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  1. urban909
    Here is another angle from yesterday.
  2. urban909
    For those of you who are interested in the Richmond/University Line designation as a transit corridor street: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N5ICPCPQWTdKKQtTIuXQSzBdhvQPMU5DASz1DxF6RBk/viewform and: http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6239/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14775 There is also a public meeting at City Hall today at 2:30.
  3. urban909
    Awesome!
  4. urban909
    Or these (Montrose1100 you beat on two of those pics): Edit: First pic is from arndthwrld82 link
  5. urban909
    I think a lot of people have hit on what I would consider an "ideal" transit system for Houston; dedicated BRT/busways (I always have been a fan of the trolleybus), inner-city light rail tied into a commuter rail system that hit some of the outer suburbs/economic areas (i.e. Katy, The Woodlands, etc) along with HOV lanes, etc. I would also like to throw in dedicated (and seperated bike lanes) not only from a safety standpoint, but from an business economic stimulator. Along with streetcars in dedicated areas that tie into the larger system light rail/commuter rail/bus system (East End, Washington/Montrose areas); this as a "people accelerator" or "last mile" solution/business economic stimulator. Also would be ideal to have car sharing programs around major economic/employment/residential areas.
  6. urban909
    I was curious what a Holiday Inn Flagship Hotel was/looked like, and came across this one in Shanghai: Check out the pool!
  7. urban909
    Thanks, I updated the post.
  8. urban909
    Hobby Airport Southwest Airlines has a new website dedicated to the international terminal being constructed, along with construction progess and contruction related travel notifications, etc. Has a neat historical timeline along with photos as well: http://houhobby.com/
  9. urban909
    Triton, how fast was it moving along? Nice catch btw.
  10. urban909
    Apparently a rail car is going to be towed along the line: http://www.gometrorail.org/clients/2491/537923.pdf
  11. urban909
    Does anyone know how the building/garage will be set up on the lot? What direction the building/garage will face, etc? I didn't see any answers to my own questions with an earlier post.
  12. urban909
    What I am saying is that transit options shouldn't be looked at from a single viewpoint, i.e. "traffic reduction". (See induced demand to answer both of your questions).
  13. urban909
    I'll take that a step further: Is there a city of comparable size (with multimodal transit options) that doesn't have rush hour traffic?
  14. urban909
    Here is a photo from Friday, however, I had to take it with my phone (I could have swore I had my camera on me).
  15. urban909
    Dang...I should have bought a skyscraper instead of a house.
  16. urban909

    Southwest Airlines

    urban909 replied to editor's topic in Planes

    Source? (not a tweet)
  17. urban909
    I haven't noticed a difference, they are both horrible. I heard on NPR a while back the the US has the worst vehicle accident rate, versus other developed, albeit it "Western" countries, with Texas leading the charge in vehicle accidents within the US. And I believe Houston just made the top 10 recently as far as pedestrian deaths/accidents. (I was almost a statistic last Thursday...thanks white Tahoe).
  18. urban909
    And that's exactly what happened to NG prices. We have such an oversupply at the moment that prices have dropped dramatically. As a side benefit of this, CO2 emissions in the US have dropped to a 20 year low, as it’s cheaper for power companies to use gas, versus other, more expensive sources, such as coal. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/us-emissions-idUSBRE8710CB20120802 (one of many sources)
  19. urban909
    Like this but larger/vertical? Kidding.
  20. urban909
    Here is a phone shot from yesterday and hopefully ya'll can make out some of the progress. I'll bring an actual camera to get a better closeup from this angle next time around.
  21. urban909
    Because I am old-school like that.
  22. urban909
    I thought I was going to get a better angle from my office window of the site (I would have to slip into my bosses office to get a good picture).I drove by earlier this week, however, and it looks like they have been tearing up the surface lot.
  23. urban909
    Until there is an official announcement from HAS/United, I am not going to put any stock into a 'tweet'...
  24. urban909
    John Culberson has released a survery regarding the proposed University Line. (via houstontomorrow.org) http://www.houstontomorrow.org/initiatives/story/respond-to-representative-culbersons-transit-survey/
  25. urban909
    Out of curiosity, I went-a-lookin' around on gometrorail.org and didn't find anything. On a side note, has anyone else noticed this rendering that has the LRV's mixing with traffic?
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