Jim Black
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Having just moved from Humble proper to Kingwood, I spent three years walking in Humble. Beside from the fact that car traffic have zero respect for padestrians. The crossing signals there are a total joke. Only staying on long enough to cross one or two lanes of a six lane street. Of the sixteen signals protecting the two intersections in front of the Humble police station, only two work. That's what 12.5% work or is it 87.5% don't. But even here in Kingwood now within the Houston city limits, many of the greenbelt trails have settled to a point where they flood and are also closed from dusk to dawn.
I don't really have any answers, just gripps.
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I would tackle Houston's three major problems; traffic, flooding and air polution with a tri-level freeway system.
The below ground level through flow level 1 handles both traffic and water. Used mainly for through town traffic. It has entry/exits about every five miles with lower to mid level transitions halfway between them. This level is built on a constant grade making for constant flowing of both water and heavy cargos. During early flooding auto traffic would be directed to the mid level and then light trucks and SUVs during the intermediate stage clearing room for the heavy trucks thus allowing the easy evacuation of all vehicles from the flood waters.
The mid level is above ground and handles localized traffic. Built well above flood conditions, pooling water would flow to lower level allowing for fast safer traffic flow during rainy conditions. Entry/exits on this level would be much like our current system.
The third level would be for a dual mode personal transit system much like the Rapid Urban Flexible (RUF) system developed in Denmark. This system has a cost of about 7mio/mile for bidirectional flow bringing it in at about 20% the cost of light rail. Having a futuristic look, Houston would for sure live up to the name
The 3rd loop.
in Traffic and Transportation
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The main problem I see with that, besides sealing another expanse of Texas in a ribbon of cement, "IS" there now exists hundreds (maybe thousands) of $150+k homes all along your right of way. The map shows the Grand PW coming in @League City. Wow you have to drive two miles south from NASA1... I do that on my bicycle.