Slick Vik

The majority of short sighted NIMBY's is not an accurate sample. Selfish are the ignorant people that live there that are more concerned about fear mongering than a project that will make a difference to millions of riders annually.

The only people that agree are a few neighborhoods. The vast majority would want it to go downtown.

Clown

Jobs are pretty much slashed across the board regardless of educational qualifications in these situations

It's a very simple concept that you refuse to understand. You build more lanes people will fill them up because they are there. It's becoming a running joke now, how much more widening is possible? Txdot and metro refuse to think of mass transit, instead their next idea is double and possibly triple stacking freeways. There is corruption and/or refusal of alternative ideas.

Make that 8000 Weatherford layoffs

Weatherford which is based in Houston announced 5000 layoffs

Except once people start falling behind on mortgages and losing their homes

I'm not sure about the distribution as far as location. But yea makes you wonder about the infrastructure if it's totally dependent on price what are so many extra jobs for then?

Bp, shell, Halliburton, ConocoPhillips, Apache announce layoffs

More cuts coming from schlumberger

Some

HOUSTON – Petroleum producers took 94 oil-drilling rigs off the market in the United States this week as sub-$50 oil continued to wreak havoc on the oil industry, Baker Hughes reported Friday. It was the biggest one-week decline for oil rigs since 1987, the earliest year of Baker Hughes data available. That year, the oil industry had faced another oil bust that left hundreds of rigs idle or repossessed by banks, which sold them for scrap. This week’s drop left 1,223 oil units up, the lowest number in three years. http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/01/30/oil-rig-count-falls-by-94-in-biggest-drop-since-1987/

Weatherford is going to announce layoffs within two weeks, 7.5-10% of workforce

Do you? I'm not going to live in denial. The low oil prices are going to have a big effect on the houston economy. Apartment rents will tumble and they will give concessions and the housing market is soon to follow.

Seems very likely from internal Emails

ConocoPhillips announces future layoffs

Not really because Culberson put some language in a federal bill that said rail would never be built in that area. That would have to be reversed. And it's unclear that the elevated lanes will be built with LRT ready structural integrity but it seems like it won't have it.

The problem is the elevated lanes won't have structural reinforcement for future rail.

Ge oil and gas?

Major layoffs at GE coming

Get off at the NE Ttansit Center and then what?

Yes I know that. All the regional jets are not good. They use outsourced flight attendants and pilots who they pay much less. Now even for 3-4 hour flights regional jets are used. Regardless of government subsidies those airlines are much better.

Upgrades depend on how many business class seats are sold. Sometimes they hit sometimes they don't. But confirmed upgrades are nice. Been to global first lounge in other cities it's ok. Never got the Mercedes. I'm taking a 50 seat jet in a few days actually. United and all airlines are using regional jets to Calgary and Toronto and Montreal which to me is ridiculous. Before global I was 1k I'll admit if you aren't global the service sucks. But my point is the product can not compare to etihad, turkish, singapore, qatar, and emirates. Food sucks the stewardesses are as old as my grandma and once you're on the plane doesn't matter what status you are. When continental was around I remember $35 change fees now it's $200-$300. The service was better on the phone and in person. But United has a good mileage program I'll admit that, but only if you're global services.

Fly for free on miles that are earned. Once the new mileage rules go into effect that'll be 75000 per trip. And I think the cutoff is closer to $50,000.