault because strictly speaking the sentence is correct. However, it's probably been years since anyone on KPRC or KTRH double-checked a fact or bothered to get the other side (like an official comment from Greyhound) before going to air.

The last good reporter KTRH had was Dennis Spellman, and he's in TV now.

[midtown 4.2]

I took midtownguy's advise, and called the station. Spoke to someone at the news desk, he recalled the story, put me on hold for a moment to dig up the article, and seemed like he was scanning through the report and read out loud the highlights for me.

The only new info I got, was that "they" (whoever "they" are) were commisioning a $400K feasability study to see how they can combine bus, light rail, and commuter rail into one facility. I had more questions, but felt like I was pushing my luck.

[debmartin]

"The only new info I got, was that "they" (whoever "they" are) were commisioning a $400K feasability study to see how they can combine bus, light rail, and commuter rail into one facility. ("quote, midtown4.2)

what a crock! "they" should write in to our forum and could probably get a free feasibility study. i am constantly amazed at the frivilous spending of bureacracy, how they have to spend money to figure out how to spend money. aren't there already people on the payroll to do this?

deb martin

[GovernorAggie]

Yep. County Commuter Rail

[kjb434]

If comuter rail, then it would be north of downtown at that rail yard or down by Fannin and I-610. Those are the two locations where commuter rail will get close to downtown.

[The Great Hizzy!]

Yes, more than likely north, near Main, and across Buffalo Bayou somewhere.

[earlybird]

I did not hear the broadcast. However, my husband did and he was very excited. He said Metro was somehow involved. I think we should call Metro. Like the rest of my fellow Midtowners who heard this report, I have been looking in the paper for an article. None has surfaced. We can only hope it is true! I, for one, am going to call my community outreach representative at Metro and ask some questions.

[RayLSU]

earlybird, on Sunday, April 24th, 2005 @ 4:59pm, said:

I did not hear the broadcast.  However, my husband did and he was very excited.  He said Metro was somehow involved.  I think we should call Metro.  Like the rest of my fellow Midtowners who heard this report, I have been looking in the paper for an article.  None has surfaced.  We can only hope it is true!  I, for one, am going to call my community outreach representative at Metro and ask some questions.

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hopefully they take all of the homeless up to the north part of downtown when they relocate...if they ever relocate. the homeless and the bus station remain midtown's biggest problem...tertiary are the s#x businesses, some of which are DBA "Club Houston" or whatever...

[ENGcons]

I lived at post in midtown when I first came back to houston 4 years ago and the bus station is the only thing there that is hurting additional redevelopment.
Moving the bus station to the northside is the logical thing to do becasue of the easier access to the freeways that travel north, east. I however don't see this happening due to the efforts to rebuild the east side, or north side of the downtown area. The last thing those people want is the bad element the bus station brings with it. There is no real area that will want a bus station next to it in the downtown area because all areas of that part of houston are undergoing some type of redevelopment. I am afraid midtown is stuck with it for a while.

[midtownuser]

Any news on this? A lady told me that the station is going to move somewhere else very soon. Can someone please confirm this? Thanks

[RedScare]

midtownuser, on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 5:31pm, said:

Any news on this? A lady told me that the station is going to move somewhere else very soon. Can someone please confirm this? Thanks

Was it the same lady that told me Oswald was not alone?

[midtownuser]

i guess everyone just gave up on trying to move the station. sigh

[TheNiche]

midtownuser, on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 4:54pm, said:

i guess everyone just gave up on trying to move the station. sigh

If it moves, it will be once METRO builds their 'grand central station' north of downtown. It's not going anywhere any time soon.

[ricco67]

Frankly, I think it needs to stay in the general vicinity of it's current location, but needs a north/south if it stays on the line instead of the current east/west alignment.

[Houstonian in Iraq]

ricco67, on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 11:38pm, said:

Frankly, I think it needs to stay in the general vicinity of it's current location, but needs a north/south if it stays on the line instead of the current east/west alignment.

Maybe for quik fix. But ultimately the intermodal would be ideal

[cwrm4]

ricco67, on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 5:38pm, said:

Frankly, I think it needs to stay in the general vicinity of it's current location, but needs a north/south if it stays on the line instead of the current east/west alignment.

Great. And keep stunting the development of Midtown within 5 blocks of the bus station.

I am perhaps a bit bitter as Sat morning I took my old Porsche out for a spin. I got caught at the light, and some guy fresh off the bus dropped his bag, walked close to my car, and pulled out his johnson in an apparent attempt to urinate on my wheel. (I ran the light). Here's the kicker - that's the second time that exact scenario has happened to me by the bus station.

Midtown will never become a desirable place to live as long as the bus station stays in its current location. That's just reality.