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I'm not sure why the owner wouldn't still rent it out, especially since TXDOT is actually stopping ROW acquisition. I would continue business like normal if I was the property owner until the property was acquired.

Thread on /r/Houston about how dropoffs at Terminal E are closing, although the OP mistakenly said that all of E was closing. Had a friend that pre-paid parking at Term C garage, but it took more than 30 minutes to get a parking spot, so heed notice.

I do love Mr. Donut, but was thinking of some of my friends who live off of Nagle who used to walk their dog on Sat morning and get a donut but that can't happen now. Also, Not Jus Donuts evidently doesn't sell donuts.

Also, I asked what Orgeat was, and it's a syrup made from almonds. They are making it from scratch. They poured a little in a shot glass for me to try and it was thick like honey. Evidently they cook down a bunch of almonds then take the liquid and add sugar and sometimes some other flavors and cook it until it thickens. The cocktail pictured was the Trinidad Sour which has it in it.

A pic from the other night and the cocktail menu. You can see the churros with boozy whipped cream.

I know there wouldn't be a drive-thru, but would love a donut place to pop up in the East End. Maybe here would be a good place?

I completely agree. Food was cooked well, which is what I was looking for. However, if I had known it was going to take that long I would have gone to Roostar 😄 For the first few weeks they were open, they were literally running out of food on Sundays. They are closed on Monday/Tuesday so I kind of get it. The waitress we had there was really good and she said she was actually driving down from Cleveland to work. She was also taking shifts at two other restaurants trying to decide which one paid more. Restaurant labor shortage definitely real!

Had lunch at Acadian Coast today and it was pretty rough. There were 3 of us, and we were the 8th-10th people in the restaurant, and it took more than 30 minutes for us to get our food. Waitress said that it was the head chef's first day off after working 23 days in a row and the sous chef just had a baby and is out, so the line cook was the only one back there and that she was having to help prepare the food. I know things are tough in the industry, but not a great experience. Lunch took north of an hour.

I'm pretty sure the address is 2024, so I'm guessing it is that.

It's Chili's Suburban Couture. Also, I'm guessing the realistic scenario is something like a 7/11 with their Laredo Taco Company in it, but maybe you'll get an actual separated spot.

Permits issued for building permit. Looks like gas station is moving forward.

Went by Night Shift last night and was really impressed. Service was really good and the drinks were really good. I think cocktails were fairly priced at $10-$12ish. The frozen drink Saturn (I think?) is passion fruit-based and delicious. They have a pretty limited food menu, but the churros for $7 were great. Manager said that their rooftop deck will be opening very soon. Business has been pretty brisk and they are really committed to being open until 2am 7 nights/week. Their menu mentioned that Sat/Sun brunch is coming.

Excited for safe standing in the supporter section!

I think that it'll be interesting to see what happens with the Transit Oriented Development now being in place. Basically all of these streets have some form of reduced parking minimums/pedestrian realm stuff/etc. There's a longer brochure out there, too. I think some interesting projects may pop up eventually. Yes, Hardy Yards is stuck in a rut, but these things happens. Things aren't dead.

Hahaha. It's all good. And you're right, there are no westward plans. I was super excited when they added Washington to METRONext like 45 days before the vote but then they pulled it. Honestly, them going to 3 BRT stops along Inner Katy might "scratch the itch" for now.

Please don't think I'm trying to dunk on you or anything, but they've had extensive talks and pretty much have a modified combined route laid out for green/purple line extension to Hobby laid out. The airport really wants them to use Telephone so that they can build a new car rental center there. Also, this is part of METRONext. This article is from about 2 years ago: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Metro-leaders-optimistic-about-shared-13799310.php You are right that nothing is finalized (and there are a bunch of railroad tracks to cross), but they've got a plan

Cafe TH is closing. Last day is on Thursday.

Far off? They'll be breaking ground in maybe 4-5 yearsish?

