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    Probably working on multiple areas, not just one
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    Give away free bikes? If we continue to build out the network and create the necessary connectivity, then ridership will follow. And we're not just lobbying for cycling, we lobby for safe streets as well. Traffic speeds on 11th are down and sales tax is up for many businesses.
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    Don't let the pause worry you
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    The city council meeting has been good. I think modifications will be made but overall things seem to be headed in the right direction. There is lots of support for both 11th and Houston Ave.
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    "Improvement"
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    Turning in to a dump pretty fast
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    Absolutely. Whitmire is pretty anti-transit. But for someone to get damn near a 50% increase in pay is super fishy. I don't care what additional measures Trevino has supported. That should be a no-brainer when being the director. It tells me he's getting paid to get the Hardy Toll Rd extension built no matter what or who it affects.
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    Yeah I counted 8 city blocks that need redevelopment in this area, not including this one
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    We need some improvements for pedestrian safety at that offramp. People fly through there and don't even stop.
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    Meanwhile cities like Cincy are doing it right
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    Here I got an idea, why don't you email the Mayor about his proposal to remove safety improvements on Houston Ave. Hopefully you can agree this is a mistake because this discussion is going nowhere and I'm ok disagreeing with you. I'll go a step further and say I don't care if I'm wrong. So be it.
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    Imagine if H-GAC hadn't approved this. The city needs to leave the council asap
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    MASSIVE loss for Houston. We basically had a superstar on the team. Whitmire is a dumbass
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    I understood it that way as well BUT... Whitmire needs to understand, this isn't the same Houston he grew up in. His entire campaign messaging revolved around the Houston he knew growing up. Things have drastically changed and we see that with the 4 lane mini highways that leave Downtown. Midtown was rural in his time, not completely but it wasn't the inner city it is today. Plus he grew up in an era when highway infrastructure was exploding. So in many ways he knows no different. Even though his parents grew up in a dense urban Houston.
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    I can't emphasize what Justin just said enough. Whitmire is the type of Mayor that wants data and input. If you're not giving him any input, he'll side with the naysayers who are. Take the time to write the Mayor a quick email in support of these improvements. And CC everyone here: districtc@houstontx.gov, districtb@houstontx.gov, districta@houstontx.gov, districtd@houstontx.gov, districth@houstontx.gov, districtg@houstontx.gov, districtf@houstontx.gov, districte@houstontx.gov, districti@houstontx.gov, districtj@houstontx.gov, districtk@houstontx.gov, atlarge1@houstontx.gov, atlarge2@houstontx.gov, atlarge3@houstontx.gov, atlarge4@houstontx.gov, atlarge5@houstontx.gov I made it easy to copy & paste
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    Are you sure? Council member Castillo just said he was going to fight it.
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    Just because it's true in this city doesn't make it right. You can't have a walkable neighborhood and then at the same time put businesses in a spot where they're almost completely dependent on drivers to supply their business. If you create an environment geared around people, then businesses don't have to worry about how much parking they have because access to their business for all neighborhood users will be evenly spread out. I'm not anti-car or driving but this city forces businesses to depend on car traffic to supply their bottom line. That's why other cities like Chicago and NY can thrive even in the middle of the office market collapsing. I'm not saying they don't have their problems as well but access for everyone, not just drivers, is important.
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    Every time I go to POST they have a decent crowd eating there. Good news!
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    That's the most Houston response ever "If you don't own your access or parking, you don't control your future."
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    I completely understand the different variables that drive small business' out of their neighborhoods. I'm also aware of where Wolf Capital Partners is located. Regardless of how small the developer is they had no right not giving Andy's Cafe access to their adjacent section of alleyway just because they now owned the property. This wasn't solely about parking which was also an avoidable situation. I could care less how many small businesses' Wolf Capital Partners has leased to. It only takes one moment of bad business to ruin a reputation, and that goes for any type of business. At the end of the day Wolf Capital cares about their bottom line. So it makes sense why they leased to a chain. Making the excuse of "well small businesses' are just gonna have to leave because they can't afford it anymore" is a dumb argument. That's where community land trusts come in to play. Not sure what your allegiance to WCP's is, just as you listed, there are a ton of other developers who have done a better job considering the community and neighborhood they are building in. Let's also not act like there aren't a ton of developers building shitty strip malls in some of the densest parts of town for a quick buck.
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    Those developers to my understanding haven't been complete dick's to existing businesses in the area. Andy's Home Cafe was treated unfairly for no reason other than Wolf Capital Partners felt like they could step all over them. And why didn't WCP try leasing to a local business and not a chain? Nobody is arguing that these other developers haven't helped reshape the Heights, but there are developers that take much more consideration to the neighborhood their affecting than others. Do you work for WCP?
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    The top view looks absolutely ridiculous
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    For Houston, yes we'll probably have a ton of parking garages built before the city starts to lose some car dependency. But we're seeing some benefit to not having minimums with some projects where developers would have been required to create an excessive amount of parking but instead built only what they felt was necessary for their project. EaDough is a great example along with the Union East development.
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    Yeah I know and it's ridiculous. I think a lot of good ol boys have deep pockets in concrete
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    That's why it's called "market based parking." If the market determines it makes sense to have it, that's at the discretion of the developer. Making it a mandate is the issue.
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