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    Hanover Autry Park: Mixed-Use At Allen Parkway & W. Dallas St.

    in Going Up!

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    23 hours ago, Montrose1100 said:

    Off Topic - Would be cool if the Shepherd Bridge could be torn down and re-built as a beautiful gateway. Awesome pics City.

    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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    Future Metro rail stop in EaDo near 816 Ennis St

    in Transit

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    On 6/3/2023 at 5:23 PM, 004n063 said:

    The plaza designs are beautiful! What are the chances of its actually happening?

    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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    I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    4 hours ago, august948 said:

    So is the ideal a place where everyone lives in 100sqft rooms in giant towers connected to other giant towers that contain work/shopping/entertainment?  Sort of a hive?

    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.

    Goal Park: New Park On The Columbia Tap Trail

    in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston

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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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    Theater District Master Plan

    in Downtown

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    1 hour ago, steve1363 said:

    I don’t disagree with anything yoúve stated.  I just don’t believe there is any residual effect from the supposed exposure of hosting the World Cup.  The economic impacts are real while the events are hosted.

    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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    METRORapid University Corridor

    in Transit

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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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    TxDOT Proposes Elevating I-10 near I-45

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    11 hours ago, Ross said:

    There is nowhere to put that much transport within the core. I will take my car, thanks. Especially when going to Lowes, or Costco, or anywhere that sells larger items I want to buy.

    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.

    TxDOT Proposes Elevating I-10 near I-45

    in Traffic and Transportation

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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.

    TxDOT Proposes Elevating I-10 near I-45

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    9 hours ago, iah77 said:

    This forum is honesty crazy with people literally praying for the demise of city's backbone industry. You will go crazy trying to tell them they are wrong when all the data shows people have a preference for cars and that energy transitions take a long time .. Every city they list as ideal is so expensive people can't afford to have kids there or have lower social mobility than here. 

    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.

    TxDOT Proposes Elevating I-10 near I-45

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    11 hours ago, TacoDog said:

    Why? What good would that be?

    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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