mako Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 It occurred to me today that there might be a proposal that could unite (or bring together in opposition) the many disparate positions about the Alexan Heights & Yale, Wal-Mart & Public transport in the Heights. Why don't we build a monorail from the Walmart parking lot to the Trammel-Crow parking lot along 5th & Yale, bypassing the infamous bridge of death on Yale? No need for pedestrian sidewalks along the also infamous non-sidewalk zone in the Walmart tax-rebate zone. Maybe something both pro & anti-development folks could agree on??? Hee, hee, yeah, I do know better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I'm with you brother, right after my dream of converting the astrodome to a state- of- the- art combo vertical/aquatic indoor farm is realized. Sigh, it's too bad niche isn't here to see the FNG ideas. I think he'd love the idea of (almost) door to door transport to walmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 In the spirit of the historic ordinance, I think it'd be preferable to buy a Victorian-era steam train for the trip to Walmart and back, with mule drawn carriages as backup in case the steam engine breaks down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 In the spirit of the historic ordinance, I think it'd be preferable to buy a Victorian-era steam train for the trip to Walmart and back, with mule drawn carriages as backup in case the steam engine breaks down. Oh hell no! RUDH and Steampunks? I'm not sure I can take that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 In keeping with the 1920s heyday of the Heights, I think the proper public transit medium should be electric streetcars. There is room to put a streetcar line along Yale if we cut down the trees along the side of the road. We can replace lost caliper inches of trees by planting more trees in the Walmart parking lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) And while we're at it lets raise some money to restore one of the *Local* power plants to generate electricity for this line. In keeping with the Victorian era, it should be powered by coal. Edited July 21, 2013 by TGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Lets be even more historic and have horses readily available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Lets be even more historic and have horses readily available...But why would you need a a horse when public transit is the wave of the future. Horses are going away, but the Heights trolly is here to stay.What is going to happen when congestion on the Yale bridge reaches a point where you are at a standstill and the manure is piling up? The sheer amount of horseflurf could impact the structural integrity of the bridge for generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Horseflurf is a renewable energy source. We will build a horseflurf plant and become the envy of the nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Horseflurf is a renewable energy source. We will build a horseflurf plant and become the envy of the nation. There is at least one horseflurf plant already in full operation somewhere in the Heights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 It seems to me that Horseflurf is already available in abundance on HAIF. If it was only so abundant in reality it could power all of the transportation needs for the area for generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Well, what the hell, I'll go all in...let's power the electric street cars with wood fired furnaces from the oaks we cut down along Yale... or wood fired locomotives? Do they make wood-fired monorails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Well, what the hell, I'll go all in...let's power the electric street cars with wood fired furnaces from the oaks we cut down along Yale... or wood fired locomotives?Do they make wood-fired monorails?In the end it's all run on gas or gasification of something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It seems to me that Horseflurf is already available in abundance on HAIF. If it was only so abundant in reality it could power all of the transportation needs for the area for generations.This is actually one of the most rational transit conversations that I've had on HAIF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverJK Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 We can only use horseflurf of a certain size and color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) We can only use horseflurf of a certain size and color All petitions for horseflurf that do not meet these standards will through the Houston Association of Horseflurf Connoisseurs petition process. This elite council will take into consideraton each submitted request, judging the provided samples for that special vintage flavor & complexity so savored by the elite. Edited July 23, 2013 by TGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I heard today that RUDH has reformed as "Responsible for Urban Development of Horseflurf". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I heard today that RUDH has reformed as "Responsible for Urban Development of Horseflurf". Is this a different group than "Responsible Use of Detritus and Horseflurf"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Is this a different group than "Responsible Use of Detritus and Horseflurf"?Yes. One creates the horseflurf and the other distributes it. Same board of directors, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I've obtained their on-boarding video.http://youtu.be/8Bfe6CgYbH8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Retinue United for Designer Horseflurf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 In the end it's all run on gas or gasification of something. hmmm...well if gas or gasification of something is the driving force maybe all of us who are more or less lactose intolerant can agree to drink a glass of milk for breakfast and contribute to the common good...free methane for the urban biotrain! Maybe if it was fashioned along the lines of the little go-carts at Disney World that give you a steering wheel but keep you on a fixed track it would be acceptable to Houston car-lovers??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hyperloop???...a people pipeline???, man, Texas should be all over this. With all our pipeline experience we could slap a people pipeline under the bayou and solve all our mobility problems in a flash. Just put people pipelines out to all the chemical plants along the ship channel, use their existing pipeline ROW and we'd get half the pickup trucks in Houston off the roads at shift-change time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hyperloop???...a people pipeline???, man, Texas should be all over this. With all our pipeline experience we could slap a people pipeline under the bayou and solve all our mobility problems in a flash. Just put people pipelines out to all the chemical plants along the ship channel, use their existing pipeline ROW and we'd get half the pickup trucks in Houston off the roads at shift-change time.There are a few mass-transit folks that I would love to offer a complementary pig/pipeline ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 There are a few mass-transit folks that I would love to offer a complementary pig/pipeline ride.And a few (well, one) hysterical people, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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