[da1 related] New Houston Mayor to Texas DOT: Wider Roads Mean More Traffic

Cohete Rojo · Feb 7, 2016

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I say this everytime we talk about Houston transit, but the fact that 4 million people are already spread out over 550 square miles of low density development means you are never going to serve them with a train, especially in a city with 4 months of unwalkable heat and 60 days of unwalkable rain. It's not like NY where you can walk 1500 feet in any direction and catch a train.

Our best approach would be to phase out the 9-5 workday. If you are not driving at rush hour, you can drive all over this town at 65 mph. I do it all the time.

For the future imagine if autonomous cars (electric) were driving in a coordinated car "train" where everyone in the HOV and toll lanes were going 70 mph. bumper to bumper with no stupid panic stops or rubber-necking, including commuter busses from park and rides.

By the way 610/59 is already scheduled for a rebuild.
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Houston is not Paris, that's for sure. We are at 30° N latitude and nearly all homes in the Houston area have uncovered patios. That should tell you something about the perverted thinking among Houstonians.

JuanValdez · Feb 8, 2016

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So let me get this straight. Are people really saying that the city of Houston should hold off on major mass transit solutions and wait for the arrival of self driving cars?

That's like a cancer patient holding out on treatment in favor of waiting on the cure.
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No, I'm not. Texx probably is. But, I'm saying as we undertake our current solutions, we should be looking at what is going to be a paradigm shift that is sitting on the horizon. We want to set our investments to be flexible when the change comes.

bigtexxx · Feb 8, 2016

JuanValdez said: ↑

No, I'm not. Texx probably is. But, I'm saying as we undertake our current solutions, we should be looking at what is going to be a paradigm shift that is sitting on the horizon. We want to set our investments to be flexible when the change comes.
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I generally agree with this. Continue to invest in roads, freeways, park and ride, and potentially bus system enhancements....not expensive, publicly funded trains.

texanskan · Feb 8, 2016

bigtexxx said: ↑

I generally agree with this. Continue to invest in roads, freeways, park and ride, and potentially bus system enhancements....not expensive, publicly funded trains.
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People that advocate building light rail have probably never run a business and have not lived somewhere that is suffering financially due to these outdated expensive forms of mass transit.

What the city is doing on Post Oak makesnso much more sense than putting in an additional light rail line

bigtexxx · Feb 13, 2016

Another story on self-driving cars. Innovation. ...and closer than we think.

http://www.khou.com/story/tech/2016/02/12/self-driving-cars-could-reshape-houston/80272642/

Nick · Feb 13, 2016

texanskan said: ↑

People that advocate building light rail have probably never run a business and have not lived somewhere that is suffering financially due to these outdated expensive forms of mass transit.

What the city is doing on Post Oak makesnso much more sense than putting in an additional light rail line
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Perhaps... but didn't property value/business value along the light rail line end up going up significantly after it was built?

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