Results tagged “redline”

The Chronicle reported yesterday on an interesting dilemma facing people who want to make Houston a more urban, walkable city: In many cases, they can't, thanks to existing development ordinances that defer to the almighty car. The Chron article focuses on Midtown, where a lot has been done in the last 10 years to create pedestrian-friendly districts. Even so, "a lot" is relative — the area has gone from a no-man's land of abandoned warehouses...

As the debate continues over the alignment of Metro's proposed University light rail line, a calmer discussion is going on in the Third Ward, where the eastern end of the University Line would run. At issue is how the line would get from the University of Houston to Main Street — Third Ward residents want to make sure the line will help the neighborhood, not drive it out of existence. Planners are looking at...

Metro's board has chosen an alignment for its North Corridor rapid transit route: a bus rapid transit line that will head north along North Main from the future downtown intermodal center to Boundary Street, where it will turn east, then north on Fulton to Northline Mall. By picking that route, Metro rejected an alternative that would have veered north on Irvington at Moody Park, then returned to Fulton via Cavalcade, allowing the line to...

With all the controversy over the University light rail line, it's easy to forget about all the controversy over the rapid transit line planned for the north side — unless, of course, you happen to live near it. But ">we could have word on a North Corridor alignment as early as this afternoon. Maybe. The North Corridor route would involve, at its southern end, a northward extension of the existing Red Line to the...

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Today's Chronicle has some details of Metro's proposed intermodal terminal, including basics of the complex's design.

Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man.

If you're a fan of those lists of eerie coincidences (like the old one concerning assassinated presidents Lincoln and Kennedy), you'll love the Chronicle's comparison of Houston's MetroRail line and a new bus rapid transit line in Los Angeles. Both the lines are named for colors (red in Houston, orange in L.A.), both cost $324 million to build and vehicles on both have had problems running into things. We can only imagine transit engineers everywhere breaking out their Magic 8-Balls and taking a hard look at their plans.