BigFootsSocks

What does your source say on any more outlet malls?

Impact neighborhoods? Sure. More than freight? I doubt it. There will be no signals to cross and thus no need for horns. The only significant noise it will make will be when its at or gearing towards full speed, which won't happen until the outskirts of Houston at least.

I'm confused but sure

My problem with his article is the random conclusions he jumps to and baseless nonsense he spews. "Texas officials" have said it's impossible to privately build? Really? Why haven't we heard anyone say that from TXDOT? Why is TXDOT now funding studies to carry HSR further? Where did he get his $30 billion cost from? One professor who has no mind of interest in this project.

Yeah no, I can understand opposition to this; I wi not, however, take anything this bloke says seriously. I'm curious how much he's being paid in fundraising to say this.

Lol anyone find the irony that this douche nozzle doesn't want a high speed train built by private money, but is totally cool with a big toll road (249) cutting through his county?

http://m.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/opinion/texas-taxpayers-should-not-be-railroaded-into-high-speed-project/article_4991ce35-8fce-592c-862a-8e2af223b897.html?mode=jqm

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

He died rip in pieces

So what ur saying is that route is a perfectly, uniformly straight line from downtown Houston to downtown Dallas? How strangely convienient that there's absolutely nothing in the way to save those extra 15 minutes!

It literally says in the recent update that they're building the garage and will wait for the tower later

Except this is one simple overpass for a mass public transit project, not a useless freeway "big dick" contest.

That's because you didn't take enough of the drug

They did lie. And they wasted all that money.

Lol ok 3 months late on that argument. Can't just simply ignore everything I said and just restate your initial argument without backing it up.

Nice b8 m8

You can call me the Oracle

I thought we wanted more people downtown...besides, we have our cool area on Washington/Montrose and Westheimer. It might not be A-town levels but it's a start.

I don't want to attack Ross for his entitled opinions, but as I've said before, there's a lot of talk for commuter rail as a package with this HSR. If it goes to the NW Mall site, there's a really good chance that could happen. However, I think the homeowners along that corridor are simply grasping at straws in order to attack this; HSR going through this area won't be blasting through at 200, 100, or even 50 mph. They'll be quiet and out of sight (for the most part) while the regular freight trains will still be making a lot of commotion. A downtown station would more than likely spur downtown's renaissance even further.

That's what I'm saying, is that not what they're doing now on the recently demolished part? Build the garage first to get the temporary one out instead of repairing it, then wait for a tenant to start the tower.

Could they just bf building the garage?

I wouldn't bevause Id think of the immense value this had for Texas. I wouldn't be so selfish to stop a quiet train from passing through. This is progress and those who oppose it are against it for entirely selfish reasons.

I think the master plan did involve that, yes, but not for many years hopefully. The one at Katy Freeway and Beltway 8 opened 1989 and dismantled...2006, lasting, what 17 years?

The Beltway 8 and US-290 interchange will be approaching a quarter century sometime this year, by the time it ends up being dismantled, it won't seem too much out of the ordinary.

Yeah that one didn't last long but was "necessary" to rebuild due to how big I-10 got. I actually was checking this out on Google Earth the other day using the time function. The old ramps started and exited on the left sides of the new span of the freeway. Kinda crazy to see how big it was widened.

Not currently, they're only about 20 years old right?

You must be fun at parties, if you're ever invited, that is.

In the future, sure; just not in this construction cycle.

It'll be revealed when Half Life 3 is released

According to a TXDOT exec I know, the single lane HOV/toll is still up in the air. They would like multiple lanes; the problem is the BW8/290 interchange. There's not enough space in the middle of 290 to put multiple lanes without tearing down the flyovers which TXDOTS definitely will not even consider due to its $150 million price. The options they are considering for multiple lanes are double-stacking the lanes OR elevate the lanes off 290 and then around the interchange under BW8; somewhat like the proposal that's on my290.com

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