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  1. DNAguy
    IDK about this... how nice can this really be? I mean it sits across the street from a Wal Mart....
  2. DNAguy
    No way that the home owners and businesses along that line would allow an elevated train that runs at 200 mph. Simply too much noise and it would be way too ugly.
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    If the train is brought into DT, the HSR and UP tracks would have to be trenched. I don't think you can fit 2 HSR and a freight rail line in the current ROW. In addition, there are security fences and monitoring that would also have to be added for the HSR. In addition, the streets that pass under the current tracks would need to be reconstructed (Yale and ....there's another one but I can't remember). That's a big project that can't be completed in the time frame they want. The only way you get it into DT costs a butt load of $$$$ (prob a billion at least). Something a private company isn't going to pay for when it only means an extra 7 miles. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for them to bring it DT. The trench would be a God send for the neighborhood if it gets capped. I remember a schematic from the SN22 organization that gives a good idea of what it could be.
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    And I believe another station gets built out on the Grand Parkway @ 290 eventually (like 20-30 yrs) to advantage of the direct connection (along the tollway) of a built out Woodlands, Tomball, Cypress area, the sprawl that will happen btwn Katy and Cypress, and finally Katy.
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    My 2 cents: The Utility line is the best option. The only good Dallas location is downtown. For Houston, downtown option isn't and will be VERY expensive. The Northwest mall location is actually the best.... hear me out... The Northwest mall location has these benefits: 1.) Relative easy access by car / freeway - off 610 + at 290 terminus + close to I10 which all just got upgrades 2.) Way less expensive than routing DT 3.) Large track re-developable land (northwest mall) 4.) In the true center of Houston - remember who will use this... more than likely business ppl a) ~10 min cab ride to DT. b.) <10 minutes to Galleria c.) ~10 minutes to Greenway d.) < 20 minutes to Energy Corridor e.) ~20 minutes to Westchase f.) < 30 minutes from either airport Galleria, greenway, and DT hotels will more than likely offer shuttles to the rail station. Ok and here's the kicker: The station will force METRO to complete LR from the station to downtown AND the Galleria. In addition the station will also likely spur the addition of a commuter service along 290 (I believe this was mentioned in a previous post). See Northwest mall location ideal.
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    IMHO, I think the utility option has the greatest chance for success. In addition, the 290 portion can be piggy backed when the Houston to Austin & San Antonio line eventually gets built.... in 30 years or so .....if ever, of course.
  7. DNAguy
    Map of the alignment finalest is up: http://dallashoustonhsr.com/maps-and-pictures/
  8. DNAguy
    All these Westcreek developments are getting me confused. If someone is so inclined, can we get a map of the area (like above) with each development labeled by former parcel? If so inclined that is. Thanks in advance...
  9. DNAguy
    I wouldn't be against keeping the Target per se. However, I would hope they make it an urban concept one like this: i think a large 'city Target' would be a great addition to the area. My guess is something like 5-10 years in our current economic environment. If the market cools, then longer.
  10. DNAguy
    The Target on San Felipe is looking more and more out of place. How long does that thing in its suburban style big box version last? This is great news. My 610 gridlock commute is getting prettier and prettier!
  11. DNAguy
    I think ppl are talking past each other here. I don't think that someone who lives in katy and drives downtown for work is going to replace that commute with a high speed train. I mean its too expensive. Bryan-CS isn't a huge draw as far as a community (sorry) that ppl would be willing to pay 40-100 bucks a day to live there & commute to Houston. Yes there might be some ppl who do this, but its probably not worth even counting. What I do think this would do is make a 'business commuter' and draw College Station closer into Houston's economic orbit. The train lets a MD Anderson researcher ALSO do research at A&M. Medical center to CS in less than an hour without a car is now possible. An executive MBA during evenings is now a possibility for those willing to pay the premium for a main campus one vs a houston 'branch'.
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    Woodland-Conroe / South Dallas office district
  13. DNAguy
    http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/breaking-ground/2014/10/grand-parkway-exxon-inspire-new-submarket.html New Caney, Porter, Atascocita, and Humble are now under the control of the Kingwoodianites. Now as someone with family in the northeast of Houston, I for one would like to welcome our suburban overlords and remind them as an active poster on HAIF that I can round up others to frequent the endless new front parking stripmalls, buy homes on cold-a-sacs, and to sit in the mind-numbing sprawl-induced traffic that will result.
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    Forgetting something as well?
  16. DNAguy
    MMM.... pointy (Skip to 3:33)
  17. DNAguy
    As much as I hate METRO and their incompetence, they did already fund the original main street line w/out any fed help. I don't know of any other transit agency that could/ would fund multiple rail lines w/out fed $.
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    METRORail Green Line

    DNAguy replied to a topic in Transit

    That overpass is a joke. I want to like METRO. The bus redesign? Great! Then they do something like this. Boondoggle. No one in the community wants this. Why force this on them? To connect the dots? Farse.
  19. DNAguy
    Maybe.... but how will anyone get there when 45 is choked w/ traffic all day and all night?
  20. DNAguy
    Yes they did. Does that mean TxDOT is reading HAIF? If so, we should start a thread: Ideas for TxDOT!
  21. DNAguy
    I'm struggling with the idea of the HSR station being at Northwest mall. It sux that its not downtown b/c I think a signature DT station would be cool.....it would spur growth.... it caters to the ppl who will prob take it most: Business travelers It sux that its not actually in the Galleria b/c that's kinda like DT..... It's good b/c it might actually get some weight behind building LR from downtown AND the Galleria to the Northwest mall area....5-10 minute LR train ride to both Galleria AND DT. That's sounds appealing. Hmmm.
  22. DNAguy
    That's why I just call it: Tah-Deck-koo stadium.
  23. DNAguy
    Where have I seen this concept b/f........ Eureka! What to call them?.... Drive-blinders?
  24. DNAguy
    Don't get all butt hurt now. I didn't besmirch your name b/c you thought HCTRA was a business. I never said I hate tolls. Usage fees for roads are probably a far more equitable way to pay for roads than a gas tax that never gets increased. They are incredibly regressive when you don't really supply an alternative like effective public transportation. That's a different animal, though. I have spoken out against certain toll projects, yes (288 tolls). I did this not b/c they were tolls per se, but b/c I felt that there was a better toll project (TX 35). What I dislike is that we've currently got an incredibly convoluted transportation strategy that has many different actors that all seem to be competing w/ one another rather than working to one common goal. HCTRA served a purpose when TXDOT was constitutionally prohibited from building tollways. What exact purpose do they serve now? Why have a local agency competing w/ a state agency for a purpose they are both tasked to provide? Why is METRO a wholly separate agency from HCTRA when they're aiming at what would seem to be the same goal (local transportation). I say that high occupancy vehicles should get the same treatment on all highways in Houston regardless of what agency built them. Why is there so much antagonism to this idea?
  25. DNAguy
    HOV lanes doen't relieve traffic? So HOV lanes across the world are a scam / one huge conspiracy?
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