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  1. Texasota
    i hate them
  2. Texasota
    Elevators - ooh la la. Fancy. I don't mind the aesthetic though.
  3. Texasota
    It was a huge missed opportunity when they tore down half of the original campus to replace it with... low density garden apartments, but uglier.
  4. Texasota
    They really did a great job on the windows.
  5. Texasota
    It's a what exactly now?
  6. Texasota
    Not really. Is it all of them or any specific ones that are confusing? I will say I think a second lane always makes a roundabout a bit more confusing and stressful. This one isn't too bad, but I do think the inside westbound lane when turning right from Washington is a little confusing. Can you continue into the turn or do you have to continue through the roundabout from that lane?
  7. Texasota
    Yes of course. The people of Houston, a city of immigrants that's more than 1/4 foreign-born, will never be able to learn how to use a roundabout. We are just that dumb.
  8. Texasota
    theres that value engineering.
  9. Texasota
    That would be great. These things really help at unsignaled intersections.
  10. Texasota
    I'd also say it looks better in person than in photos. There's a depth to the detailing that's really only perceptible with the naked eye.
  11. Texasota
    The sidewalk in front of Heights Social is fine. This is just an ugly, cheap looking building from the outside. But that's also exacerbated by its immediate neighbors. This is perfectly fine infill, but its best neighbor is that awful bar with its unspeakable name.
  12. Texasota
    That just looks like HDR abuse to me.
  13. Texasota
    yeah if they close the bikeway is a convenient scapegoat.
  14. Texasota
    uh, no offense, but this is just some exurban strip mall development. They're not even trying for a "town center". It's just strip malls and pad sites.
  15. Texasota
    No left turns on to or out of Stanford - they're proposing a center island with cutouts for bikes and pedestrians to pass through. As someone who used to live on Stanford, I am *hugely* in favor of this.
  16. Texasota
    I haven't seen any issues with traffic over the last week, even with work still ongoing as you get closer to Shepherd.
  17. Texasota
    It's an obvious (and fantastic) location for an infill station. If Metro owns that much land, hopefully they can load it up with a Bcycle station and protected bike parking to take advantage of the trail. And a little coffee shop.
  18. Texasota
    https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8976258,-77.0073467,3a,75y,269.34h,88.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPxxfOjrU5tUSQp_rHjXC1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e3
  19. Texasota
    Interesting that you mentioned that "The cost IS an issue for people whose only option is to cycle to work" as a negative about bike share and are now suggesting charging a fee for bike parking.
  20. Texasota
    I think editor is referring to public bike parking for privately owned bikes, not Citi Bike stations. That would be incredibly difficult to track because it's so decentralized.
  21. Texasota
    Bcycle has subsidized membership options, and bikes have maintenance and occasional replacement costs. "lucky enough to live next to one" - again, the system becomes more useful to more people the more you expand it. This just isn't the zero sum game you're trying to portray it as. You don't have to use bikeshare; that doesn't mean it isn't useful.
  22. Texasota
    An annual membership is $79 for unlimited 60 minute rides. Cost is not an issue here. And it's not meant as a replacement for bike ownership anyway; it's an augmentation. I own two bikes, but I don't always have one with me. I also don't always want to worry about locking up somewhere safe. An extensive bike share system adds a ton of flexibility. And overseas cities with high bike usage have bike share systems as well. I've ridden extensively in Copenhagen. Using *multiple*! bikeshare systems. This is not a real conflict.
  23. Texasota
    I 100% disagree with you, though I also don't think these things are mutually exclusive. I actually think they build off of each other. Bcycle still needs to grow, but I already find it to be pretty useful. Have you ever used bikeshare in a city where its pretty extensive? DC, NY, or Minneapolis for example? It can really function more as a transportation network than just random bikes for rent. Yes, rebalancing station load can be an issue, but it's still a super useful service. The station suspensions are worrying though.
  24. Texasota
    Uh, that does not look like one month away from opening.
  25. Texasota
    That's not the city hall annex. That's the public works building. ...and wow this station has been a long time coming.
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