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Note the position of the crosswalks at Heights and 6th. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.781487,-95.397578&spn=0.001393,0.001206&hnear=Houston,+Texas+77008&t=h&z=20

In other words, even if there was a pedestrian bridge built between the two Heights bridges to continue a path along the median, a pedestrian would be expected to cross to the sidewalks at the I-10 feeder roads regardless. Our lighted intersections are(apparently) not designed to handle pedestrian traffic crossing in the median safely (although most do anyway).

That is how you are supposed to cross every major intersection with a light along the Heights trail. If you get to 11th or 6th, you will note that there is no crosswalk in front of you that leaves your trail and goes across to the trail directly in front of you. You are supposed to cross right (or left) across Heights with the the light, then cross 6th or 11th, then cross Heights back to the median.

Perhaps Washington Ave gets infected with a zombie plague, but nobody notices any difference between the before and after zombification.

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I'm going to write a short story where a lonely, golden-hearted Wal*Mart trucker with a conscience who is just trying to make a living, accidentally turns onto Yale and goes over the bridge leading to catastrophic structural failure. As the truck plunges into the abyss below, cargo is hurled around in the trailer leading to damage to the top secret Wal*Mart R&D equipment contained therein. The soul essences of Wal*Mart employees mix with the shattered dreams of small town moms and pops, and is subsequently ignited by the spark of imagination from countless chinese underage workers leading to a massive energy release from the resulting matter/anti-matter annihilation. The resulting explosion destroys everything within a quarter mile radius of the bridge and induces some sort of radioactive fallout upon the bedraggled citizens living in the Heights' historic districts. A secondary plot line revolves around the family interactions of one Heights resident who tried to warn everyone about the dangers, and her tragic inability to reach the very people who were in the most danger because she was unable to come across as anything but a self-absorbed know-it-all.

Thats what I said, but I highly doubt the lights will function as described during normal use. Pretty sure the city doesnt go calling every sign that can be flipped on and off to blink at the switch an attention getting device just because it "could" be used that way.

Perhaps if they do blink, strobe or flash. But I doubt they will. The design element is probably supposed to be more similar to the memorial city area lighting where they can pick multiple accent colors.

Thank God for no mixed use. We wouldnt want all that traffic straining the Yale bridge...

I chuckled.

Is this the studio for a regional cable network? Rival cities? Who did we beat out? deer Park and Pearland?

I dont cross where I am supposed to at 11th and heights, but not because it isnt adequately marked, I just break the law because I dont feel likecrossing the road three times when I could just cross once. I also dont seem to have a problem crossing when the light is green and watching for cars turning into the median, though. IMO the trail is much more dangerous at intersections without signals where a car sitting in the median is looking only towards oncoming traffic (ie only to their right) and not the other direction where a jogger might be crossing in front of them. Of course, I only worry about this when I'm in my car, because Im not stupid enough to jog in front of a car who's driver is not looking my direction, but it seems like Im the only one.

I rest my case.

11th and Nicholson is definitely dangerous for an idiot, but I suspect any motivation to address a problem there is driven by frustration of runners and bikers having to wait on traffic at rush hour to cross.

Opening night is May 12. I purchased Dynamo tickets for the first time this year (10 game partial season)

My guess is he thinks this is no OPP because OPP is new construction and this is rehab of space and structure not originally designed for this purpose. Thats why he compared it to Rice, Humble, etc.

Next time you walk around in a big box, patrol the exterior wall and tell me how much space is available for a window and wouldn't suimply be covered over by shelving and fixtures to display merchandise.

Seems like a waste of money for a store that will be open 24 hours a day.

They had a positive impact on my level of entertainment.

From a personal standpoint, I attended Waltrip and when you know people from all over that zone it's not a stretch for people to think of the northern half of Cottage Grove, Timbergrove, Lazybrook, Shady Acres, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest, Candlelight, Shepherd Park Plaza, the Eastern portions of the Heights along Shepherd as all being part of one big neighborhood. I kind of consider Timbergrove, Shady Acres as being "Heights area" but I never considered anything outside the loop (which was Oak Forest to me even in Candlelight, SPP, Garden Oaks) or south of I10. When I lived in the Rice Military area, I kind of considered everything between Buffalo Bayou and I10 all the way from Memorial Park almost all the way to downtown as "the neighborhood"

Enrollment doesnt drive football attendance. Demand for football tickets does, and 40,000 is about right for Houston football. Up to this point, it has taken a great season for them to fill 30,000 seat Robertson.

Why did this thread pop back up for no reason? I guess I'll give it a reason.

Sounds good.

Phase 1 of their pipe dream is the West end, Shepherd to Sabine. Phase 2 is downtown, which is close to "riverwalkification" and addition of a canal through northeast downtown between UH Downtown and the Minute Maid Park area. http://www.buffalobayou.org/pdf/Downtown.pdf

RedScare beat me to it, "have your cake and eat it too" is not about someone who wants a piece of cake, gets it, and eats it, but more along the lines of someone wanting unlimited cake. Meaning that after they eat their peice of cake, they always still need to have another piece, also. Or think of it as everybody gets a piece of cake, and one person eats their own piece and then looks around and cries that everybody else has a piece of cake but them.