Triton
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4 hours ago, Houston19514 said:
The stop you referenced remains closed, I.e., inactive. As do all the other stops at the right turn locations that were closed when the transit lanes weee installed.
Genuinely curious what caused you (and others in this thread) to say otherwise.
What I meant was, they are bringing the stop back to life, not that it was operational.
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3 hours ago, steve1363 said:
@Triton you seem well-connected to influential people! Can you suggest these pedestrian crossings on 11th? And also on Studewood at 8th and Studewood at 6 1/2 where the road goes from 3 to 5 lanes?
Thanks!
I think incorporating islands is a great idea. But you have to remember, we also did a road diet on Studemont. During peak hours, the middle lane would switch between north bound, south bound, and then a neutral turning lane during off-peak hours. They then limited the middle lane to only being a turning lane and installed the islands.
With this mayor, I doubt he would find a way to install islands in the middle of 11th street while also bringing back 4 lanes of traffic.
And I wouldn't say I'm too connected. lol My neighborhood and general area have gone through quite a lot the past several years and once you start attending Superneighborhood meetings, it just comes naturally that you'll meet people that know what's going on... even in the mayor's office. Our area was sort of forced to become politically active, whether we wanted to or not.
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21 hours ago, JLWM8609 said:
So based on this, there might still be changes to the design here and there? I realize nothing substantial...
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17 hours ago, j.33 said:
@Moderators could we move some of the above comments pertaining to Vision Zero rumors to the Vision Zero thread?
Done.
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23 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:
I'm hearing that the mayor is getting rid of the Vision Zero program.
Wow, are you sure? I had not heard of this yet. That would potentially prevent them from getting federal dollars unless they planned to go about this a different way.
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On 3/18/2024 at 9:23 AM, samagon said:
I don't understand needing to go through neighborhood streets though. I can easily go up to the next intersection, do a u-turn, and then go right on 11th
there should be a solution for a left turn though.
Totally agree here and it's odd because I remember seeing a presentation several years back where they had a left turn lane further down that allowed you to u-turn back. Strange that they never implemented it.
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3 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:
This mayor is a clown
Phew! That was a close one... You can tell Houston Ave just got taken off the terrorist's target list now that those medians are gone...
lol
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6 hours ago, steve1363 said:
You'd better come up with a better selling point than this!
Seriously.
I think trying to convince the mayor that we had to create congestion in order to slow down the vehicles is a loosing argument. That's a guarantee to them pulling the bike lanes.
No matter what Whitmire ends up doing, especially with this being the Heights, he has to put in pedestrian safety as a high priority. This is a very walkable area and allowing vehicles going 40mph down this road again is a nonstarter.-
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13 minutes ago, steve1363 said:
It would be a mistake to revert this road to 4 lanes.
I think that's exactly what they would do... just look at what they did with Houston Ave...
QuoteI wonder which "business" was negatively impacted?
Trinity Lutheran Church. Their drivers were inconvenienced with a 5 min delay on 11th St. We must get these masses to Jesus as quickly as possible.
(just kidding)
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On 2/3/2024 at 1:17 PM, Triton said:
I feel anytime I post in the Transportation forum, people are constantly using the sad emoji so I'm sorry to make this post as well...
It is now widely known that for all new bike infrastructure or road makeover projects, every single one of them are on hold and being reassessed if they are not already under construction, from the mayor's office directly.
The rumor mill is now saying that this project will likely be re-evaluated in the near future. There are too many residents in the area saying there is considerable traffic using W 8th (fewer on 10th) streets and that the minimal bike lane usage isn't justifying the traffic backups on 11th. (<--- edit: had this backwards)
Let me reiterate, this is just a rumor at this point.
3 hours ago, JLWM8609 said:So if it's not obvious already how I am getting this info... word travels fast with those in the know, "those in the know" being people connected to the Superneighborhood committees. When the mayor was saying he's going to dismantle the medians on Houston Ave, it was quite widely known within his own office and, shortly after, "those in the know".
So, while the Houston Ave decision was clear cut, "those in the know" are saying the mayor has not indicated within his office what he plans to do on the 11th street lanes.That being said, this project came up in the rumor mill very very early. I think betting markets would favor him removing these bikes lanes. I know that people keep posting in this forum that there isn't any noticeable traffic impact but that's not at all what people are saying that attend the Superneighborhood meetings. I seriously encourage people to attend.... And I imagine the final press release when the mayor announces he'll be removing these bike lanes will mimic some of the wording the representatives keep hearing...
