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  1. Houston19514
    Neither of the signs you‘ve shown us say what you have reported to have seen, to-wit: signs in CO, VT, MA, WA at crosswalks stating that drivers must stop to allow waiting pedestrians to cross.
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    FWIW, Etta is still listed as “coming soon” on the Etta website….
  3. Houston19514
    I spend a lot of time in Colorado in particular and I've seen those signs. You are misquoting them, just as you misstated the existence of such laws. The signs say: "State Law Yield to pedestrians within crosswalk."
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    What states are those? I cannot find one. FWIW, here is the Texas law and most states' laws are essentially identical to this (Again, I find none that require motor vehicles to stop for someone standing on the curb waiting to cross): "When traffic signal is not in place, vehicles must yield to pedestrian in crosswalk on vehicle’s half of road or close to it. Pedestrians must not step off curb and into path of vehicle when vehicle does not have time to stop." https://www.mwl-law.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PEDESTRIAN-AND-CROSSWALKS-50-STATE-CHART.pdf
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    The "cancellation" of the HSR will almost certainly have zero impact on the Inner Katy BRT project. The extension from NWTC to the proposed HSR station at the Northwest Mall site, was an "if and when" extension of the project, and the BRT project was neither predicated nor reliant upon projected traffic from Texas Central. As others have mentioned above, the Katy BRT will provide more direct, single-vehicle service between Uptown and Downtown than can be provided by the University Line. In addition, the elevated/separated lanes will serve Park and Ride buses (or they will switch to BRT at NWTC; I'm not certain how they plan that).
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    Wrong on both counts. They plan through-service (single vehicle) from Uptown/Galleria to downtown, with a stop at NWTC. The BRT will go all the way through downtown, terminating in EADO, not in the city courts area.
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    Keep in mind, with Houston media, there's a reasonably good chance they misunderstood it/misreported it.
  8. Houston19514
    Do we actually know there is no ground-floor retail in this? FWIW, the very first report on this project said there would be retail on the ground floor on Montrose.
  9. Houston19514
    Judging by the address and the description you previously posted, it seems they are building an 8-story parking garage on the surface parking lot between Butler Blvd and Wyndale St, adjacent to (West of) the Jamail Specialty Care Center (which is at 1977 Butler Blvd).
  10. Houston19514
    If I could have a dollar for every time a HAIFer predicted failure. . .
  11. Houston19514
    You’ve made this claim about the “Cotswald” [sic] fountains before. It was false then and it is false now. Main Street Square Fountain repairs are in process. I believe the Downtown District approved funding for the repairs ($65,000) at their most recent board meeting.
  12. Houston19514
    FWIW, Cowboys Fit has 5 locations and the 49ers, Bears and Browns have also started gyms. I would imagine most if not all NFL teams will eventually do the same.
  13. Houston19514
    Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at MFAH Kinder Lake @ Discovery Green Kinder Institute at Rice University
  14. Houston19514
    Pretending that population size is not a factor is just silly. FWIW, the Amsterdam metro area of about 2.5 Million people has a density of about 2,500/square mile. Houston metro's 7.1 Million population has a density of almost 3,000/square mile.
  15. Houston19514
    In reality, the residents won’t even be able to see this unless they literally hang their head out a window and look straight down.
  16. Houston19514
    We’re working on it (most of the capacity added by the NHHIP is for transit and HOV and our biking infrastructure is improving by leaps and bounds). And of course it’s a little easier to deal with traffic when your largest metro is about 1/3 the size of Houston.
  17. Houston19514
    Interesting. Seems like it would be more efficient to do it all at one time.
  18. Houston19514
    Probably. It's one of those lame "Studies" that requires a lot of digging to figure out what it actually says. My understanding is that it uses an expansive (and rather illogical) definition of downtown Houston. Who knows how they defined "downtown" in the other cities?
  19. Houston19514
    I see a lot of trees and shade structures in there (and the renderings show young trees; they will get bigger over time...)
  20. Houston19514
    Purely decorative add-ons are not counted. But they probably could do something like was done with CenterPoint Energy Plaza when it became Houston Industries Plaza. That addition added 90 feet!
  21. Houston19514
    Just following up on this earlier reference to United making plans for Terminal B: From United Airlines: "B Terminal Did you think construction was over? Work is underway to determine what we do with the B terminal moving forward when compared to the aircraft sizes we will be flying with United Next. We expect to have some definitive answers by the end of the year. This includes a full look at both North and South as well as the B Lobby, BMU, TSA screening, etc." "The traffic under the new Early Bag System building will open by November 1st, which will give back the lanes of traffic to south terminal road. Once that is opened up, the airport can then begin to build the structure for the new lobby. Completion for E is still slated for 2024.""
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    From United Airlines (by way of a poster on another forum): "B Terminal Did you think construction was over? Work is underway to determine what we do with the B terminal moving forward when compared to the aircraft sizes we will be flying with United Next. We expect to have some definitive answers by the end of the year. This includes a full look at both North and South as well as the B Lobby, BMU, TSA screening, etc." "The traffic under the new Early Bag System building will open by November 1st, which will give back the lanes of traffic to south terminal road. Once that is opened up, the airport can then begin to build the structure for the new lobby. Completion for E is still slated for 2024."
  23. Houston19514
    How do you listen/read this report? Do you have a link?
  24. Houston19514
    Indeed it is. And HCAD gave value to the improvements; although the parcel includes both the parking garage and the office building and does not break out the values separately. Given the buildings' condition, I suspect they could have successfully challenged those results. I would guess they are clearing it to increase the marketability (which also supports the conclusion that there is no value in the improvements).
  25. Houston19514
    His strips are anti-woke.
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