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    METRORail Green Line

    ricco67 replied to a topic in Transit

    But what about the various spurs that crisscross the city that serves a variety of business. The one in LA is basically an express to and from the ports. just consider the line that parallels Harrisburg. that's a good example of side spurs and winding paths. I'm not even mentioning flooding.
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    you'd rethink that when the birds roost in the evenings. damn grackles.
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    Having lived in a midrise, I can say when the sun rises, your entire living space will be flooded with sunlight. eventually, we had to go into an interior room with no windows to sleep late.
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    METRORail Green Line

    ricco67 replied to a topic in Transit

    While that may seem like a good idea, the transit center is at the end of line along with several bus companies. there would be considerable demand for the line. personally, I'm glad that the underpass is dead, I'd rather have a bridge strictly for the rail.
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    It was a necessity. After Marvin died, it seems like once people tried to copy him were doing a couple of places a month. I miss him. A friend of mine was getting screwed by a business and got action once he said he was writing marvin. The mere threat of doing so is enough for business to compromise in the old days.
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    in this particular instance, it was the turbine that had a catastrophic failure. it wasn't that it wasn't attached to the building properly, but lousy design of the turbines themselves. i wish they'd find a way to engineer them properly so they could be reinstalled.
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    suddenly, I'm picturing a block long speed hump.
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    I haven't gotten a good look at the plans for renovation, so can someone enlighten me as to why they are tearing up the road on fannin and San jacinto?
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    I'm a bit behind, and haven't able to read the articles, but am I to assume that they are doing a complete demo to put in a new Foundation?
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    But then you're talking g about putting massive amounts of equipment on unstable, low ground level islands that could be taken out in a fairly minor storm. These refineries are huge, just on what little I know, they are on several square miles of land. putting a remote loading dock is a good idea, but wouldn't work well in this area due to the massive amount of traffic. leading to the port. even putting it further away from the region is iffy because the underwater pipes would be vulnerable to the various fishing industries.
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    The difference being is that most street traffic noise is on ground level. Scott Gertner's bar was actually up in the air so the sound would radiate a further distance.
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    If they are putting in a hotel, then it wouldn't be wise to have an outdoor patio that would be producing noise until 2 am. This is especially true if they are already getting complaints from a hotel two blocks away. I'm genuinely sorry to see it go, but if they want a music venue with a patio, then they need to find a location that won't disturb the neighbors.
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    It should be interesting on how they plan on working around the rail lines, esp considering some of the equipment is taller than the overhead wires.
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    What they also need is a generously large drop off point. As it currently stands, you're blocking traffic that are trying to do the same thing and then becomes a traffic jam as it starts to interfere with people trying to find a parking spot. I know there is a drop off point on the med center side, but it isn't clearly identified and looks abandoned.
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    METRORail Green Line

    ricco67 replied to a topic in Transit

    That tunnel was built way before modern epa standards. then again the standards were probably different in this situation compared to a residential area.
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    This was discussed several years ago in another thread. from what I remember, it is a highly profitable location. As someone had just mentioned, since mac's closed I have seen an uptick in business there. They could spruce it up a bit though.
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    I think they were about to move some trees between Waugh and studemont yesterday.
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    METRORail Green Line

    ricco67 replied to a topic in Transit

    friend of mine just told me he saw a train being towed along the east line. Just testing?
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    what is your point? not saying a greenspoint makes sense, but do you honestly believe other people outside of that stop might go use it? I don't live near IAH, but I fly out of the occasionally.
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    METRORail Green Line

    ricco67 replied to a topic in Transit

    and finally the east line.
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    Well, that looks interesting. Certainly seems like it would speed it up. Did they do this with the old Sheraton Demo? I don't seem to recall this structure on the outside of it.
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    They just started putting up barriers.
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    You'd figure that Hines would jump at the chance to make a little extra money by renting out space on the bottom for businesses. Hell, I'd be happy for a Cell store store there.
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    They are doing some sort of work on top of Houston center two, I believe. They closed off a number of streets downtown because of it.
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    There are actually toll roads in which if you get between the booths before a certain time, you're immediately issued a traffic ticket.
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