http://houstonist.com/2006/08/07/the_lightrail_r.php All comments for The light-rail roller coaster en-us 2009 Brittanie Shey Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brittanie@houstonist.com brittanie@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2006/08/07/the_lightrail_r.php#comment-286014 http://houstonist.com/2006/08/07/the_lightrail_r.php#comment-286014 Comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:36:34 -0600 <p>It could mean the rail line would pass right by several homes, the same potential situation that's drawn vehement protest from people along Richmond Avenue. and mandell/dunlavy are not even in the same league as richmond ave.!</p> http://houstonist.com/2006/08/07/the_lightrail_r.php#comment-285906 http://houstonist.com/2006/08/07/the_lightrail_r.php#comment-285906 Comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:32:52 -0600 <p>According to the Chronicle, Culberson aide Nick Swyka told Culberson about an idea for an elevated rail line that would run alongside the Southwest Freeway, so Culberson asked Metro to look into an alignment that would run "from Richmond in the vicinity of the University of St. Thomas to U.S. 59 (Southwest Freeway) to a transition point into the Westpark right-of-way." That's not exactly how it went down, as Rep. Culberson detailed in an email to me last night that I posted. The Chronicle relied very heavily on a press release from a METRO spokesman Friday night, and apparently didn't work too hard to verify all that was said and nail down the facts carefully. It really confuses the rail debate when that happens, as all sorts of groups then run with what was reported, regardless of its accuracy.</p>