Posts Tagged ‘traffic’
Briefly
I-10 is a joke. I passed 3 speed traps today driving outbound on I-10 from Taylor St. to Campbell. That’s 10 miles. Meanwhile the inbound lanes were already moving at a snail’s pace at 7:30 in the morning. Congrats Houston! Way to spend 3 billion dollars! By the way, do you think we could learn [...]
Houston and the Free Market
Tory Gattis had a great post on Monday in which he reviewed some news from late ’08. Two major highlights: 1. A comprehensive study by the Brookings Institution found that congestion pricing of freeways “would reduce housing costs and sprawl. It eliminates the subsidy for living farther out, which drives up demand and density in [...]
West Gray Streetcar: Commonwealth Redevelopment
Update (2/10/09): Graphics adjusted to improve clarity. I’ve been thinking more about the West Gray Streetcar concept, and the more I think about it the more I like it. For those who didn’t read it before, the gist of the concept is to convert West Gray and Peden St. into a one-way pair from Shepherd [...]
I-10
Has anyone else noticed that traffic on I-10 is still not great? I have a ‘reverse’ commute on I-10 every day. Before the expansion traffic was fine inside the loop outbound in the morning, slow outside the loop. Inbound in the evening it was slow outside the loop, fine inside, except near the 10-45 interchange. [...]
Peter Newman Presentation at Houston Tomorrow
I attended Peter Newman’s presentation at Houston Tomorrow last night. It was an interesting talk; I didn’t find any of it to be shockingly original information, but it was a great overview of the situation we’re in right now and how the city can be made better. There are two critical points Newman illustrated. These [...]
From the Newswire: January 22, 2009
There was a huge wreck on I-45 yesterday, traffic was almost completely stopped in both directions. We need better alternate routes, folks. How about a commuter train? Leave the car in downtown for a day and have a friend or your spouse pick you up at a park + ride when the freeway is completely [...]
West Gray Streetcar
Christof just finished a three part series on streetcars for Houston, which you can find here: part 1, part 2, part 3. It was a great read, and I highly recommend it. Kuffner then chimed in with his own iteration, which struck me as a great corridor, but really long for a streetcar. That would [...]
From the Newswire: January 12, 2008
Bulgaria is freezing its collective buns off… and mad at Russia to boot. I wonder how many political points we could pick up by sending about 1 million electric heaters to places like Bulgaria? That sounds like good economic stimulus to me, actually exporting something… That said, apparently the gas will resume flowing pretty soon, [...]
Suburban Swing
From CNN today: Suburb’s Pain Could Swing Election I couldn’t agree more. This is the most critical issue that nobody is talking about. Highlights from the article: The plunge in the housing and financial markets, and the spiking of energy prices, have assured that the economy will be the top issue among rich and poor [...]
Kirby Can Be Saved
Recently, Trees for Houston has been battling with the Upper Kirby TIRZ over widening Kirby drive. The argument tends to go something like this: TIRZ: “The lanes are too narrow, there’s all this development happening over here, and we’ve got to improve traffic flow.” TFH: “The trees are about the only thing making Kirby bearable [...]