If you don't like looking at the aesthetics of seeing wheels then maybe just close your eyes while you wait for it?

Flixbus was getting close and then COVID hit. You can look further up in the thread where we discuss a previous public attempt a few years ago that had $9 one-way service 3X/daily and only averaged about 10 riders/day over the course of a year.

Unfortunately, that's now how this works. Gas tax and car registrations combined represent less than 20% of TXDOT's budget. I believe almost half is from the federal government (aka income tax). I'm not against sprawl specifically. I'm against pollution and that comes from VMTs. Sprawl does contribute significantly to VMTs if it isn't controlled. The system is broken. It doesn't matter if it is an endemic characteristic. Climate change is happening and building urban highway expansions is not going to help that. It is like solving obesity with a bigger belt. I don't really care if the residents do it voluntarily and happily to be honest. If they paid for their fair share of the environmental impact or paying for the highways then I would be more ok with it, but they don't. It isn't their kids that get asthma from pollution of long-distance commuters, it is the people that live near the freeways. It is not about "sticking it to the suburbs" as much as it is about the suburbs not sticking it to us. I would argue that the urbanization (and as a result suburbanization) of America (and to the world also) is an example of the large population rebalancing that you are talking about. We've gone from 70% urban in the 60s to 73% today. The more rural citizens are not able to continue their way of life as it was and are now making a choice to have a more convenient Chili's. Eh, not really. Seems pretty cut and dry. White flight is a pretty well-documented topic. Hey, that's why I'm for a carbon tax and making suburbanites/long-distance commuters pay for their fair share. In a market economy the only solution is to remove the subsidy. Low density residential developments can cost a lot more for a city to provide services to. There's a reason why pickup truck sales take a nose dive when gas hits $3.50/gallon. Housing choices will be affected the same way. 😂 I had forgotten that they are trying to change their name. It is "North Houston District" now. If I was king, making CityCentre change their name would be an easy decree.

There are serious pollution (including PM2.5) concerns that will be exacerbated by expanding lane widths, increasing frontage lanes/widths and other design choices. No, they aren't going I-10 and just throwing lanes at the problem, but these design decisions also promote reckless speeding outside of peak times which kills a shit load of people. 3,500 road fatalities in Texas per year include speeding as one of the causes. Basically, when you design for speed you are not designing for safety because people will drive as fast as they are comfortable and that kills people. Yes, I'm aware that Texas voters made it a constitutional requirement to spend this money on highways, but they could be doing it drastically different ways. NHHIP represents more than $1,000 tax dollar per resident in the city of Houston and it is a damn shame we can't use it in a different way. Ahh yes, the "natural" demand patterns of decades of subsidizing suburban commuters who insist on having 3,000 sq ft McMansions so they can drive their brodozers and SUVs 60+ miles a day and dump pollutants into the very neighborhoods that we paved over so they could enjoy their privilege. Love those smoggy days inside the loop while some Escalade-douche heads back out of town to eat dinner at Chili's in front of some mall. I'm gonna guess most of the white collar workers commuting to downtown or the med center could afford to live inside the loop, but they just prefer to live in the suburbs because they'd rather have a larger house or different schools. Yes, that is pretty much how Houston is setup. Downtown is the number 1 job center, but it has what, 135,000 jobs in a metro over 7 million? We have lots of job centers all over the Houston area like Uptown, Greenspoint, Energy Corridor, etc. People need to live closer to their jobs so that we can reduce VMTs.

Looks like the trolley expansion is running? https://www.galvestontrolley.com/ $1 and kids are free with free transfer onto the Seawall route. 30 minute service. Stops right outside the train museum/depot. Seawall route runs between Steward Beach and Moody Gardens.

Article that mentions in the 89-94 service: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-Galveston-passenger-train-could-roll-again-1827339.php

I mentioned above that I think freight priority killed scheduling on the previous service, and this would solve that problem!