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    Oh wow! This is great for Downtown 🙌
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    Can we remove the entire downtown connector from the plan? It seems so pointless to me. Can people just not drive on downtown streets for a mile to reach the southern end of downtown?
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    I've always dreamt of the day Houston decides to convert six mains bridges over Buffalo Bayou to signature bridges, each representing a ward, designed and voted on by each neighborhood. The bridges would, West to East, be at: Shepherd Dr Montrose Blvd I-45 Jensen or I-69 Hirsch Lockwood Many in this city see things like this as a waste of money, but beautiful bridges over the Bayou would lead to a massive ROI, in my opinion.
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    Just confirming this is Houston 😂 The presentation says Austin, TX.
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    From Goal Park Twitter: • “The transit and civic plazas are opportunities that we are in constant conversations with Public Works and Metro. We have made great progress, especially on the Metro side of things. We will have some positive news on all of this later this year.” • “It’s all dependent on funding/fundraising. That will be the bulk of our work for the next 6 months. It’s ambitious, but we are confident we will get it done.”
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    Goal Park revealed their Master Plan last night and there are details on the Metro stop! www.goalpark.org
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    Goal Park Foundation unveiled the Master Plan last night and is now live on the website! www.goalpark.org
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    The reveal was so much fun! It was nice to see some of y'all there. Also, the Master Plan is now live on the website! www.goalpark.org
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    Goal Park Master Plan Concept Reveal is this Friday! This is for the first 7-blocks of the Columbia Tap Trail https://www.eventbrite.com/e/master-plan-concept-reveal-goal-park-on-the-columbia-tap-trail-tickets-629751201797
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    The ideal is for people to be able to live the life they want/prefer without imposing that lifestyle and negatively affecting the life of others. Do you love to live in the country or suburbs? Great for you! But your need for a car-dependent city negatively affects the quality of life of people living in the communities or neighborhoods closer to town. You love dense walkable neighborhoods and towering skyscrapers? Great for you! But your love for those things shouldn’t mean we ban suburbs and cars. The great thing is that there is a great solution/compromise; trains and public transportation, not wider highways.
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    Goal Park Master Plan Reveal officially announced for June 2nd! https://www.goalpark.org RSVP See y'all there 😊
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    Goal Park uploaded the following presentation to the website which includes all the design strategies for the park. The construction you see happening is relating to the TIRZ 15 Fitness Area. This was approved before Goal Park was brought to the table, but the two parties are working together to see how it can be integrated into the design. The master plan should be coming out soon. Goal Park Presentation
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    The public workshop is this Friday from 6:30 - 8:30 at Pitch 25! Here is the signup link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-workshop-shape-goal-park-in-east-downtown-houston-tickets-480051566157?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Is anyone here going?
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    They could potentially be working with Goal Park on plans for the stop! www.goalpark.org
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    RSVP link is up for the public workshop in February 👍 Hopefully I’ll meet some of y’all there! https://www.goalpark.org/events
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    I’ll chime in on this, but I don’t have any real world data besides my own recent observation. I recently had a friend from Germany coming to visit town, he had heard about Houston, but not great things. His perception was cars, highways, and cowboys As I showed him the city, his perception changed, and mentioned how much greener, prettier, and better it was than expected. He loved the arts scene and cultural institutions here as well. He liked it so much that he is now planning another trip to Houston for the Rodeo, and wants to bring his friends with him. This might be a dumb and tiny example that has no meaningful impact, but on the scale of the World Cup, it can have a huge residual effect. Many people can come to see Houston as a potential destination for themselves, their business, or whatever it is that suits them.
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    Looks like they’re working on a new park on the Columbia Tap Trail at the corner of PNC Stadium. To be open by the 2026 World Cup. Public engagement meeting will take place in January 2023! www.goalpark.org
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    Yes it does. Was there the other day and they said they were closing
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    I also wish it was light rail, but BRT is a great way to get the system built out. I can see a long distant future where these are transformed into light rail also, the silver line currently goes nowhere, which is why ridership is low. I can see it getting a huge boost with this line
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    You can and should be able to take your car. I am not against you driving your car, . There is surplus of space for transit… Memorial Drive, Allen Parkway, Washington, Shepherd, Richmond, Westheimer, Montrose Blvd, Heights Blvd, N Main, Holcombe, Hirsch/Waco, Lockwood, Cavalcade/West 20th It’s about the willingness to build transit.
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    If anyone was confused by what I said, I never said “get rid of roads.” I-10 is a not a road, it’s a 26-lane monstrosity that we should be embarrassed to have in our city. I-45 will become another embarrassment with the small positives of the cap park and removing the pierce elevated. Billions can be better spent building out transit throughout the core to reduce short trips.
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    I am commuting from the suburbs to an office in the Heights. The alternative is so bad that I don’t even think it can be considered as an alternative 😂
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    Houston is the ideal city. It’s the closest thing to true capitalism in America (no zoning laws) which I why it is so affordable to live here and the most diverse city. I wouldn’t want to live in a copy of what Austin has become, although the hills would be nice. Also, data is a little misleading because I selected I preferred driving a car because I have no better alternatives right now coming from the suburbs. But my decision to live where I live shouldn’t reduce the quality of life of the people that live where they live.
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    I live in the suburbs. This would inconvenience me, but I would happily let it do so for a better, cleaner, safer, greener, more beautiful city. I wish every highway inside the loop looked like Allen Parkway, tbh. It flows at a good speed with the occasional stoplight, without being a giant concrete scar.
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