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    Idea For Pedestrian Traffic Lights And Pedestrian Traffic

    in Traffic and Transportation

    Posted

    I have an idea for pedestrian traffic lights. I saw a pedestrian light in San Francisco that included a "countdown" to the right of the flashing red hand (signaling when pedestrians must get to the other side of the street).

    In San Francisco the countdowns start at a random number that is the amount of seconds left before the red hand stops flashing and the autombile traffic lights start to change. Once the countdown reaches zero, the lights begin to change.

    Also in some areas of San Francisco, passengers are allowed to cross diagonally.

    Houston needs to adopt many San Francisco-like measures in order to help the pedestrian traffic in downtown and other places.

    I agree. Taipei has them in almost all their intersections (countdowns). They also have a few of those diagonal crosses. They seem to work great for pedestrians here. All of downtown should have these at the minimum.

    No Controversy Here....

    in Way Off Topic

    Posted

    nope.

    the opinion of the people i have talked too that are(and obviosluy most arent) tired of american women is that they are becoming too selfish. they think life should be like it is on TV(Melrose, OC, whatever is hot now...)

    im just curious how many people feel like this

    I see what you mean (selfishness). Count me as one. Not all American women just a majority. They are out for themselves.

    Opinions On Housotn And Dallas

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    well, I do like the babes(as long as their nice and sweet, not snobby and b***y!!!)

    But i could swear I heard they were replacing the rail lines with buses.... :unsure:

    They are not permanently replacing the rail lines with buses. They are however temporarily putting in BRTs as place holders for rail for a few lines. BRTs are train-like buses that run similar to light rail. The rails will still be built and all the BRTs will be trains in the future.

    They also sped up the progress on commuter rail to the suburban cities/towns. The big hurricane rita scare also will probably push the rail progress even more.

    Opinions On Housotn And Dallas

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    I think my biggest problems with Housotn are

    1 - - HURRICANES!!!! Coming from Florida, I am sick of them. Its very stressful(as youve recenlty witnessed).

    2 - - Houston just doesnt seem to be thinking ahread transportation wise right now. Heard they decided to stop expanding the rail line. Thats just nuts. We cant keep building roads forever.

    lemme spell it right for once. Houston. ugh, type too fast(and not too well)

    1 -- Hurricanes, yes all gulf cities have this problem. Although hurricanes seem to weaken a bit going to the west gulf so it seems like Houston has weaker hurricanes when they land but of course still damaging. Houston is also 50 miles inland so most of the severe damage occurs at Galveston when one hits. Also Hurricanes rarely land directly on Houston (1983 was the last one)

    2 -- True Houston is way behind with rail but they are not stopping on rail expansion. They actually have a big plan just going to take time.

    Opinions On Housotn And Dallas

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    More than likely moving next summer from Tampa.

    My two choices (cause of work) are Houston and Dallas.

    Right now, I dont know which is more me....

    Im finishing up my BA(Finance/IB), so I need to be kinda close to a public University(paying for it myself)

    Im kinda freaky(smart way), like cultural stuff(museums, theater, bookstores)

    and BEING WARM(or at least not cold)

    Oh, and as a single guy, I REALLY like babes....

    So, any opinions on which city is more me? <_<

    Hopefully this doesn't turn into a Houston vs Dallas thread but...

    I can say Houston sounds a bit more for you because:

    1. its warmer, no snow, humid in the summer like Florida

    2. tons of museums (museum district) and a big theatre district (near Midtown/Downtown)

    3. University of Houston and UofH downtown are both close to #2

    4. college = babes (in most cases)

    Dallas also has 2,3,and 4 but I can't say much about 2 since I never lived in Dallas

    I know Fort Worth has some good museums.

    What Is Houston's Driving Like?

    in Traffic and Transportation

    Posted

    You may not be interested in this aspect of traffic, but the thing I notice about Houston's traffic (being from Dallas) is that it *moves* in the left lane. I don't visit during rush hour, generally on the weekends, but often when I visit I eventually end up getting pushed along in the left lane, especially on I45. This *never* happens to me in Dallas... but I'll be cruising along passing some people at about 85, sometimes 90, and all of a sudden they'll be a log jam of cars behind me so I'll get over ASAP. I think its pretty cool actually, but definitely something to get used to.

