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  1. Trae
    Someone needs to tell that guy it isn't safe to walk on the train tracks.
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    If you work at a job that regular drug tests or are on say probabtion then the synthetic weed can give you a similar feeling to being high on the natural stuff. And unlike the natural stuff, it can become addicting to some folks.
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    Not about brand nowadays. It's how you wear it.
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    Anyone remember that one rendering a while back that had the UT school being built out in Pearland. I think I remember seeing it in the older Shadow Creek Ranch renderings.
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    I drove past the Bing car on Cullen and 45 near UH and then drove past the Google car on Mason in Katy. Must be a really chill job.
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    Can Munoz convince the board move the HQ or operational HQ back to Houston?
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    It wouldn't be in the City of Katy if it was off of 99 somewhere. Many people in "Katy" don't realize they don't actually live in Katy, so they say things like that. It is the same reason why the new football stadium was built in the City of Katy and then people living south of 10 complained. There will be road improvements too, so no need to worry there. I doubt a waterpark creates a big traffic nightmare here. It isn't like it would be year round either.
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    I stayed at the lofts for a year (a year too long I say) and decided to move to Cambridge Oaks to finish out my last year. Basically had everything I needed or wanted at Cambridge Oaks, plus a private balcony. The Lofts are very overrated and since the Vue opened, has lost some residents. Though I will say, taking that elevator up to my room or sky lobby in the lofts impressed some dates . Was only a matter of time before they moved onto the Quads. Hopefully the new dorms are made more affordable.
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    The Boulevard Project

    Trae replied to zaphod's topic in Transit

    Which is just crazy. You look at the Canadian versions of Houston (Calgary and Edmonton), and they have no problems getting rail and the citizens there vote for expansions. I will never understand why the politicians are so anti rail in Houston. It is really frustrating and holding the city back. Nevermind that early 1980s plan (which would be great for Houston currently), if the 2000 light rail plan that was approved by voters did not reach so much opposition, the inner loop lines would all be complete right now. Instead, we get the half assed version and nothing better for the next decade at least.And lets not forget either, part of the reason the rail runs in the streets without many grade separations is because Metro did not receive help from politicians who blocked funding. Could have been much better without so much corruption and delays.
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    Disagree. 610 West Loop backs up because it is in a high volume area near large employment centers. It is still just a 3 or 4 mile stretch. If what you are saying were true, then the Katy freeway wouldn't have bad traffic because there are multiple side streets to take, but that freeway still backs up. Even in non rush hour traffic it backs up (and both directions too).
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    It is such an easy ramp to navigate. When traffic is slow, the grade going up is so steep that you do not even have to use your brakes (like pretty much all ramps). I don't understand why people have so much trouble with it.
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    Expansion talk for Segment E of the Grand Parkway already starting. New section getting 80,000 vehicles per day. Pretty busy during rush hour now. http://impactnews.com/houston-metro/katy/grand-parkway-paves-the-way-for-growth/
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    METRORail Green Line

    Trae replied to a topic in Transit

    Saw them on campus yesterday at UH (sorry, no pics). All those students hoping the rail tracks trying to make a shortcut are going to have to find another way pretty soon. With the way people drive around UH, there will be many accidents unfortunately.
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    The Boulevard Project

    Trae replied to zaphod's topic in Transit

    It is really frustrating. Houston continues to fall years behind its sunbelt counterparts like Atlanta, DFW, LA, Phoenix, etc., that continue to go through rail expansions. Their politicians, on both sides of the aisle, welcome rail. Meanwhile, we have an enigma here in Houston that does not mind seeing federal funds sent from his city to other cities to better progress their transit plans. Sad.
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    East Downtown is doing just fine. It is amazing how some of these blocks have filled in recently. A good amount of people are always out walking and running. Retail needs to happen there though.
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    You don't normally see things like that for light rail stations. I am actually not sure of a light rail system with stations like that, unless it is linked with some heavy rail stations (which do have those things you mention).
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    Here you go: http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/pop/popm/cbsa26420.asp The new numbers aren't posted yet, but give it a couple of weeks.
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    Yes this.
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    What would be the benefit for the COH to annex all of these residential areas and have to provide city services to them? Not to mention it would sway the city from moderate/slightly left leaning to the right. I believe igloo is in the Katy etj, but I'm not sure. I don't know why the city would annex cypress. There is way too much land in the city now and they can't maintain what they have. no need to expand.
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    Houston will never annex the residential areas of Cypress or Katy. These places will just be without proper representation because the Houston etj is way too spread out.
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    The "Katy area" has about 300,000 people and includes much more than the City of Katy. Cypress is of similar size probably. I'm glad they built most of this thing without frontage roads. It will look much better once growth comes around it.
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    The only uturns north are at Franz and Morton roads. There are also frontage roads in those sections.
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    Yeah but Texas is pretty unique with the amount it has in its urban areas compared to other places across the country.
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    No more than 15 minutes.
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    Drove on this thing earlier today and yesterday. Yesterday it was about 3PM and I was heading south from the outlet mall to Cinco. Southbound on the new section, there were a few cars there with me. Northbound there were packs of cars one after the other. maybe six or seven cars in each pack. I'm gonna guess those are people living tat 529 or any of the other roads that intersect 99 heading south towards ten. Today there was more traffic both ways. Definitely wasn't deserted like I thought it would be. It should be interesting to see how traffic flows on it once people return to normal work schedules. I think it is going to have some backups already. This is where I agree with cloud713. They should have maybe skipped over some roads like Clay and Morton Ranch to have less local traffic clouding the roadway, for example. I do know that there are some overpasses without exits/entrances and I don't think there will be new ones constructed there. there was another overpass with exits/entrances that has concrete barriers blocking it.(bridgeland) So, they didn't add entrances/exits for every local road at least. Btw, love that 70 speed limit. Pretty much everyone cruises in the low 70s on the right with a couple of people going near 80 or a little over on the left. So almost like any other freeway in Houston. It's about time that Houston had a tollway with a 70 limit, because DFW, Austin, and SA all have one at least.
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