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ig2ba last won the day on December 21 2012

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  1. I think that explains it well. There are two types of people in this situation: those who need signs to tell them exactly where to park and those who just park. Some people need a signs leading them all the way from 288 telling them to park at on street parking in the museum district to go see a concert at Miller Outdoor. It's probably mostly a suburban/city divide, but not entirely.
  2. I'm cool with a parking garage north of Hermann Drive in the context of more development of the Museum District. Hermann at Jackson looks good. For within the park, here's a question: would you be for a parking garage if it meant a smaller overall footprint for parking by removing surface parking lots. The zoo could be expanded or just plain old fashioned green space for now. If you'd still oppose such a parking garage, how would you feel if several levels of it were below ground? Or all of it?
  3. Yep. I see that too. I usually just park a little further away, requiring an extra 3-4 minute walk but probably a time savings overall, since I don't have to wait for a line of cars to figure things out. Only on rare occasions do I have to find a spot much further away.
  4. I think there is very little to no work that could be moved from Bakersfield to Houston or Pittsburgh to Houston. They could always sell their assets in those locations, in which case people would be transferred to the purchasing company or have to return to home base. I think that's pretty unlikely since Chevron only exists in PA because they bought Atlas very recently (in 2011 I think). I suspect Midland is going forward because the Permian is booming right now. A suburban campus in Midland means 4 miles from downtown, not 35 like Camp Strake is.
  5. That was the plan until they announced cost cuts last month. The cuts included delays in the new downtown Houston, Bakersfield, Covington, and Pittsburgh offices. I don't mean to imply that anyone is pulling the plug. The project already has money to do preliminary engineering and this will continue, though at a slower pace than expected before. The final decision will determine whether and when they get the remaining 90% of the money for the project to proceed.
  6. Both. Once the final decision is made to fund, then the project has funding.
  7. You'd think, but legislative intent doesn't always show up in the final bill. I'm curious what wording was used that would disallow spending on BRT but allow it for regular buses.
  8. New information on this tower that I've heard in the last couple days: The final decision on whether to fund this project will be in Q3 of 2015.The construction will run through 2019. I'm not sure if this includes work after the building is already opened, or if the date that it will be opened is in 2019. I suspect that it includes the finishing touches.850 feet now, but still 50 floors. I don't know which one is an error. Or maybe they're expecting future Chevron employees to be taller than current employees.They are hiring Chevron employees for this project starting now.Except for the last bullet, I can't confirm that any of these will actually come to pass, but this is the latest info.
  9. Good question. It would be wonderful if we could see the text in the bill, but I suppose that would require investigative journalism of some kind. Depending on what the text says, I see that there are still some options: BRT for University Line on Richmond. BRT for Uptown Line on Post Oak. ROW and initial engineering paid for by federal money. Potential upgrade to LRT - we're on our own.Split the projects up. Uptown Line along I-610 feeder and south of Richmond paid for by federal money; Houston or Uptown TIRZ pay the rest. University Line east of Shepherd and west of GWP (on Westpark?) paid for by federal money; between Shepherd and Greenway Plaza, we're on our own.Below grade options still allowed. More expensive, but with federal funding still on the table, it's possible to construct parts of this underground.
  10. Me too. I'm not a fan of the rail being all at grade throughout the Galleria area. That seems to be asking for trouble. Yes, it costs more, but it's better to spend more money to fix a problem - congestion - than a little less money to make the problem worse.
  11. That's often true, but it's hard to tell the good sources from the bad ones. I tend to ignore the ones of the variety "I know a guy close to the business who wouldn't lie and is never wrong".
  12. Peanuts. And conspiracy theory talk too. If they wanted employees to spend more on gas, they wouldn't give employee discounts on gasoline, no matter what the size of the discount. Also, you'd have to drive at least 30 cars at 60 mph for an hour to waste the same amount of money in gas as the productivity of your average O&G company office worker. So no.
  13. The other parts of the Grand Parkway will be completed (from 290 to 249 to I-45) before the 290 expansion. Right? That should add traffic before 290 reduces it.
  14. So 18,000 cars per day is what TxDOT is reporting for the first few weeks of use. Is anyone surprised? Higher than you expected? Lower?
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