cgallagher Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Drove by Voss yesterday and it is now open. I bet things greatly improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsets Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Could it be the International Festival? I noticed they had some streets closed off. Maybe that messed with the timing of the lights, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Actually, it is a freeway between Shepherd and downtown. A road doesn't have to be labeled an Interstate Highway to be a freeway... A freeway is just a road that has no at-grade intersections, therefore it's safer at high speeds than the alternative. (See this entry on Wikipedia, for example).That length of Memorial isn't a freeway either, it's an expressway. My inner roadgeek is kicking in. Freeways are divided highways have NO at grade crossings with streets, and are fully access controlled. Expressways are divided highways with partial access control, such as the at grade intersection with Jackson Hill St. going west on Memorial between Shepherd and Waugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 That length of Memorial isn't a freeway either, it's an expressway. My inner roadgeek is kicking in. Freeways are divided highways have NO at grade crossings with streets, and are fully access controlled. Expressways are divided highways with partial access control, such as the at grade intersection with Jackson Hill St. going west on Memorial between Shepherd and Waugh.Freeway, Expressway, whatever... Whatever it's called, people still drive too fast and reckless on it considering that there are pedestrians and intersections and plenty of local park traffic. The speed limit is 50, which I think is pushing it, and whenever I'm driving down there in the morning most traffic seems to be doing at least 60+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieseldrvr Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Bah, I think it should be at least 60 if not 70. There's no lights, no people crossing the roads, and a barrier, should be at least freeway speeds. And should be 50 all the way to Chimney Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE_ugh Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Because driving 65 mph over a 50-60 year old road surface full of sudden undulations, blind corners and no shoulders is real safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Because driving 65 mph over a 50-60 year old road surface full of sudden undulations, blind corners and no shoulders is real safe.It does add a bit of excitement to your life, though....if you survive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Bah, I think it should be at least 60 if not 70. There's no lights, no people crossing the roads, and a barrier, should be at least freeway speeds.It's also got narrow lanes, uneven surfaces, no shoulders, and other issues that make your suggested speed limits inapplicable to its road type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 It's also got narrow lanes, uneven surfaces, no shoulders, and other issues that make your suggested speed limits inapplicable to its road type.Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Why increase the speed on Memorial? It and Allen are two of the best, if not THE best leisurely drives in all of Houston--no lights, no freeway congestion, no stop signs. Just curves, inclines, greenspace, and the skyline. I think "park"way is an absolutely appropriate term for Memorial and Allen--unlike St. Joseph "Park"way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10gig Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Sounds like another set of whiney NIMBY's. Boo-hoo. The road is coming. I'll make sure to enjoy it as I commute through. Jeebus, Contrary to what you may think, the residents of the neighborhood are not whiney NIMBY's. That section of Bunker Hill dead ends into Long Point which makes it a road to nowhere. I already commute through the neighborhood just fine everyday without it being 4 lanes. I believe the residents didn't care for the back door dealings with Metro National and the TIRZ or the ultra cozy partnership between the city and the TIRZ to build sections of the road that are NOT in the TIRZ's boundaries. Furthermore, it was a shame that land donated by the Look family (who had a farm there) was being decimated, along with Look Road, 100 year old water oaks and migratory bird habitats along the bayou. The City also fails to fall out of love with too large lanes that encourage speeders by the elementary school. Please drive down Pech Road and tell me if that is a wise use of our tax dollars. Puleeease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Wahoo Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Well Memorial drive is 2 lanes at some points and it has done fine all these years, I don't think Bunkhill should be widened with Voss and Gessner already available to be used. I suppose it has been "fine," but it would be a hell of a lot better if it were two lanes all the way down it instead of going down to 1 for that stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I suppose it has been "fine," but it would be a hell of a lot better if it were two lanes all the way down it instead of going down to 1 for that stretch.I like the stretches a that are one lane. It keeps the traffic down to mostly residents only. The two lanes stretches are a congested nightmare at rush hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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