    Jason

    haha, this is very true. Non traffic times most Houston freeways are like this.

    Southeast Downtown

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    The slow pace of rejuvenation in this area, as well as Chinatown, Minute Maid, Midtown and the rest of downtown can generally be attributed to the land owners. Look at the price per sq. foot of land in these areas. Some of it is $150 psf. I understand the free market, but many of these owners have held the land so long that they are waiting for the next skyscraper boom to run up the price. This boom may never come. So, the land sits, with the parking lots on them paying taxes. Hopefully, some will sell at a more affordable price to spur construction.

    I say raise taxes on surface lots for wasted valuable land. :)

    or grass roots effort to teach public to avoid these lots when parking as to kill their revenue.

    never going to happen in free market world but one can wish.

    Spirit Of Houston Statue

    in Houston Neverbuilt

    Posted

    Great Googly Moogly, I am so happy that "project" went down the tubes, what a way to remember our fair city, a 60ft. Vagina ! Foreigners would come here thinking this must be the "mecca" for gynecology.

    No matter how funny it would have been to see this built in Herman park (and how many are disgusted by it), the sheer size of it would have been a mighty attraction for Houston. 555 feet compared to statue of liberty's 305 feet (including base)

    Hopefully some other Houstonian thinks big like this guy. Would be great to see some city pride in a project of this size.

    Greatest Statues

    Spirit Of Houston Statue

    in Houston Neverbuilt

    Posted

    Okay, if there was a designated place for this topic already, well I sure as hell couldn't find it so has anyone heard anything about the Spirit Of Houston? I figured they had cancelled the vision altogether since the guy died but who knows... if so that's a shame. I thought she was awesome. I'm still new at this place so don't know if the picture will come through or not.

    Spirit Of Houston

    This statue was talked about a lot a few years ago on this forum but the forum crashed so it all disappeared. It was an idea that never came through. Lots of people didn't like it and thought it was too tacky. The talks about it were brief and the idea died quickly (then it became a forum joke).

    I would like to have some sort of an icon for Houston though I'm not sure this would be my top choice.

    Need Help Relocating

    in Houston Real Estate

    Posted

    Could someone tell me what The Royalton starts at for a 1BD 1BR?

    I would start a search with this link

    You can put 255,000 or whatever your limit is and it will give you a list of all the highrises around that price range.

    As for the Royalton, its a bit pricy but awesome views and amenities:

    $ 820,200 3333 Allen Parkway 2304

    Bldg Name: THE ROYALTON City: Houston

    Unit Level: Zip Code: 77019

    Bedrooms: 2 Bedroom(s) View: WEST

    Bath: 2 Full & 0 Half Bath(s) Build Sqft: 2,278 /Builder

    Parking: 2 Parking Spaces Keymap: Page 492M

    Broker: CAMELOT REALTY

    Good luck on your search, welcome to Houston

    GreenStreet: Mixed-Use Development At 1201 Fannin St.

    in Downtown

    Posted

    More details:

    Months of negotiations ended last week as Houston City Council and Mayor Bill White tweaked the rules to provide a tax break for a major downtown development.

    The action removed a roadblock to construction of Houston Pavilions, a $200 million mixed-use project planned by the team of Houston developer Geoff Jones and William Denton of California-based Entertainment Development Group...................

    ............

    "It's very significant for downtown and the city in general," says the native Houstonian. "I don't recall anything of this magnitude coming to downtown with retail, commercial and residential."......

    ............

    Says Hagstette: "With every project that happens in the downtown area, there is a tendency to characterize it as the be-all, end-all to solve all our problems, and I don't want to give the idea that this project falls into that category. But this project is breaking new ground in a new market -- urban retail -- and in that sense it's going to be extraordinarily influential."

    ............

    Full story: City retools TIRZ for project

    Project still moving along... I hope this urban retail brings in other retail especially on the east side of downtown.

    High Speed Rail

    in Traffic and Transportation

    Posted

    Japan's high-speed trains aren't cheap, either. Flying is much cheaper, but the train is faster because you don't have to go from the airport to the city -- it just drops you off in the city center.

    Now would have been a good time to have high speed trains. It would have given people a third option and probably could have bussed just as many people faster out of town then the airports could.

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