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On 12/15/2022 at 4:54 PM, dbigtex56 said:
I wonder how they'll fit a 6' sidewalk between the trees and the townhouse.
How did this place ever get built?They're taking it from the median. Right now the median is 30ft but will shrink to 14ft.
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16 hours ago, Houknew said:
I can’t reveal my sources but JW Marriott is expanding. Will also be adding a pool.
That's really good news for downtown
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My girlfriend and I went here Saturday night and grabbed some coffee at Tout Suite. This park adds so much life to this side of downtown.
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On 12/17/2022 at 4:43 PM, hindesky said:
He is an ultra, far right wing, ex military guy who was accused of torture in the military. Got elected to Congress in Florida then lost his reelection. He moved to Texas and ran for governor in Texas because he thought Abbott was too liberal.
Hard Pass on that name.
He thought Abbott was too liberal!? Wow that's amazing .
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The trees are really great
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I'm so torn on the reroute. While I agree the land that would be freed up would be great, I can't get over the negative impact this project will create on minority neighborhoods. If the city designates White Oak bayou as park space, the reroute is likely finished.
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On 12/16/2022 at 1:56 PM, goofy said:
i absolutely love the people who act like Houston is so dissimilar to other cities that strategies proven elsewhere won't work here.
what always happens is we finally make the change and people adjust to it... like they do everywhere else!
EXACTLY! The city keeps doing these pilot programs for walkability and I'm like just look at NY or Chicago as your pilot .
3 hours ago, hindesky said:I biked to work for ten years. I initially started doing it one winter to stay in shape for my road and MTB racing that I did during the rest of the year. Being a crane operator I didn't have to smell good since I was in the cab of a crane. I wore my cycling clothing and brought a change of work clothing. The next winter I started doing it year round. 22 miles round trip from south Pasadena on Fairmont Pkwy to the ship channel. I had a cycling friend who lived in Montrose who was also a racer staying in shape and commuted east bound to the chemical plant he worked at in Pasadena. He was a mechanical engineer. I would often see him early in the morning heading east bound on the same road I was going westbound on. His was a 40 mile round trip.
If the weather was bad in the morning I would drive to work but sometimes got caught in bad weather in the afternoon while heading home. I recall one winter day when it started snowing around noon and had to ride home in the snow.
Hell yeah man, that's the grind of riding. Major props on riding 22 miles from Pasadena. I have a buddy who does that ride often. Damn 40 miles is beasty tho .
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😑 Midtown needs so much more work done
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3 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:
FWIW, in most areas of the city, riding bikes on sidewalks is not illegal.
Yeah but I still find it's the worst option. I do have friends who were politely told not to ride the sidewalk from police.
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19 hours ago, aachor said:
This is so ridiculous. The city will take time out of the lives of thousands of drivers so that five cyclists and the pizza delivery guy don't have to choose between sharing the road with motor traffic or using the sidewalk. A better way to help cyclists would be if the police started enforcing traffic rules. Last I knew, changing lanes without signaling is a good way to kill a cyclist, and it's also against the rules. If the rules are followed, the cyclists can safely share the road.
Also, if you want to encourage people to not use their cars, maybe we should consider turning bus shelters into places where bus passengers might want to wait. Right now they're just the preferred spot for the homeless to store shopping carts of cans or for druggies to smoke crack pipes. 9 out of 10 times I pass a bus shelter, it's being occupied by someone sleeping under their personal trash heap, meanwhile the people waiting for the bus are standing in the elements.
My wife doesn't like to drive. She'd rather take public transport. But the bus situation is very unpleasant.
Making hellish traffic more hellish is not an actual solution. It will just make living inside the loop more troublesome than it already is.
</annoyed rant>I take the bus daily and have no issues. You come across all kinds of people of all income/social brackets. That's what living in a city entails; the good, the bad, and the ugly. But I wouldn't trade it for anything because not driving has helped me in more ways than one. Do you realize how many overbuilt, poorly designed streets there are in this city? The city isn't doing anything but rebuilding things how they should have been built to begin with. And riding on the sidewalks? First that's illegal and second I'm trying to get somewhere too. Last thing I need is to run in to someone by accident. Learn some patience on the road or learn to get out of your car and find a new way to move around.
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I'm not against the business but this would be better situated on the ground floor of a midrise. This tells me that nothing is happening to this property for a while.
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On 12/13/2022 at 7:54 AM, Texasota said:
I think it's supposed to get a road diet and bike lanes between Waugh and Shepherd.
Yeah it is I just can't find out where I saw that info as well. There will be sidewalk upgrades as well.
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I actually like it
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Damn all we need is LW and UW to get rebuilt and we will have some awesome walkability in the core of the city
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I just walked past the fountain near Day 6 and it was filled with some nasty standing water
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On 12/8/2022 at 2:32 AM, IntheKnowHouston said:
According to the most recent city of Houston planning commission agenda, the Residences at 1934 West Gray plat is part of the River Oaks Shopping Center.
Should this be merged with the River Oaks Shopping Center topic? @Urbannizer @Triton
That pedestrian realm is going to put those neighboring businesses on notice! Beautiful!
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I really like the very limited parking this business has
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So that entire area leading up to the building won't be parking of any kind?
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Looks like this entire lot is about to be redeveloped. This is huge for Rice Village
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Excuse the roughness of this layout, I did it in like 5 mins, but the idea is there. It would have been nice for the developer to have put some thought in to the placement of the main building, but when cars are the only thing on a developers mind, then placing a building in a sea of parking makes sense. First I think dividing the main building in to 3 smaller structures would have laid out nicer than just one giant building. The smallest structure could front the street and the two larger ones could front the bayou, with all 3 buildings connected by a small plaza on the corner with connections to the trail and a possible future connection to the BRT station. That way parking is consolidated in the corner and surrounded by the building with one main entrance/exit on to Studemont. The plaza area could be simple with a couple of benches and trash cans. It doesn't have to be grand or expensive for the developers sake. All in all you would create a much more inviting/accessible place and not just this thing sitting next to the freeway.
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I'll sketch something up tonite based off that site plan above. The developer can still have the amount of parking, just better positioned.
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3 hours ago, Ross said:
I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of people in Houston don't really care where the parking is, just that there is parking. If they can see that there are spaces, they are more likely to visit.
And that's the problem with how developers approach design. While there are parking minimums in this part of town, the design layout is lazy and lacks any level of creativity. You can maximize the space by properly placing parking while at the same time addressing pedestrian needs. A trail connection should have been a given right off the bat. There will also be a BRT station here, yet no thought was put in to how this development will interact with that. I guarantee you it's going to deter potential customers solely based on the idea that we as humans take the path of least resistance.
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1 hour ago, emmanume said:
I can’t believe that they have parking both on the side of Studewood and facing the trail!! Such disregard. This development could have easily been integrated right onto the trail with some walk up stairs or switchbacks
Exactly! So many developers in this city either don't care or are completely out of touch with what people want today. And to think that a Metro BRT stop will be right next to this!? Idiots
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11th Street Bike Lanes
in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes
Posted · Edited by j_cuevas713
You would be more sympathetic? Get over yourself. The focus is building a safer street and correcting mistakes from the past. The Federal Highway Commission felt the street was too wide for the neighborhood and so the city took that recommendation and made the street multimodal. Cry me a river when it comes to who uses the bike lanes and who doesn't. I don't always use the lanes but I know some people need the lanes to feel comfortable when riding. I use transit, the bike lanes, the trails and the street. Keep your sympathy