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  1. mfastx
    Fun while it lasted. Does Lufthansa still use an A380?
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    Really a nice building. Only thing I can take away from it is how far back it is from the street, making it suburban in nature. But guess I can't expect too much with it being on a feeder road.
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    Damn, that looks pretty sweet. Looks like something you'd see in DC.
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    Soo much work to be done around Toyota Center but it's moving in the right direction for sure.
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    True, but Houstonians did approve those lines, so if the plans change, at least give them a chance to vote on those change of plans. Personally I don't see the point in referendums, but Houston has already gone that route.
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    That Hilton Americas has really aged well, beautiful building.
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    Commuter rail is different than what I referenced, and I think it would be a good idea, but it'd take a lot longer to see the returns on that than rapid transit heavy rail. METRO has already have spent so much on the HOV network, I wonder if they should try to improve that service somehow.
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    Oh it'd definitely be over 100,000 if just the voter approved University and Uptown lines were built. Hell, maybe even just the University Line. Houston would get much better results if it went with grade separated heavy rail over a broader area as opposed to concentrated light rail, but that ship has long sailed I guess. It is unfortunate that Metro seemingly has no interest in rail expansion even though they owe the voters two more rail lines.
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    Now THAT is what a development should look like.
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    I actually kind of agree, especially when viewed at ground level. I get why it's so prominently featured as there is a nice parkland and bayou running in the foreground, but the buildings are really spaced out and it just doesn't look dense.
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    One of the reason I wish Houston did more to try and build heavy rail is that we have a lot of areas that would be great if connected by transit but are far away. Light rail connecting both airports would be great, but heavy rail would achieve significantly more ridership, especially since IAH is so far away from where most people live. Knowing that we've gone ahead and built light rail, I would extend the red line north with limited stops in the less densely populated areas to speed up travel times as much as possible. It's much too slow when being run in the middle of the street, so some grade separation would have to be involved. I think a light rail connection to Hobby would get more ridership, and we're already almost there. Just running it down Broadway to the airport would get decent ridership IMO.
  12. mfastx
    They're persistent, gotta give 'em that.
  13. mfastx
    Are you talking about the Record of Decision? If so that was like over five years ago, I don't think METRO is even close to concerned with constructing the University line at this point, unfortunately.
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    Lol, that "NEADO" has to be a joke.
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    Damn what a dead zone southeast of the Toyota Center, glad something is proposed for that area.
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    They're just gonna leave that crappy wall up on the right side??
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    I mean I'd live there.
  18. mfastx
    Turner should focus on getting the damn University line built, TxDOT does the freeways and they never seem to have any shortage of money.
  19. mfastx
    Heh, yea my fantasy system would likely cost like $25-30 billion, but it'd get amazing ridership. Neither here nor there though.
  20. mfastx
    I've always thought a heavy rail subway under Westheimer from like Beltway 8 all the way into downtown would get great ridership.
  21. mfastx
    Looks interesting, TxDOT always seems to have a ton of money for stuff like this, so why not?
  22. mfastx
    610 from 290 to 59 is absolute and total suckage, c'mon man.
  23. mfastx
    Wow I love that, looks like something you'd see in Buenos Aires.
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    If Houston already had some form of commuter rail and had a suitable station downtown, then it would have had a better shot IMO. Houston is just really behind in it's transit infrastructure, and has a joke of an Amshack station downtown. It really sucks, hopefully one day a better station is built downtown and the TCR line may be extended. Hopefully.
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    I think it was also about actually constructing a suitable station downtown, Dallas already has a station that could accommodate HSR. They'd have to construct an entire station where real estate is most expensive. Maybe sometime in the future a new station will be constructed downtown and service will be extended, hopefully.
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