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  1. kdog08
    You're right it was off topic. However, don't misconstrue that statement as saying the outer loop doesn't need deserve or need funding.
  2. kdog08
    Here's the thing, most of the employment in the suburbs aren't conductive to transit in 2013 and the present future. They simply aren't as dense, don't have as good of a street grid, lack existing mass transit and sidewalks are not continuous as our inner core employment centers. Next our freeway system is hub and spoke and has HOV/HOT lanes designed to deliver commuters into the city. We need to capitalize were we have already made the investment, the low hanging fruit of our inner core. When you add up DT, Med Center, Greenway Plaza, Uptown, UofH, Rice, and HCC/UHD that's quite a bit of jobs and students. I think expanding P&R to the outer employment centers and beginning to lay the ground is a good idea but the inner core should be the focus. It's where the job density is.
  3. kdog08
    Do they own the entire block? Could fit another apartment or some retail there if they sold the undeveloped part.
  4. kdog08
    Do we know the status of the park?
  5. kdog08
    I know it will be unpopular but we will need a regional plan that would require bonds. It could be something as simple as increasing park&ride service in the suburbs into uptown, greenway plaza, DT, and Med Center. It would be great if we can do that along with the University Line plus adding some quickline service (why hasn't this happened on Westheimer?) and improving bus service. If we could connect our suburbs with our densest, most walkable, and transit accessible employment/activity centers, then that would help mobility.
  6. kdog08
    This particular stretch of Eldridge is pretty nice and fairly dense. Lots of parks (Terry Hershey is great) and good public schools.
  7. kdog08
    As it is setup now, P&R feeds into DT Houston and makes up a nice chunk of ridership. It would be a great idea to expand P&R across METRO's area into our denser employment centers. The crux of the issue is the lack of balance of funding and vision for alternatives to solo commuting that has taken hold for greater than a half century when Houston began to take off.
  8. kdog08
    Thanks, good info.
  9. kdog08
    Nothing to take away from this except another undeveloped lot bites the dust.
  10. kdog08
    Awesome, this one went under the radar.
  11. kdog08
    .... so that be high?
  12. kdog08
    Pardon my ignorance, is that a very high asking price?
  13. kdog08
    Anyone know if they own they vacant lot south of this along Richmond and next to 24 hour fitness?
  14. kdog08
    My ideal transit system is having the money to run more buses, "quickline" service, p&r, and build the rest of the light rail.
  15. kdog08
    I really think Houston will soon be a vastly underrated convention city/major sports events city by the time the Superbowl arrives in 2017. By the major sports events, I mean all star games, NCAA final 4, college bowl games, superbowls, soccer matches, world cups, and Olympics.
  16. kdog08
    I think you have it backwards. Montrose, Midtown, and Heights are still adding people and retail, it is downtown that is catching up.
  17. kdog08
    Hess 2.0?
  18. kdog08
    Downtown will become an underestimated sports destination. We have 4 professional teams' stadiums along with UH building a new stadium all centrally located and connected by rail. We have almost 2000 hotel rooms that will be coming online by Superbowl. Critical mass is what is keeping downtown from being more than a 9-5 destination.
  19. kdog08
    Wow, so this will be across the way from the dreaded bus station.
  20. kdog08
    It's clean, but more glass would compliment HEB a bit more. I would certainly prefer a brick and with extra glass facade.
  21. kdog08
    The problem with Metro is that it can't act regionally and can only afford to build major infrastructure projects at the expense of maintaining/expanding local routes.
  22. kdog08
    I don't see how that would be ideal given the cost. A perfect compromise would be to submerge rail at a handful of key intersections.
  23. kdog08
    Westheimer would be perfect "Quickline" service from hwy 6 to I45. The Kirby and Montrose management district need work together to upgrade the woeful sidewalks and streetscapes, along with the city along the vast majority of the road. However, it is the Montrose part that needs to be a priority infrastructure wise.
  24. kdog08
    I would build the light rail as planned except have it go through Afton Oaks and have it submerged at the 4 most busy intersections. Furthermore, the light rail wouldn't be built at the expense of local bus and P&R bus; in fact they would be expanded.
  25. kdog08
    So is this taller than BG Main Place or whatever it is called?
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