That the lack of bike lane usage does not justify the long queue of cars between Shepherd and Heights Blvd and that traffic is funneling into nearby roads (whether it's MKT or not, that's up to a study to find out).
I personally love all the bike lanes we've added around Houston. It's now so much easier for me to go from the Heights to the Rice area than it ever has been. What worries me here is that if they do remove the 11th street bike lanes, that they do something at the bike crossing at Nicholson St. We will need a light there similar to the one on Yale.
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1 hour ago, j.33 said:
What are you referring to as "this"? If it is the photos that @Triton posted, then those are photos of the red lane design. The red lanes do not have red where the right turns are and do not have red at the end of the hov lanes at each block (which is what their photo shows). The only thing @Triton is showing are the decommissioned stops having their shelters being reinstalled.
Correct.
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9 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:
Yeah it also looks like this will be the painting moving forward to cut costs
What do you mean?
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Looks like these are finished?
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48 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said:
Amazing how much better an intersection feels with a traffic light
It's honestly night and day.
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1 hour ago, JClark54 said:
The Fort Worth-Dallas high-speed rail line is being proposed by the North Central Texas Council of Governments, a regional transport planning body not directly affiliated with Texas Central. You can read about it here:
The NCTCOG is proposing a line from Dallas to Fort Worth that would connect with Texas Central's Dallas station, were one to be built. The route study that drew this discussion was initiated in 2020.
The last presented Texas Central design calls for an elevated Dallas station. NCTCOG's proposal calls for trenching the route along the highway until Dallas, where it will be elevated for the purposes of connecting with the Texas Central station. The stated reason is speeding up the process of transferring from the Fort Worth-Dallas train to the Texas Central portion.
Awesome, thank you.
When I first came across this in /r/Dallas, I thought this was yet another attempt into scaring people about the Texas Central project. I guess this extension will have its own hurdles now.
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1 hour ago, IntheKnowHouston said:
@goofy the Modera Oak Forest topic should have been merged with this one. That's how it usually works and how other moderators go about doing it. However, @Highrise Tower took it upon himself to move this topic out of the Other Neighborhood forum or the Heights forum last year and into this one - Holy Places. He did the same thing last year with the topic about the downtown church transformed into the nightclub by Cle Group. He's always sneaky about it by changing his online status to hidden and making all these changes without any reason (like changing everyone's topic title even shortly after the topic is created, moving topics often to the wrong forums, and on and on.) None of the other moderators do this.I am not sure why you think this is something cynical by moving this to Holy Places.... Honestly, I can see why @Highrise Tower moved the topic here. Your comment makes it like sound like they are some sort of secret spy looking to sabotage the website.. like we're playing Among Us or something. I ask that you please consider that their intent is not hostile. I think that's a reasonable way of going about this.
That being said, since it looks like multifamily is going in here, I will move this over to the Heights subforum.
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13 minutes ago, Houston19514 said:
The project described in the linked Instagram post is not part of the Texas Central project.
Is this some line to Fort Worth or something? I didn't realize there was any other HSR proposed in Texas
Edit: oh so this would be an extension to Fort Worth.
QuoteTo make a long story short, the tentative plans for the Dallas to Fort Worth section include tunnels for Arlington and Fort Worth, but an elevated structure for Dallas, and Dallas officials say they also should have a tunnel.
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19 hours ago, Houston19514 said:
I presume you meant across the street from JPMorgan Chase Tower on Travis.
Yes.
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They reactivated the one next to the JPMorgan Chase Tower on Travis.
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Man the forces of misinformation are strong. Absolute BS story with thousands of people believing this nonsense.... They have no source whatsoever.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4N28wxsHdP/?igsh=MTU5M21hemxnZ2tiYw==
This is part of the Texas Central project.
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As a fellow Coog, this is absolutely insane to see. This looks nothing like what we had even 10 years ago. It's probably one of the most shared images I've gotten in a while around all the alumni groups/discord channels.
It was is amazing to see just how far UofH has come.
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On 3/2/2024 at 1:35 PM, hindesky said:
I find it funny that here we are, nearly 8 years later, and Mayor Sylvester Turner promised that when the White Oak development went in, that the city would spend several millions of dollars to revamp Little White Oak in this one section, to help beautify with all the development going in.
I guess at this point the only thing I can look forward to is TXDOT said in their last NHHIP meeting that they plan to improve the channel and add bike lanes.
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President Trump
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Whoever wins, I hope we keep this baby blue color for Air Force One. I really did not like the design Trump picked... too much black and red that it looked like his planes.
Not only does this blue look nice and classic but it's also such a unique color that it really stands out.