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Trollin’ 3-1-1
So apparently the Stop Ashby High Rise folks are so geared up to spam 311 with complaints that a special report category has been set up just to deal with them. Bad-faith 311 calls are of course a...
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Ain’t Skeered
Craig Hlavaty over at the Chronicle breathlessly asks, should Houston be kept a secret? Nope. Here’s why. It’s a stupid question – Everyone has always known about Houston, it’s just that the dominant...
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Will the US ever see non-traditional transit?
I was discussing transit with an acquittance today, and mentioned monorail as one technology which could be used on certain corridors. This person stated that they thought monorail was “kitschy” and,...
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Fake Names, It’s Gotta Stop
“Lower Westheimer” – This does not actually exist, it’s just Montrose. Or “The Montrose” if you wish to rebel against popular linguistic conventions without going full retard. “Neartown” – This also...
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What’s In A Name, Part Deux
In my last post I rattled off a few fake neighborhood names that should probably bite the dust, then took the final two paragraphs to dis Houstonia magazine. Enter longtime Houston Press alum John Nova...
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The Interurban Option – Prereqs
Alon‘s had a long-running series on the comparative construction costs of transit modes in different countries. It’s good reading. At the same time, I’ve always been a fan of the “Interurban Option” –...
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The Spur needs to split at Shepherd.
One of the most reliable backups inside the Loop right now is the PM reverse-commute inbound on 59. In the early afternoon, when most of the Transtar map is green, the Shepherd-Spur segment is yellow....
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Why Preorder?
The reviews are in, the new SimCity continues to be as unplayable one month out as it was on release. EA’s recently released “2.0″ patch has created twice as many problems as it solved, from...
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What I want from the new Grand Texas theme park
PTC trains with single-position lap bars. That is all.
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Comments Approved
Comments approved back to December 2013. This “Ian Mitchell” fellow has a lot of good things to say… oughtta start his own blog.
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