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  1. Trae
    Because not every Houston freeway needs them and the GP will have them at the important interchanges already. The commercial development can be pushed to the side streets like in South Katy. I like how it is designed. i just wish there was more green space along it.
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    The feeders got extended just north of Franz to Morton, but that is it for feeders for segment e (hopefully). I thought the speed limit was suppose to be 70, but I read from two different sources that it is suppose to be 80. That sounds a little too high, but maybe 75?
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    Yeah, aside from the entrance, it looks creepy.
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    It's okay...Houston street in Dallas already looks like this.
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    Yeah the second is the 80 story one in Chicago.
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    LOL, it's all that was posted during the Dwightmare as soon as the barber confirmed he was coming...
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    Took a drive by shot the other day (waiting in traffic):
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    This Walmart is pretty awesome. never any crowds and the shoppers are definitely not your "people of Walmart". Attractive people shop here . I guess the name alone brought all that opposition.
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    I think the refineries over there stunt some of the growth too. The eastern half of the loop probably declined because the families there got promotions and moved to Pasadena, Baytown, Clear Lake, etc. That and more singles have moved there as families have left. The Woodlands is pretty impressive. It definitely feels like a fake city but they planned it well. Most people up there still work somewhere in Houston I bet. Travel time to Hobby from Sugar Land isn't that bad. TW has definitely jumped over it in the jobs department though. As for Katy/Energy Corridor, there is nothing that resembles Greenspoint. The housing stock is too great and there are too many companies based around there for it to happen. Greenspoint doesn't have the housing stock and Sharpstown didn't have the corporations. The Katy Freeway has long been the only freeway in Houston that doesn't pass through any "seedy" areas. I don't think that is going to change.
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    Southwest Airlines

    Trae replied to editor's topic in Planes

    I have a sibling that works for United so I do enjoy my free or pay taxes only flights, but they definitely have crappy customer service. You can tell if you get a United crew or old Continental crew.
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    Bump because lockmat knows what it looks like but won't tell
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    This one is starting to rise from the ground now. Two cranes raised high and second or third floor beams bring placed (don't remember). If I remember, ill take a pic tomorrow. It's too bad eldridge is planned like shit between westheimer and the reservoir.
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    Nah, that would be Galveston. The Woodlands is more like Plano or Irving.
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    Yeah there is one gigantic crater like that on Richmond near Talk of the Town. I swerved around the avoid it. Lower Westheimer is crap, and even crappier if you are in the more narrow right line doing all of those turns. If I'm relatively alone and no one is trying to go around me, I cheat on the lanes.
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    Except for the Macy's logo in the middle. I wonder if Macy's will take up the old Books-A-Million space? It would look bad for Downtown to lose another retailer and hurt what they are trying to build there.
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    This isn't in The Woodlands, but instead Houston's ETJ that will probably be annexed later on.
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    The Boulevard Project

    Trae replied to zaphod's topic in Transit

    Ah yes, let's wait twenty years and have prices for rail skyrocket even more and then complain about the prices when the time comes. If they don't build the rail now, its not going to happen (changing from brt to rail).
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    Yeah, glad it wasn't leveled like your suggestion.
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    And if the Astros go back to the navy and orange next year, I wonder if there will be a new paint scheme at MMP. No idea what it is and apparently no one is suppose to be talking about it. Here is a photo:
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    I'm sure people who don't work for Exxon will buy in there. Maybe Exxon won't allow it though.
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    So, expand the Park and Ride service from 4:30 AM until 12AM then. And I do believe having it as rail would keep the riders who currently use it, plus add more. People are more comfortable with riding rails than buses. Commuter rail is just more reliable (less maintenance). I know they are Greyhound type buses, but maybe those buses could be used on express routes in the city or something. Commuter rail along the other half of the Westpark Tollway ROW, 290, etc., would be good for the city. Maybe if Washington decides to spend more on infrastructure, Metro won't be incompetent this time and use funds wisely.
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    I don't know if it is a US problem. More of a sunbelt problem. There are many cities in America with reliable mass transit. And Pleak, rail is definitely more attractive to potential transit users than buses. That's not even a debate.
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    Can you use the Park and Ride lots on the weekends and how is the schedule during off peak hours? And lets not pretend that the HOV lanes dont gey backed up, or slow down either. What you described is so different than three or so heavy rail cars out together. Each car with the capacity of two buses. The trains would just wait longer.
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    What are the chances that another area lake is built, if flooding is such a concern?
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    This map is old though. Bridgeland is not even there and Fry Road is only highlighted because Google updates their streets. It's not even built on this map. I don't feel like cropping a picture, but anyone can go and look at Google Maps/Earth and see an updated photo if they just zoom in. There are more neighborhoods dotted all along this map. If you are coming back from Hempstead on 290, you start seeing rooftops at Katy-Hockley now.
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