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I got word that there's a good possibility that it may be subbed. The 787-9 hasn't been delivered to the base at IAH yet. It was supposed to be delivered last week.

There could be decals on the car saying Lyft or Uber that would tip them off. Dealers could also get suspicious when you're coming in frequently for oil changes, tire rotations, or filter changes at a higher rate than your average driver due to racking up more miles in a short period of time, but they could also attribute that to the driver having a job that requires them to frequently travel long distances.

Oh, I thought you were talking about the downtown Days Inn. Didn't see the Midtown there. You're right, that sucker is pretty close to the freeway, and the Wendy's across the street is almost under the freeway!

Vehicle warranties are also voided if the manufacturer discovers that the vehicle has been autocrossed, or taken to a track day event.I have heard of manufacturers sending people to those events for the purpose of recording plate numbers and comparing it to VINs to see if the car is under their warranty, and if it is, voiding the warranty. As a result, some owners run their cars in those events with the plates covered or removed. I would not be surprised if they do the same thing with cars that have visible indicators of being used for Uber or Lyft, especially since you can't run plateless or with covered plates on public roads.

I think it's always been House of Pies. After that fire last year, the news articles mentioned that it had been there since 1967, and Historic Aerials doesn't show it to be there in the 1966 view.

I've also heard that using your personal car as a taxi for Uber or Lyft can void your vehicle's warranty, since most warranties are voided if it's discovered that you've used the car for limo/taxi/livery service. There are special warranties out there for cars used as limos, taxis, hearses, and other professional vehicles, but I guess that's not an issue if you have an older vehicle that's out of warranty.

I think you were looking at 2016 Main. The Days Inn is about 2 blocks north of the freeway. That Midtown Fiesta sign looks cool from the air at night, too. I saw it when flying into Hobby one night from BWI on Southwest a few years ago. We did the runway 12R approach coming in out of the northeast, looping around downtown over Fourth Ward, Montrose, Midtown, still banking over the Sears and Fiesta at about 1,800 feet and finally leveling out over Third Ward.

Matthew Knowles (Beyonce's father) was on 9.79 this morning and claims he's considering running for mayor. Go to 11:40 to hear him. I think it's just all talk. http://player.theplatform.com/p/BCY3OC/TopOfListBaseline/select/gPqRriZkzFbf

That's who was driving the truck that fell off of the ramp from 59 north to 610 west the other day.

You can sometimes find wiper blades for $2 a piece at rockauto.com if you catch them on a closeout sale. I have a few pairs. They might squeak sometimes, but you won't get nicked by some inspection station that wants to make money off of wiper blade sales.

I would guess that we don't have dedicated truck routes because trucks are present in just about every part of town, and they use all the freeways to get to their destinations. Since we can't keep trucks off of our freeways, there are other steps that have been taken, such as TxDOT banning trucks from being in the left lane of some of our freeways in the metro areas. There's also Houston's designation of 610 as a Haz-Mat route and the prohibition of Haz-Mat trucks on the Pierce Elevated and 59 Elevated to keep Haz-Mat trucks out of the city. http://www.houstontx.gov/police/teu/haz-mat.htm

I still have my Power Card from 1999. It looks like it'll eventually become inactive and I'll have to get the My Link card. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/houston/article/Get-a-new-library-card-watch-your-overdue-fines-5746668.php

Considering what's going on in Dallas, I wouldn't be surprised if the limits are raised back to their pre-2002 levels. The Texas Legislature banned environmental speed limits in 2003. Previously enacted environmental speed limits could remain, but no new miles of roadways can be subjected to environmental speed limits. So, if the limits do get raised to pre-2002 levels, I wouldn't be surprised if some roadways that were previously 70 mph roads stay at 65 mph due to increases in development and traffic in previously rural areas.

That's how it was prior to 2002 when the speed limits were lowered for air pollution reasons. Inside the loop and on the loop, the limit was 60 mph, but I think there were some 55 mph sections pre-dating the speed limit drop near downtown. Outside the loop, the limit was 65 mph. Outside the beltway and on the Sam Houston Tollway and on the Hardy Tollway, the limit was 70 mph daytime; 65 mph night. In fact, part of the Southwest Freeway had a 65 mph speed limit INSIDE 610. One odd thing was after the speed limits were lowered, the HOV speed limits stayed at the pre-2002 level. For some reason, the HOV lanes didn't need to have their speed limits lowered, so you'd have an HOV with a 70 mph limit, and the parallel mainlanes were only at 55 or 60.

It's not that simple to clear some accidents. There's cleanup (especially if fuel has leaked), sometimes the victims can't be moved until they're properly stabilized because moving them may cause death or further injury, or there can be be damage to the roadway that needs to be addressed before the highway reopens, like in the case of the 18-wheeler that flew off the ramp from 59 north to 610 west this morning and fell onto the mainlanes below and caused some damage to the center barrier.

It was raised to just 75, but everyone goes 80-85. I think the cops don't care as much now since you're only cruising at 5 mph over the limit instead of 10 over. I like the higher limit, but I just wish they would do something about these people in the left lane who don't realize it's the passing lane.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30717-cip-improvements-along-shepherd-drive/

You'll be fine as long as you wear a wax paper hat whenever the card is on you. You may ask, "why not a tin foil hat?" Well, the tin foil industry wants you to think that tin foil blocks trackers, but it reality just makes their pockets fatter and the signals stronger!

DART may have Diesel-Electric hybrids like METRO.

Does anyone have any links to schematics for how these new ramps will be laid out?

Gotcha.

You mean 59 southbound, right?

I immediately thought about samagon's suggestion when I read article this this morning. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/transportation/article/Project-aims-to-untie-I-45-northbound-traffic-knot-5736953.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&t=6220c6aed20519a485

Some suggested this as an idea to reduce traffic on another thread not too long ago.

The buyers of the Weingarten home have been revealed. They will restore the home and expand the kitchen. http://swamplot.com/buyers-will-restore-weingarten-mansion-expand-kitchen-call-it-home/2014-09-02/