Slick Vik
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You can't just move in and toss out people like they are garbage. Money buys property but not always influence. And no zoning is why overall the city of houston is a joke.
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homeless people are human beings too are you God to say you're above another human being?
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Wonderful insight.
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Why wait 20 years?
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This is why such work should've been done a generation ago
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Yawn. Nice way to give a condescending reply.
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Who do the HOV lanes benefit? Suburbanites.
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Would you like to compare Delhi and Mexico City's numbers in terms of new arrivals and tourists against Houston's?
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The concept is the same and you ignored my point, and then went off on some other tangent. I would also disagree that everyone in each city wants to move here. particularly Delhi, it's a hopping city. Not good to generalize. Have you been to both cities? I have, multiple times. Great transport works, and people enjoy riding it in opposition to hellish traffic. That's the point, and you can acknowledge it or keep ignoring it, but in this case I know I am right.
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So you are saying to add more cars to the road. Is global warming not important?
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I can give two examples of sprawling cities with great rail systems and high ridership: Mexico City and Delhi, and Delhi's is fairly recent. Saying Houston can't use one is an excuse for those with a political agenda. Build a good system, and people will ride. Asking automobiles to be subsidized sounds like a lobbyist scam similar to GM buying up tracks and ripping them out of the ground, or a certain former highway commissioner blocking funding of heavy rail transport but building gargantuan highways and selling land cheap in the suburbs, in order to give people no logical choice but to drive, even if that's not the ideal, or even possible, option, sound familiar?
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Sounds good to me.
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That's a recent phenomenon for the most part. Also, notice how TXDOT and HCTRA and city of Houston money goes towards highways and raids and bridges, but not towards transit. But then people still want to raid METRO for more road money. This is the oil dominated area we live in.
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To add to that, I don't think public transit is the leading cause of debt there. Also, Houston doesn't have tourists, just business people who come for meetings. Nothing to see here. The trains would help people that live here more than anyone.
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It's also fantastic for people that LIVE THERE. This independent f the world attitude is mind boggling and bizarre. Reminds me of Obama haters.
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If a good system is built, people will ride. I can personally use the recent skytrain extension as an example. The ridership is so above expectations that orders for more cars are needed, 2 years in.
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But building endless highways is okay right?
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Moderately large? Another lie. Just stop it niche, really.
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Lay off the crack pipe niche. Light rail is good for a certain corridor but I'm more an advocate for heavy rail. This idea Houston is better than, um, every other major sized city on earth sounds absurd. We are headed for permanent gridlock if something isn't done.
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This is the ideal system
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Buses have a place in a transit system. They should come every 5-10 minutes 18 hours a day and cover the entire metro area. But they should feed into a good heavy rail and bus rapid transit system. But in comparison to both of those modes they are loud noisy and cause lots of pollution. The only advantage is they can go to closer to homes.
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Buses can never not suck, but they should be feeders of a rail system, like the rest of the world figured out decades ago.
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Don't forget bus rapid transit.
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I think you are living in an alternate universe. You've obviously never lived somewhere with an efficient transit system. Buses and jitney are not the answer unless you are in la la land on strong hallucigens.
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Think of what the numbers in an area where there is excellent transit, high tolls, high gas prices, and scarce parking.
