j.33 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Yesterday, there was a Capital & Strategic Committee Mtg and a big portion of it was on Inner-Katy. As of now, looks like staff will recommend 3 stations - Memorial Park, Shepherd/Durham, and Studemont. I think not having a fourth station at Yale/Heights will be a huge miss as Studemont will not really connect to the Heights. Again, these can possibly change as options still remain open, but seems like this is the stance METRO is taking with stations. Design should start after August 2022 and they mentioned a 2027 opening as well. Meeting will be linked below: https://ridemetro.granicus.com/player/clip/2263?view_id=5&redirect=true 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 I was actually gonna mention that! Looks like you beat me to the punch :) Also, they mentioned the downtown segment- they’re pushing for the Franklin/Bagby station, they’ll be using the Capitol/Rusk alignment, and they’ll have a station at EaDo/St Emmanuel. I was still sort of unclear on how they’ll use the LRT infrastructure - are they gonna be literally driving on the tracks? Or is it another separate lane? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 I like the idea of a Memorial Park station. Then I can get from downtown to the park without having to drive. The Shepherd might have potential, but I'd have to see a map of the proposed alignment. I don't know that a fourth station is needed, but I certainly think Yale/Heights would be better than Studemont. More access to commercial space and higher density housing. Unless the idea is to spur such development in the Studemont area. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.33 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 @BEES?! will travel with light rail trains in the same lane and share the same station. They will dedicate the lane for transit use only, so the current configuration with private automobiles driving on the light rail tracks would be prohibited. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Okay! That’ll be really great, then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Metro-to-bridge-rapid-transit-between-Uptown-17024285.php 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonizepic Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/20/2022 at 11:54 AM, editor said: I like the idea of a Memorial Park station. Then I can get from downtown to the park without having to drive. The Shepherd might have potential, but I'd have to see a map of the proposed alignment. I don't know that a fourth station is needed, but I certainly think Yale/Heights would be better than Studemont. More access to commercial space and higher density housing. Unless the idea is to spur such development in the Studemont area. studemont has the new metro boost thing so I think they are trying to spur more medium/high density development along it, but I agree, yale/heights would make more sense IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 2 hours ago, pokemonizepic said: studemont has the new metro boost thing so I think they are trying to spur more medium/high density development along it, but I agree, yale/heights would make more sense IMO Yeah but Studemont def needs more density. It looks terrible right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Metro flyover video. the comments are pretty funny lol 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 That song does slap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemonizepic Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 next meeting at 6PM on may 4th 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEES?! Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Metro posted the PDF for the May 4th virtual meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Looks like they are going with Memorial Park, Shepherd/Durham, and Studemont. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 4:38 PM, BEES?! said: Metro posted the PDF for the May 4th virtual meeting. Wow... That was a lot of unnecessary hunting and clicking to get to that document. Reminds me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. “But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'” 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChannelTwoNews Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 Given that a number of the other line/route specific projects have threads are being kept up with - and this project has been mentioned elsewhere I thought it would make sense to add to it. https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2023/02/01/metros-inner-katy-corridor-project-advances-to-design-phase/ - From 2/1/23 "The Federal Transit Administration has now approved the categorical exclusion for this project, said Tom Lambert, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County CEO, during a Jan. 26 board meeting. “This milestone moves this regionally significant project forward into the design phase,” Lambert said." This is the current version of the route on the METRO page for the project. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) So are we talking about a late 2025/early 2026 start date now for construction, not 2027? Edited March 29, 2023 by j_cuevas713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JClark54 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 METRO posted a project video yesterday: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 I hope all those sky bridges will be air-conditioned and have moving sidewalks. If they are, I can get to target in like 12 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 the Houston Polo club is going to fight elevated lanes so close to their property. looks pretty cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 20 hours ago, JClark54 said: METRO posted a project video yesterday: I don't see why they can't just do it over the HOV lane in the middle of the highway instead of cutting down those hundreds of trees/ expanding the width of the highway. I might be alone on this, but I hateeeeee the design. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbryanisbeastx Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 38 minutes ago, Amlaham said: I might be alone on this, but I hateeeeee the design. I'm sure we've been over this many times but I wish they woulda just extended the green or purple line down washington :( 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Amlaham said: I don't see why they can't just do it over the HOV lane in the middle of the highway instead of cutting down those hundreds of trees/ expanding the width of the highway. I might be alone on this, but I hateeeeee the design. I've been thinking the same man! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Amlaham said: I don't see why they can't just do it over the HOV lane in the middle of the highway instead of cutting down those hundreds of trees/ expanding the width of the highway. I might be alone on this, but I hateeeeee the design. Maybe because there is no HOV lane in the middle of the highway?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Maybe because there is no HOV lane in the middle of the highway?? Also, stations in the middle of the highway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chempku Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 8 hours ago, xbryanisbeastx said: I'm sure we've been over this many times but I wish they woulda just extended the green or purple line down washington :( By doing this you ends up having maybe 100x more protests than the current BRT route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 15 hours ago, xbryanisbeastx said: I'm sure we've been over this many times but I wish they woulda just extended the green or purple line down washington :( I don't think these are mutually exclusive options. The Inner Katy BRT is a true "express" route from Downtown to Uptown. A Washington tram line would (presumably) be more local. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 17 hours ago, Houston19514 said: Maybe because there is no HOV lane in the middle of the highway?? There are bus lanes in the middle of 610 that were recently built without HOV lanes. There doesn't need to be HOV lanes to build elevated lanes in the middle. 14 hours ago, 004n063 said: Also, stations in the middle of the highway? In all fairness, whoever is using it to go to the Heights (north of i10) will still have to cross the highway with the current design, at least if it was in the middle it would be split between those traveling north and south of i10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Amlaham said: There are bus lanes in the middle of 610 that were recently built without HOV lanes. There doesn't need to be HOV lanes to build elevated lanes in the middle. But there does need to be HOV lanes in order to build elevated lanes above HOV lanes as you proposed. 😉 But more to the point, probably because TxDot is planning to construct elevated managed lanes above the center of the freeway. Edited March 31, 2023 by Houston19514 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 50 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: But there does need to be HOV lanes in order to build elevated lanes above HOV lanes as you proposed. 😉 But more to the point, probably because TxDot is planning to construct elevated managed lanes above the center of the freeway. Ohhhh I see what you mean. There aren't HOV lanes on that portion of i10. I really wish they would replicate the 610 portion of the bus lanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I-10 Inner Katy Corridor managed lanes from Voss Road to I-45 Virtual public meeting with in-person option Virtual: Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at 5 p.m. In-person: Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, from 5 to 7 p.m. The proposed project would include approximately 6.3 miles of new managed lanes, reconstructing the existing general-purpose lanes, and expanding the current drainage system. I-10 between the project limits consists of five 12-foot-wide general-purpose lanes in each direction, 8 to 10 foot-wide shoulders, a discontinuous frontage road system varying between 2 to 3 12-foot-wide lanes, and 6-foot-wide sidewalks. The existing right-of-way is approximately 415-feet-wide. TxDOT is currently considering two alternatives to add four managed lanes which will be presented at this public meeting to compare to the no-build scenario. The two alternatives are: 1) Elevated Managed Lanes where the proposed managed lanes would be on an elevated structure with minimal right-of-way (ROW) needed (approximately 0.34 acres) and no residential or business displacements and 2) Non-elevated Managed Lanes where the proposed managed lanes would be located at the same grade as the general purpose lanes, expanding the ROW needed (approximately 12.54 additional acres), with displacements of approximately 52 residential structures and 30 businesses/commercial structures. The proposed project would, subject to final design considerations, require additional ROW and potentially displace 52 residential structures and 30 business/commercial structures. Relocation assistance is available for displaced persons and businesses. Information about the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act and services and benefits for those displaced and other affected property owners, as well as information about the tentative schedule for ROW acquisition, may be obtained from the ROW Project Delivery Manager by calling 713-802-5753. The proposed project would involve an action in a floodplain. Any environmental documentation or studies, maps and drawings showing the project location and design, tentative construction schedules, and other information regarding the proposed project are on file and available for review Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the TxDOT Houston District Office, 7600 Washington Avenue, Houston, Texas 77007. https://www.txdot.gov/projects/hearings-meetings/houston/i10-inner-katy-managed-lanes-020624.html https://www.txdot.gov/projects/hearings-meetings.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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