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    Amazon HQ2

    in General Houston Discussions

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    3 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

     

     

     

    Maybe Jeff Bezos could buy the Chronicle.  If we don't get HQ2, he could buy it as a consolation prize for us. I'm not sure what he's done with the Washington Post, but it's seriously hard to imagine his making the Chronicle worse than it already is.

     

    Amazon/Beezos is a sensitive subject for some, but I've read that the Washington Post is now in troubles with employee benefits.

     

    Beezo's is only matching 1% of the employee 401k's at the Washington Post.

     

    Another article:

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/washington-post-jeff-bezos_us_59df9245e4b00abf3646fff9?hgc

     

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    According to the memo, management wants to end the paper’s long-standing practice of across-the-board percentage annual pay raises to create an “unprecedented” merit pay system and cut severance benefits. It also refuses to increase the 401(k) match from 1 percent.

     

    The merit system would potentially freeze even inflation adjusted increases in pay for some employees for up to 30 months while others could get up to a 4 percent increase. Management has also proposed to cut severance pay and require any employee who accepts severance to waive their legal rights. When you do away with routine raises only the superstar reporters will wind up getting them.

     

    The Boulevard Project

    in Transit

    Posted

    On 3/7/2017 at 0:20 PM, Houston19514 said:

     

    They are two related projects.  Uptown is doing the lanes in Post Oak Blvd.  TxDOT and Metro are doing the lanes from Post Oak Blvd to the Northwest Transit Center. Last I saw, construction of the 610 bus lanes was anticipated to start in late 2017.

     

    Thanks.

     

    610 will now have two different remodel phases! Going to be a madhouse for the next decade.

     

    The Elevated 610 West Loop Express Lanes and then this 610 Bus Lanes.

    610 West Loop Express Lanes

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    On 9/22/2017 at 9:55 PM, MaxConcrete said:

     

    The express lanes are definitely not starting construction. There is a long way to go in the pre-construction process, including more public meetings. However, the bus lanes structure from Memorial to Post Oak (north of San Felipe) is scheduled to receive bids in December. The tree removal could be related to the bus lanes, or could be unrelated to highway work.

     

    http://www.dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/orgchart/cmd/cserve/let/2018/harris.htm#027117163

     

    I thought the bus lanes was apart of the Uptown improvements project.  Found the thread

     

     

     

    610 West Loop Express Lanes

    in Traffic and Transportation

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    On 9/22/2017 at 11:05 PM, JLWM8609 said:

    I thought it was for the 610/59 interchange reconstruction.

     

    I'm confused.  There are two different 610 projects coming in 2018?

     

    The 610/59 Interchange is the same as the 610 Elevated Express Lanes? Should be the same project, right?  The 610 elevated express lanes goes from the 59 Spur to I-10. That whole 4-mile stretch of 610.

     

    I might be making it more confusing.

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