JamesL
-
Posts
269 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Everything posted by JamesL
-
http://www.gometrorail.org/go/doc/2491/1336803/
-
Here's what's going on with the downtown crossing construction. They have to avoid Texans weekends. http://ridemetro.org/AboutUs/Board/working_meetings/2012/Presentations/082312/Main-Street-Interline082312.pdf
-
Not the only one! http://g.co/maps/b4wnn But yeah, it was a very misguided idea.
-
The way they've gained the support of the airlines is by promising stops at the airports and keeping open the possibility of allowing them to operate the trains. By diverting short-hop flights to rail they can open up landing slots for more profitable, long-haul flights. This is also part of the idea behind the California HSR and HS2 in England. Shifting those flights to rail will cut congestion at the airports and save billions on airport expansion that would otherwise be necessary.
-
That's a good idea since they will probably be losing part of their current showroom when the University Line is built. -
Just speculating, but could they be anticipating some property takings when the rail line is built?
-
If you want to see the site plans you could pop into the North Corridor office near Fulton & Boundary. I haven't had occasion to do so yet.
-
The casons being poured just east of the Main St. tunnel are, in fact, for the elevated Burnett station.
-
New ped bridges across the bayou are going in at Tierwester (near Scott) and in Hermann Park to connect to the new MacGregor underpass. It was in the news a while back but I can't find it now.
-
3,000 feet of new trail this summer and more work starting in fall. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7425998.html
-
Regarding how far west the tracks will go, last I heard trains will turn back on a new bridge over Buffalo Bayou.
-
If the wires have to be deenergized and the work goes on all night then trains can't make it back to the maintenance and cleaning facility. That's my guess. You can still ride the shuttle buses. They will be running more often than the trains would so total travel time should be similar.
- 258 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- midtown
- metro line
- (and 5 more)
-
The bridge has been open to traffic since last week, though not all turn movements are allowed on the TMC side. Pedestrian trails haven't been connected, but they may be waiting for whatever Project Brays work is imminent before doing that.
-
Bucket trucks on site today, possibly working on the TMC side traffic lights. That intersection is a mess, though, with the Braeswood construction.
-
Hermann Park At 6100 Hermann Park Dr.
JamesL replied to flatline's topic in Museum District/Hermann Park/Rice University area
Y'all should check out the bridge at night. It's got some cool lighting effects. I don't remember the specifics, but I thought it looked cool last time I ran by there at night. -
That rendering conveniently omits the low, ugly building next door along Fannin.
-
Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited departs Houston at 9:50 pm MWF and the station is withing walking distance of Preston. That doesn't explain Sunday, though.
-
It could be Charles and Anne Duncan. They recently gave the money for a new residential college at Rice.
-
I think we'll be like Houston, only better. Definitely easier to get around.
-
I heard that the present holdup is permission from the power company to move poles and lines. The street can't be widened until that occurs.
-
They will almost certainly open in stages. My bet is on the East End Line (minus Magnolia TC because of the bridge/tunnel issue) and the Downtown portion of Southeast to open first, followed by the rest of Southeast and North. At this point the University Line is the biggest laggard and the Uptown line can't open until after that. I'm more skeptical every day that it will all happen by 2012, though I'm told construction on the Main Street Line only took 3 years, so i guess time will tell.
