So last weekend, I was driving from my favorite record store (Sound Exchange) to attend a birthday party at Berry Hill (on Montrose), when I drive past the following sign:
I can’t recall hearing about a rail proposal on Richmond. Does anyone know about this? Am I THAT far out of the loop?
IMO: If the city really wants to alleviate traffic congestion via mass transit, they should install rail lines between the freaking airports.
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I can’t recall hearing about a rail proposal on Richmond. Does anyone know about this? Am I THAT far out of the loop?
It’s the proposal that was sold as the Westpark corridor to voters, and renamed the University Corridor. METRO has made a lot of noise about changing the location to Richmond, which many of us feel is contrary to the 2003 Metro Solutions vote that specified Richmond. Richmond property owners are understandably upset, as they have that beautiful tree-lined esplanade that would be replaced by concrete and dangerous rail potentially.
METRO is holding a meeting today on this. We have covered this controversy extensively at blogHOUSTON.net, as have other local bloggers.
Yeah….you are pretty out of the loop:
http://www.bloghouston.net/item/3725
Horray! I’m being bitch-slapped by the bloghouston.net people!
“would be replaced by concrete and dangerous rail potentially”
Why would the rail be dangerous?
I feel that Metro on Richmond is a better idea then Metro on Westpark. Who would use it there?
Houston Chronicle
July 18, 2006, 2:16PM
Metro: Compromise possible on Richmond rail plan
By RAD SALLEE
Link:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4054936.html
Paladin wrote something about this in April:
http://houston.metblogs.com/archives/2006/04/rail.phtml
I haven’t kept up with the issue either – and was reminded of it when driving down Richmond a while back and seeing the very same signs, oddly enough. Guess they’re doing their job :)
“Why would the rail be dangerous?”
You have to admit it DOES have a less than safe “track record” downtown.
Now put that same engineering design on a street with homes, school busses, and more traffic….
Be interesting to see how the opponents react to the “compromise” plan that Metro is floating today.
So, here’s a question. A few months ago, I was driving West on Richmond. Standing at the northeast corner of Richmond and Kirby were a group of about 4 people, including one dressed as a chicken. At first, I thought it was an ad for Chick-fil-A (though I guess they use cows, not chickens) or maybe a PETA protest…..but when I stopped at the light, I saw they were holding signs protesting the Richmond rail. I would have asked them directly what the costume was about, but they were a pretty angry looking bunch (including the chicken).
Does anyone have any idea what the chicken was supposed to symbolize? The fabled chicken no longer being able to cross the road?
I swear, I’m not making this up.
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