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Old 11-04-2007, 12:57 PM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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Run trains down the barricaded HOV lanes.

 
Old 11-04-2007, 01:04 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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Run trains down the barricaded HOV lanes.
What a waste of space those lanes are today! A commuter train that runs 7 days a week is a better use.
 
Old 11-04-2007, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I think it's laughable that we're having this conversation. We're currently, what, the 4th largest city in the entire country and can't even implement a decent public transportation system? I guess if we become a 'mega city' we'll just have to expand I-10, I-45, 59 and 610 to 30 lanes across to keep our commutes under 3 hours...
City limits mean nothing. Look at metropolitan areas, where Houston is 6th (about to pass Philly for 5th though).
 
Old 11-04-2007, 08:52 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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City limits mean nothing. Look at metropolitan areas, where Houston is 6th (about to pass Philly for 5th though).
You need both. The city/metro must be the same number.
 
Old 11-04-2007, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Texas
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You need both. The city/metro must be the same number.
No they don't.
 
Old 11-04-2007, 09:03 PM
 
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Run trains down the barricaded HOV lanes.
I know, when i be on the freeway i be saying the same exact thing..
 
Old 11-04-2007, 09:06 PM
 
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What a waste of space those lanes are today! A commuter train that runs 7 days a week is a better use.
I know it is just a waste of highway space lanes, and money and why is the hov lane even barricaded, most of the big time cities have hov lane at the innermost part where you can get off anytime you please, not the next 4 mi or when your own it and don't know when the exit is going to come..happen to me a couple times, scared to get on it, and when you come to thank about if somebody is going slow on the hov it's no way you can pass them up.
 
Old 11-04-2007, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I know it is just a waste of highway space lanes, and money and why is the hov lane even barricaded, most of the big time cities have hov lane at the innermost part where you can get off anytime you please, not the next 4 mi or when your own it and don't know when the exit is going to come..happen to me a couple times, scared to get on it, and when you come to thank about if somebody is going slow on the hov it's no way you can pass them up.
Because they are built as commuter systems.
 
Old 11-05-2007, 09:04 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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No they don't.
I was talking about the condition needed for a Mega City.
 
Old 11-06-2007, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Hougary, Texberta
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I couldn't bring myself to live in Calgary because of the population. I didn't think it was worth it going through immigration just to live in a very small city.
It has everything in terms of amenities that Houston has, just not as much.

Calgary is just like Houston 1/4 scale. No port, but mountains, concentrated downtown core, packed freeways, and crazy drivers.

Only difference is that Calgary has a really good transit system, and it's also the 4th largest city in Canada. (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal) It even has a crap mirror city 200 miles north that has delusions of being a better sports town, and is more blue collar.
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