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  1. Trae
    The sad thing is, that's how it should be now. that 1983 ambitious heavy rail plan should be built, then you could have had light rail down a few streets like Westheimer, or Scott, OST, etc. Commuter raip line to Galveston and the Woodlands, with buses spread throughout and you have a complete mass transit system. Houston has high potential ridership. They just need to actual build it to connect the main business centers plus at least one airport.
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    Nah, that would be Galveston. The Woodlands is more like Plano or Irving.
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    That could be what they are building at the corner. IIRC, dirt was flying there already.
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    Awesome. Now to only extend this to other drugs...
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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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    But you still have to take into account the other modes of transportation in LA. Their commuter rail system definitely runs longer than the commuter buses in Houston. I guarantee you if those commuter buses were switched to rail, then there would be more riders.
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    Metro didn't screw that one up actually.
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    You're correct, brt/lrt won't help as much. But just think, there is no other option for the people on those freeways. Heavy rail is what can really help and if the Feds want to spend money on infrastructure, then heavy rail should be one option for cities that can support it, which Houston is one of. Instead of HPD or the HC Sheriff making a killing on the Katy tollway, imagine a heavy rail line down it. It would be packed with the way that freeway and feeders are now. Driving habits are another issue with traffic, too. People don't pass the cars to their right then yeild, but instead side by side drive, causing build ups miles behind them. No amount of expansion is going to alleviate the traffic problem in Houston. But the West Loop has its own traffic schedule its so bad. If its overnight hours, then you're good. From six am to eight at night, good luck to you. I've been back in Houston for about a month now, and good grief that thing is terrible.
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    NBA players do what they want outside of their own obligations that they go to during all star weekend. If they want to go to the galleria, then thats where they are going to go.
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    This is where a real rail system would have really come in handy for a lot of people.
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    Too bad we don't have a proper rail system.
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    Well you would hope a newly opened museum, with the amount of pub its been getting in the area, would be a hit.
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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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    The problem with DART is the way DFW is setup. Dallas isn't the center of the metro and has to compete with some pretty big suburbs. Houston has a more centralized layout, so less miles of rail would have more riders in Houston. I believe the University Line projected ridership was around 40K, and that alone would put Metro right up there with DART ridership, not including the East End, North, Southeast, or Uptown lines. Politics has just completely screwed Houston, while DART at least is getting the rail on the ground. It is an impressive system, and once it connects with DFW (two airports), it'll be even better. Right now, DART needs some crosstown routes.
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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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    Completely agree. Houston is going backwards, as other metro areas in this country expand rail, not take funding away from it. It was a good plan too, just faced so much opposition. It really is too bad heavy rail wasn't approved back in the 80s.
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    Not everyone can live across the street from work and not everyone works near Downtown.
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    Uptown Dallas' skyline may not he as large as Uptown Houston, but UD is more dense and urban. Wide sidewalks and good human scale developments. The Dallas city leaders have really done a great job planning that area. It feels extremely sterile, but it looks nice. Also has light rail and trolley lines.
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    ^^It has definitely been an interesting story.
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    Much better than what was there before.
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    What do you know a out qtip? Lmao
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    Yeah, glad it wasn't leveled like your suggestion.
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    All the trees they planted at the 10/45 interchange and 10/610 interchange look pretty good now that the trees have grown. The Grand Parkway in Cinco is the same way. I noticed a lot more landscaping and building up aesthetics when i was in town recently.
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    Well that is what happens when funding is blocked, NIMBYs are running rampant, and the start date keeps getting pushed further back because of those things. I imagine what transit would be like in Houston today if the heavy rail plan was implemented. I remember reading that the plan had Westchase-Uptown-Downtown-Hobby as one line. Southwest-TMC-Downtown-IAH as another. Would likely have been expanded upon if it was built. Settling for light rail in these economic times are okay, but taking away rail funding from Metro will only give Houston the bare minimum for a line (what's there now). All of the proposed inner loop rail lines should really be done now (including Inner Katy). It's sad.
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