kylejack

Can still Greyhound for a little more. And Greyhound lets me bring my bicycle.

I don't like the goofy custom plates that are permitted. Casual viewer should be able to tell at a glance whether it is a Texas plate without any distracting clutter. They serve an important purpose of allowing someone to identify the vehicle of a perpetrator of a crime. This new standard plate looks good.

Yes, the rail car purchase from Spain was an unmitigated disaster. Hopefully the "New Metro" is more than just a marketing ploy, but only time will tell.

On the topic of time efficiency, I'm not exactly a typical Houstonian in this regard, but I would take the light rail (which comes every six minutes) from my downtown condo to Med Center. Driving there was a huge hassle, and parking was $13 day.

I opposed the 380. I just think you're getting a little silly, and I'll remind you that you can't unring a bell. This deal is done.

I don't think they'll be segregating the oxygen provided by those trees. We all get to breathe it.

Scott Gertner's Skybar closed some time ago because the landlord couldn't or wouldn't make necessary repairs. Gertner opened a new bar in Houston Pavilions.

Hm, I would recommend multi mode transit. Load your bike on the bus and take 40 to Long at Reveille and switch to 88. Then take 88 to San Jacinto college, and bicycle to work. Actually though, don't, because buying you a car will be more efficient for Metro, per IHB2. Cost efficient? Time efficient? He didn't specify, so I'll assume all of the above.

Well, since homeless are so often pedestrians, it actually makes perfect sense. As an almost daily user of the light rail for the past several years, I can tell you it absolutely isn't true. Vagrants not paying may exist, but they are not even close to the majority (much less the sole users of the system, as you allege). You might see one or two per ride, while the others are people going to work, the hospital, Rice University, or the park and ride. You're right about one thing, though: Homeless charities understand that their best place to locate to help the homeless is where all the transit systems that they might use meet: Rail, city buses (Downtown Transit Center), outbound buses to other cities, and international buses.

You're talking about things that could be federal policy or development goals for private companies, not something that can be implemented on a municipal level or by Metro. In the meanwhile, you said that cars are always the most efficient thing for an individual, so we can get rid of the transit system and Metro can apply its budget to buying me a car, as this will be more efficient than the transit system I currently use.

A person using a transfer could be counted as one, but is only possible for Q card users.

If IHB is correct and cars are the most efficient for any individual, it seems to me that we should just eliminate our mass transit and issue every citizen a car, and pay the maintenance, insurance, and registration costs for them. The greater efficiency will allow us to save some money.

Well, it does seem to be the right location. The family sued the city for desecrating the tomb while building Franklin and won the costs to re-inter the bodies elsewhere.

What it reminds me of is the income inequality in trees story that was going around recently. http://persquaremile.com/2012/06/13/your-images-of-income-inequality-from-space/ More trees = Wealthier people

I don't recall any clubs ever being located on Main Street Square. Main Street Square has things like Reliant Energy Plaza and the back side of a parking garage, etc. Bombay Pizza is near there, and stays open fairly late.

Latest opening estimate they gave was August. The owners of Moon Tower Inn have also announced a new venture to open in Eastwood area, a bar called The Gifthorse Lounge. No ETA.

Little Napoli opened next door to this Samba a week or two ago. The Main Street location for Little Napoli closed about a month ago.

He didn't say, but I doubt he filed a return. These people that don't get a W2, I would imagine it's pretty hard for the IRS to track them down, and of questionable financial value anyway.

If the historic district only restricted people to building single family homes, I don't think there would be as much resistance. It goes much further.

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/07-21-12-11-01-the-last-dance-samba-grille-to-close-downtown-after-saturday-service/

Well, you're really wrong and I think that if you'd go volunteer a day at Northwest Assistance Ministries, I think you'd see that.

So sign everyone willing up for deed restrictions. But the historical district backers didn't want a consensual interaction.

Members of Memorial Villages don't shop or dine at things in parts of the city that will be serviced by the rail? Because rail can take plenty of people to their jobs at restaurants or shops, which helps to keep labor costs down.

Because charities do a lot of important work in many different fields.

You should have stopped at panhandlers.