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Here's what's going on with the downtown crossing construction. They have to avoid Texans weekends.
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Houston would have had the world's first light rail (passanger) /freight rail crossing at grade. can you say CHEAP!
Not the only one! http://g.co/maps/b4wnn
But yeah, it was a very misguided idea.
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I think there should be an airport station, but that wouldn't necessarily mean all trains would stop there. Most trains would be express, and a few would run between IAH and downtown since we do not currently have any transit service connecting the two (besides the 102 bus, but that takes about an hour to get to downtown).
The way they've gained the support of the airlines is by promising stops at the airports and keeping open the possibility of allowing them to operate the trains. By diverting short-hop flights to rail they can open up landing slots for more profitable, long-haul flights.
This is also part of the idea behind the California HSR and HS2 in England. Shifting those flights to rail will cut congestion at the airports and save billions on airport expansion that would otherwise be necessary.
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That's a good idea since they will probably be losing part of their current showroom when the University Line is built.
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I agree, Why did they not put it up to the street? You would think that with the rail eventually going through and with other mixed use developments like the BBVA Compass Bank development down the street going up that they would want to make it pedestrian friendly.
Just speculating, but could they be anticipating some property takings when the rail line is built?
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If you want to see the site plans you could pop into the North Corridor office near Fulton & Boundary. I haven't had occasion to do so yet.
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The casons being poured just east of the Main St. tunnel are, in fact, for the elevated Burnett station.
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I really hope all of the area from West Ave to Rice Village eventually transforms to these type of developments. I wonder if it is even possible.
Kirby is such a pleasant, walkable street.
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New ped bridges across the bayou are going in at Tierwester (near Scott) and in Hermann Park to connect to the new MacGregor underpass. It was in the news a while back but I can't find it now.
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There's still lots of work to go though. I look forward to the day the whole trail system there is hardtop - at least asphalt. - The stretch under Memorial is still terrible - Hopefully that will eventually get paved, lighted and landscaped.
3,000 feet of new trail this summer and more work starting in fall.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7425998.html
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Regarding how far west the tracks will go, last I heard trains will turn back on a new bridge over Buffalo Bayou.
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The Red Line is to close this weekend due to TMC bridge construction. Why do they have to close the whole damn thing? Can't they bridge stations with buses, like when it floods?
I was going to ride it to two destinations this weekend.
If the wires have to be deenergized and the work goes on all night then trains can't make it back to the maintenance and cleaning facility. That's my guess.
You can still ride the shuttle buses. They will be running more often than the trains would so total travel time should be similar.
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The bridge has been open to traffic since last week, though not all turn movements are allowed on the TMC side. Pedestrian trails haven't been connected, but they may be waiting for whatever Project Brays work is imminent before doing that.
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Bucket trucks on site today, possibly working on the TMC side traffic lights. That intersection is a mess, though, with the Braeswood construction.
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Y'all should check out the bridge at night. It's got some cool lighting effects. I don't remember the specifics, but I thought it looked cool last time I ran by there at night.
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That rendering conveniently omits the low, ugly building next door along Fannin.
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Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited departs Houston at 9:50 pm MWF and the station is withing walking distance of Preston. That doesn't explain Sunday, though.
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It could be Charles and Anne Duncan. They recently gave the money for a new residential college at Rice.
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Personally, I think that once we have light rail, we'll be more like Dallas.
:shrug:
I think we'll be like Houston, only better.
Definitely easier to get around.
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I heard that the present holdup is permission from the power company to move poles and lines. The street can't be widened until that occurs.
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They will almost certainly open in stages. My bet is on the East End Line (minus Magnolia TC because of the bridge/tunnel issue) and the Downtown portion of Southeast to open first, followed by the rest of Southeast and North. At this point the University Line is the biggest laggard and the Uptown line can't open until after that. I'm more skeptical every day that it will all happen by 2012, though I'm told construction on the Main Street Line only took 3 years, so i guess time will tell.
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http://www.gometrorail.org/go/doc/2491/1336803/