cspwal Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 What I'm hearing is maglev subways throughout the city allowing me to get from downtown to Katy in 5 minutes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 29 minutes ago, cspwal said: What I'm hearing is maglev subways throughout the city allowing me to get from downtown to Katy in 5 minutes Nah, I'm not talking about regional rail or HSR. I'm talking about a BRT line that is actually BRT and not just a heavily window-dressed local bus. The Silver Line has great (and expensive) infrastructure, but there are little flaws that cause it to run no faster than the #25 local, and with less frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I wonder if there should just be a silver line general thread, covering the Uptown portion of the route, Inner Katy, and now the Gulfton extension? Or mods, if y’all think the Gulfton portion should be its own thread, do let me know and feel free to move my posts :) During their last board meeting, Metro released their proposed route for the Gulfton extension of the Silver Line. It sounds like this is a route they’re pretty confident with, though one of the board members did ask that they consider the possibility of somehow connecting the Hillcroft TC. (However it is going to be a stop on the University Line, which will connect up to the Silver line via the Lower Uptown TC) Here is the meeting packet that talks about it. Info on Gulfton starts on page 70. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 4 hours ago, BEES?! said: During their last board meeting, Metro released their proposed route for the Gulfton extension of the Silver Line. It sounds like this is a route they’re pretty confident with, though one of the board members did ask that they consider the possibility of somehow connecting the Hillcroft TC. (However it is going to be a stop on the University Line, which will connect up to the Silver line via the Lower Uptown TC) Here is the meeting packet that talks about it. Info on Gulfton starts on page 70. Wait this is huge! Gulfton probably has the highest latent transit demand in the city, if you ask me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Yep, Gulfton’s been on their radar since the beginning of MetroNext but this is the first time we are seeing the alignment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) These BRT lines are gonna dramatically change the look of the city in a great way! All new developments will to use the TOD standards. Is there still talk to add Boost lines to TOD standards? Edited January 22 by kennyc05 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I also forgot to mention, it’s not in the packet or anything but they also briefly mentioned the BRT line to IAH. No timeline, but this is the first time I’ve heard them talk about the BRT project to IAH. I’ll have to find the exact point in the meeting, but they I think were mentioning it in the context of NHHIP. So that would mean the last BRT project to get mentioned would be the BW8 one from Missouri City up to W Little York. I agree, the BRT is gonna be absolutely awesome. I’m so glad they’re able to build out the network this fast- they mentioned we’re the only city in the US doing three projects concurrently. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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