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The rebuild on Polk East of Cullen is including protected bike lines with concrete curbs.

For what it’s worth, the surface isn’t asphalt but more like playground rubber - at least from the 30 seconds I walked on it last week

Though better than abandoned fields 5 minutes from downtown? (not actually sure if its better)

Intersting.  I wonder if it is just expanding the branch or if it is the start of a development

Are these building entirely built on spec? There's been no signs on a tenant 

99 between 10 and west park is just a state highway.  If they use 146 to complete the loop, they would just re sign it as 99 and not charge tolls

The headline is on point 

and this quote:

”Despite being designed specifically to allow safe passage for METRO buses, local drivers appear to have struggled to avoid the bright yellow, sidewalk-high lip of the island stops.” 

Yeah the armadillos are definitely being decimated by trucks along Polk

I don’t like that it is being called “east downtown” when it is outside of the east downtown super neighborhood 

12 hours ago, Triton said:

That's honestly what I was thinking about. Would probably be safer for the school too.

I was thinking at 45 but an underpass at the school would be line with what metro likes doing but hasn't actually done yet

Is this the industrial version of a house flip?

9 hours ago, samagon said:

the green line extension will be a bit nightmarish around Milby HS.

there's a rail crossing at Broadway right there, which means grade separation for the LR, and with the HW3 split from Broadway so close to the rail line, the grade separation will include an overpass for that intersection. basically, there's no way to do a LR in front of Milby on Broadway without grade separation in front of the school. 

I don't see that happening without a fight.

not that there isn't really a better way, unless they turn on HW3, take that down to Park Place (which allows for a stop right in front of the Botanical Garden), toss in the railway overpass somewhere along HW3, which only adds .6 miles of track, but will surely avoid a costly political fight.

another nightmare for METRO will be 45/Broadway/Park Place, no matter how they align, it's going to go across there, and suck.

What if it goes under? First subway tunnel in houston only to avoid that intersection

3 hours ago, wilcal said:

Pretty sure they are just trying to be a team player. There's always politics at play. The other floating bus stops haven't been a problem, but they haven't really been placed in yuppy neighborhoods for the most part. 

It isn't like engineers didn't sign off on the design.

Who wants to bet there was a bunch of distracted SUV-driving ding dongs behind the wheel that caused these?

It is odd that it was a sharp corner.  The floating bus stops on polk don't have that sharp corner.  Also note that there is no bus shelter on there or even a bench

It's marketing- the cooler the vehicle looks, the more likely the people who have cars will consider using it

Why fill in the medians with concrete instead of greenscaping? I noticed the same thing on the medians on Hwy 3 in clear lake

And it's possible on a larger scale - the DC metro was automated originally, and I think the Paris might be now. I know any with doors are automated - In Houston that means stations a/c

They still have drivers on board? What is even the point then?

It has painted tracks for the autopilot to follow, similar to how new cars do automatic lane keeping. Cost wise, you’re removing the driver of the vehicle, and depending on the quality of the automation you reduce the platform gap and can even allow for platform gates. 
 

the paint I feel would wear quick in Houston though, and I doubt it can run in the semi mixed traffic that the BRT and light rails deal with in Houston 

The problem in Houston is not the technology used for the mass transit, it is getting high quality dedicated right of way where it’s needed

I imagine it was one person with a small paint brush

Wow I didn’t remember I even posted that map. I do remember my thinking for door to door service - if one of the useful destinations is the airport, time matters, and waiting 15 minutes for a connection would make people less likely to use it. My idea as one of the customers for all week use would be travelers who don’t want to drive and pay airport parking prices on the other side of the city. 

And they are busy upgrading TX-146, so once segment A is built 146 will magically become 99

1 minute ago, BigFootsSocks said:

Curious what these other perversions are

In 2017 the Yankees actually put names on the back of their uniforms for “players weekend”

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2019/08/yankees-aaron-boone-tired-of-silly-players-weekend-jerseys.html?outputType=amp

They’re going to build on the mystery arrow? :(

At least for me biking around, roads with real off street shared paths (holly hall, bagby, and Cullen south of 45) are the nicest streets to bike, better than the high comfort lanes on Austin and Lamar because you get shade and real buffer between you and cars