kylejack

If Arlington and Yale and Rutland are so great, why don't the cars just go there themselves? We cyclists like the bike lane on Heights. We like that it's only a one-lane road, which means less chance of a car sideswiping us while trying to change lanes. We like the high visibility near corners compared to the other roads. If people are dragging their trash cans into the middle of the street, they are the problem, not the cyclist who is trying to avoid accidents.

Oh, you want to talk local? Fine, I'll ride around in my local area with lots of bikes, and in those areas cyclists will be the majority and you minority auto users can cater to me.

The most widely used form of transportation is the bicycle. It has cars beat by nearly 4x. http://www.princeton...rtation_big.jpg So please take your car or truck to the side streets, please.

I guess my best bet is to just ride around on bicycles in giant packs with my friends, then. Use our majority to do what we want.

Well, he seemed to be doing fine on the road. It worked great for him, once he moved out of the trashcan littered bike lane. If the 80 cars behind you were not satisfied with the road, perhaps they should have diverted to a street with far less traffic.

Look, Heights is a model for different modes of transit working together. Heights is the only road I'm aware of that has a *dedicated* bike lane, in addition to the street parking. If people are bringing their trash cans off their driveway, past the lane of street parking, all the way to the bike lane, what do you expect cyclists to do? Of course they have to move to the car lane. Darting from the bike lane out into traffic, back to the bike lane, back into the car lane sounds like just a fantastic way to get killed. Your issue should be with the jerks who are dragging their trash cans all the way out to the middle of the road.

Au contraire, I've encountered plenty of people who do have a problem with bikes on the road at any time. I've been hit by cans, run off the road, and all sorts of other things. As to riding during rush hour, we work too. Your problem with the Heights guy should be with the idiots that are putting trash cans in the street. Go knock on their doors and give them a piece of your mind if you care enough. If you don't, well, I guess you'll just have to deal with it.

Doesn't really happen. What's really happening is a car having to take perhaps 15-20 seconds to slow and change lanes, and then having unrealistic expectations about being able to motor around the city unimpeded. It's classic privileged car culture. Maybe these people should just stay in the left lane so that they never have to change lanes. Bikes are required to ride on the right, except when making a turn or on a one-way.

There's nothing inconvenient about safely piloting your vehicle around obstacles that have a legitimate right to be there: it is your duty as a motorist. If you feel your duties are inconvenient, perhaps another form of transportation would be more to your liking?

Pawn shop, more specifically.

This month is the 20th anniversary of Critical Mass. I think it's been in Houston for about ten years.

That isn't what I said. Those were the actions of two individuals, not the actions of all Uptown cyclists. You said: Maybe what you should have said is that, "I guess those two cyclists believe they are in ..." because your experience doesn't mean all Uptown cyclists are doing this. If I see you making an unqualified generalization saying that all Uptown truck drivers don't drive well, I will be happy to call that out as well. Aim for your target, not for every cyclist in Uptown.

More collective guilt. Two experiences in a year equates to "Uptown cyclists." We're all individuals, and we should be responsible for our own actions. Don't blame everyone for the actions of an individual.

Yes it is. It is entirely the same. There is a law and a person is breaking the law.

Are the ones griping the same ones flouting traffic laws, or are you practicing collective blame of all for the actions of a few?

Yes

Nope.

Not really sure how the Down House permit works, but I was able to buy cocktails without signing up for any private club.

Allison O. Jarrett owns the LLC, it seems. Created in February. http://www.corporationwiki.com/Unknown/Unknown/the-heights-general-store-llc/101328736.aspx

I did a DBA search, but the only result was a DBA for Heights General Store from 1982, by a guy named Willard Pratt. Looks like he's a 72 year old artist.

Anything newer than May?

Correct. Down House gets around it with a private club liquor license. There's a map here as well: http://downhousehouston.wordpress.com/our-private-club-liquor-license/

You're the one saying that they should ask for services "provided by the COH." The services are not provided solely by COH, they're also provided by Katy.

You can also find it in the second post in the thread.

No reviews of Alma out yet, and Evo doesn't exist yet.