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The sign used to be 100% FM Kitchen but now it's only a third of the sign space and Pkl takes up 2/3 of the sign. I was surprised it wasn't 50/50 but I guess they expect Pkl to be a bigger draw. 

2 hours ago, 004n063 said:

For the Instagramless of us, can you explain the connection between AToTB and Uptown? I thought the proposed bridges were further east than that...

The twobridges instagram has turned into a Houston pro-bike project in beyond their namesake project. 

2 hours ago, ChannelTwoNews said:

And I'm getting many, many people from different parts of the country, different parts of the world coming to check it out."

I think this is great news. Houston isn't well-known as a tourist city, but people are visiting Houston all the time, so it is good to see something new become a place for people to check out.

7 hours ago, Ross said:

Someone destroyed the front end of their car by hitting the floating bus stop on Heights. After looking at it, it was obvious the driver had ignored a no right turn sign and driven straight into the raised concrete.

Was this last night? I saw several emergency vehicles there in the rain last night while I was on the bus. 

With the entrances on the streets between Shepherd and Durham, does this mean traffic lights will be installed at one or both of the intersections? Will that affect how the Shepherd/Durham corridor is constructed from 4 to 3 lanes? 

They should paint them to look like a huge tree.

8 hours ago, BigFootsSocks said:

The first segment of the bridge over I-10 near the Northwest Transit Center has been installed. 

What project is this for?

Maybe the glass windows and doors should have been fixed before taking photos. Looking at the photos of an empty parking lot makes me wonder if these places are still in business. 

On Saturday I saw a Metro police car go on the tracks to get past the blocked off block on Main St. and a woman who was behind him followed onto the tracks. Officer was not happy he was being followed, but it does seem weird to have a protected lane on a street when the green/purple line shares the street with vehicular traffic. 

I wouldn't mind a coffee shop in this area, but they bought too much real estate for that.

LRT > BRT

16 hours ago, Triton said:

Wow this entire thing is dead. Like, not only are almost all of the stores gone but there's literally no one walking inside anymore. Talk about eerie.

Edit: Found this Facebook post. Not sure if I'll be able to share here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/195131914585900/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=1403283777104035

It's a private group. You can share the photos directly.

That's an interesting location. Could have a another location inside Hobby airport, too.

2 hours ago, Justin Welling said:

If I recall, the new signs being installed at these crossings are "STOP for bikes and pedestrians", so technically, they are supposed to yield to cyclists. I can't 100% confirm, but I'm almost certain 11th St has the signs.  I'm going to try to ride it again tomorrow and will check. 

They do have the signs, and there were signs there before that also said to yield to pedestrians.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7906213,-95.4054452,3a,75y,294.18h,88.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxOIo6DQsF0zwYCcdqF4a_A!2e0!5s20191001T000000!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e2?authuser=1

11 hours ago, 004n063 said:

One thing I've noticed with the HHB and Nicholson crossings is that most cars yield to cyclists (even though they have the right of way), which often leads to awkwardly or even frustratingly slow interactions.

What really doesn't happen anymore, though, is cars blasting through at speed. I'll call that a win.

Nicholson has yield signs posted, Heights Blvd does not.

9 hours ago, Ross said:

Not a real banner, but an awesome troll of the people who keep begging for a Trader Joes in that location. I'm not sure why we would need another crappy grocery there, but there's no accounting for taste.

Pretty good photoshop, looks real.

Was it a real banner? That's kinda funny.

19 hours ago, Ross said:

It's not enforceable. 

But how was it supposed to work?

3 hours ago, Purdueenginerd said:

 

For what its worth, there is a proposed extension to Ella. No idea on the funding or status of it. 

 

https://mycity.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4b5467e117d0459b84e2f2e94ba4fdc2&extent=-10619481.073%2C3470289.6806%2C-10609291.0617%2C3475071.7722%2C102100

I don't see anything on the map... 

11th St. westbound at Shepherd is an awkward mess right now, as there is enough space for two lanes, but it is unmarked. Could a right turn only lane be added here? Or will it have two lanes to help with traffic? 

Also, the lack of bike lanes here makes me believe they won't continue along 11th St. to Durham's bike lane, which is unfortunate. 

17 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:

My recommendation would be to drive in a circle

You can only do that in one of the two lanes which becomes one lane even though there are no lines indicating it's only one lane. "No signs, no lines," is Houston's motto.

They use a left turn arrow when there aren't any left turns in a traffic circle. They use a continue straight arrow for both lanes as the indicating arrow to exit the circle. An arrow pointing left does not mean continue going in the lane. I think the arrow should be circular to indicate the angle of the lane/exit. 

What actually confuses me is there are no arrows currently in the circle. You are expected to just figure it out that some sections are two lanes and some are one.

Those arrows are confusing to me, anyone else? 

I think they tore down the houses in November. They had some vehicles parked there for a couple weeks, but it's been mostly empty the rest of the time.

I'm not sure if I'm in the correct lane or not when I go through this. I hope this makes it easier to navigate.