samagon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) if there's so much need for more vehicle capacity along the corridor, then I wonder why the Hardy extension is on hold? Edited July 19, 2021 by samagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iah77 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Since when do politicians care about what is actually needed* versus what they "think" should be needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 This feels way too dangerous to bike down. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexAmerican_Moose Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 13 hours ago, Triton said: This feels way too dangerous to bike down. looks fun on a motorcycle tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 So i'm relatively young and grew up on the south side of Houston. Never had any friends on the north side of DT, most of them were like exit 52 or higher. Are y'all telling me the only way to go the area north of downtown other than 45 was via this viaduct...and its been closed for 4 years? No other streets went up that way? Is this why I always took the highway to Saint Arnolds? If this is true, my mind will be blown for the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, X.R. said: So i'm relatively young and grew up on the south side of Houston. Never had any friends on the north side of DT, most of them were like exit 52 or higher. Are y'all telling me the only way to go the area north of downtown other than 45 was via this viaduct...and its been closed for 4 years? No other streets went up that way? Is this why I always took the highway to Saint Arnolds? If this is true, my mind will be blown for the day. not really, if you want to get to SA there's enough connections from DT without needing the freeways. Main or San Jacinto get you to Rothwell street, which gets you to Hardy, and that gets you across i10. if you're on the east side of DT, Chenevert gets you to Runnels which gets you to McKee, which splits into Hardy NB, and that gets you across i10. in either scenario, you are on Hardy and turn right on Lyons, and you are there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 19 hours ago, Triton said: This feels way too dangerous to bike down. I rode both sides on Sunday morning around 9am, I had 1 car pass me. The shoulder is as wide as a lane and the speed limit is 40mph. I will continue to ride it early on weekends. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 This does not seem very dangerous to bike imo. Try Fannin during rush hour, now THAT is dangerous and quite exhilarating lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 So ya'll don't see this as near highway speed traffic, huh? Interesting. I think it will get even more dangerous once they do make the Hardy Toll Road connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Triton said: So ya'll don't see this as near highway speed traffic, huh? Interesting. I think it will get even more dangerous once they do make the Hardy Toll Road connection. Yeah, at that point it might be unrideable but I don't think the Hardy connection is going to happen anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elpigto Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 8:41 PM, hindesky said: I rode both sides on Sunday morning around 9am, I had 1 car pass me. The shoulder is as wide as a lane and the speed limit is 40mph. I will continue to ride it early on weekends. Since when do Houstonians drive the speed limit? 😄 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, elpigto said: Since when do Houstonians drive the speed limit? 😄 Is that what those signs with numbers on them are about? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I know you guys were joking, but whatever the speed limit, wide lanes, plus huge shoulders encourage fast driving. it's unfortunate that this is a thing, and it's even more unfortunate that this was not built to comfortably and safely accommodate more than just cars. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, samagon said: I know you guys were joking, but whatever the speed limit, wide lanes, plus huge shoulders encourage fast driving. it's unfortunate that this is a thing, and it's even more unfortunate that this was not built to comfortably and safely accommodate more than just cars. TxDoT still thinks like this... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, samagon said: I know you guys were joking, but whatever the speed limit, wide lanes, plus huge shoulders encourage fast driving. it's unfortunate that this is a thing, and it's even more unfortunate that this was not built to comfortably and safely accommodate more than just cars. I was being serious. Instead of highway sized shoulders, they should added a barrier and have bike lanes on both sides. But based on what the city has done, they clearly aren't encouraging that. It's obvious they would rather you take the Hardy St. bike lanes on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Triton said: I was being serious. Instead of highway sized shoulders, they should added a barrier and have bike lanes on both sides. But based on what the city has done, they clearly aren't encouraging that. It's obvious they would rather you take the Hardy St. bike lanes on the ground. sorry that wasn't @ you, just the two comments prior to mine. it's too bad they want to force this to be only used by single occupant vehicles, despite alternatives being available. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iah77 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, samagon said: I know you guys were joking, but whatever the speed limit, wide lanes, plus huge shoulders encourage fast driving. it's unfortunate that this is a thing, and it's even more unfortunate that this was not built to comfortably and safely accommodate more than just cars. This is literally supposed to be part of the Hardy tollway aka a freeway lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 53 minutes ago, iah77 said: This is literally supposed to be part of the Hardy tollway aka a freeway lol... I didn't know that, thanks for the info, when does that project start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 5 hours ago, samagon said: I didn't know that, thanks for the info, when does that project start? When Harris County considers it a priority. Judging by who the current county judge is, I doubt that will happen for years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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