Rode up/down Heights Blvd on Sunday as part of my ride. The construction people fixing "the fix" blocked off the bike lane in both directions at 11th.
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i almost mentioned that the big brains still had the area blocked off.CDUB98 said:
Rode up/down Heights Blvd on Sunday as part of my ride. The construction people fixing "the fix" blocked off the bike lane in both directions at 11th.
Predictably the ****s at the Comical are lamenting the removal of these "islands"- https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/houston-heights-11th-street-redesign-18366497.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3aaj1g5NFCEIpVVDXpEd5L5GBP1-lAI7_FnXT3MxptLS2h8cmhph0aoC0
Kind of torn on this. They were dumb and glad they're gone. But the chron isn't necessarily wrong. They were pretty easy to navigate if you are even a half decent driver and are paying attention….sadly, houston drivers are not half decent.
Either way, the whole boondoggle was absolutely a waste of money.
Either way, the whole boondoggle was absolutely a waste of money.
TarponChaser said:
Predictably the ****s at the Comical are lamenting the removal of these "islands"- https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/houston-heights-11th-street-redesign-18366497.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3aaj1g5NFCEIpVVDXpEd5L5GBP1-lAI7_FnXT3MxptLS2h8cmhph0aoC0
What a ****stick, soy boy writer.
Of course, he blames large SUV drivers for their removal, with zero evidence, and at some point calls them only sidewalk high, a flat out lie, or complete ignorance.
Just stupid. Regardless of the bike lane, putting a giant, concrete block where traffic once drove was a dumbass idea, and idiot Houston drivers were always guaranteed to nail it.
The guy is a "recovering sportswriter" which means he was probably covering soccer and whining about how football is too violent.
CDUB98 said:TarponChaser said:
Predictably the ****s at the Comical are lamenting the removal of these "islands"- https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/houston-heights-11th-street-redesign-18366497.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3aaj1g5NFCEIpVVDXpEd5L5GBP1-lAI7_FnXT3MxptLS2h8cmhph0aoC0
putting a giant, concrete block where traffic once drove was a dumbass idea.
I don't care how much yellow tape/paint they put on it, you literally couldn't see that thing at night, either.
Some people aren't happy about the unnecessary road work in front of their church during Advent.
The way they have the markings and barrels set up where there are 2 lanes but one is turn only and the other isn't but no arrows showing that is infinitely more dangerous than a crackhead walking to the George Floyd Bail Bonds without a median.
The way they have the markings and barrels set up where there are 2 lanes but one is turn only and the other isn't but no arrows showing that is infinitely more dangerous than a crackhead walking to the George Floyd Bail Bonds without a median.
The I LOVE 11TH festivals on Saturday looked like fun.
I see a stop light fixture potentially going up at 11th and Nicholson??
Probably a pedestrian crossing signal, which was all W 11th ever needed.Marsh said:
I see a stop light fixture potentially going up at 11th and Nicholson??
Curious if it's stop lights or just warning lights.
The progs think they're going to recall a mayor over bike lanes and bus stops in the Heights:
https://recallhouston.org/about-2/
Of course, there is no disclosure over who is funding or coordinating this (definitely not a shadowy web of progressive groups vaguely intertwined with the Lina and Rodney Ellis wing of the Democrat machine), but they've got the intelligentsia of r/houstontransplants all fired up.
I don't think they realize how big the City of Houston is, and how few people are really aligned with their ITL pet issues as opposed to the bread and butter functions Whitmire has focused on.
https://recallhouston.org/about-2/
Of course, there is no disclosure over who is funding or coordinating this (definitely not a shadowy web of progressive groups vaguely intertwined with the Lina and Rodney Ellis wing of the Democrat machine), but they've got the intelligentsia of r/houstontransplants all fired up.
I don't think they realize how big the City of Houston is, and how few people are really aligned with their ITL pet issues as opposed to the bread and butter functions Whitmire has focused on.
This org does not appear to have filed any of the statutorily required paperwork to operate, which is interesting since there is a donate link on that website.Jugstore Cowboy said:
The progs think they're going to recall a mayor over bike lanes and bus stops in the Heights:
https://recallhouston.org/about-2/
Of course, there is no disclosure over who is funding or coordinating this (definitely not a shadowy web of progressive groups vaguely intertwined with the Lina and Rodney Ellis wing of the Democrat machine), but they've got the intelligentsia of r/houstontransplants all fired up.
I don't think they realize how big the City of Houston is, and how few people are really aligned with their ITL pet issues as opposed to the bread and butter functions Whitmire has focused on.
Yeah, it's weird. Probably trying to fire a shot across the bow and screw with him.
*but where would the donate link go? Tempted to donate a dollar and see if I get an entity name.
*but where would the donate link go? Tempted to donate a dollar and see if I get an entity name.
The platform they are using is a crowdfunding platform. I got partially through the donor process to see how it was set up, and it does not collect any of the information required by law for political donations, so my guess is it might just go into someone's bank account.Jugstore Cowboy said:
Yeah, it's weird. Probably trying to fire a shot across the bow and screw with him.
*but where would the donate link go? Tempted to donate a dollar and see if I get an entity name.
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Yeah, it's weird. Probably trying to fire a shot across the bow and screw with him.
*but where would the donate link go? Tempted to donate a dollar and see if I get an entity name.
Do it with a visa gift card and fake email/home address or you're going to get out on a billion mailing and donate lists.
My guess is Bike Houston, an ambiguous group that suddenly became the anti-Whitmire group of choice once a new hired gun ED moved to town. And that has Rodney Ellis's fingerprints all over it.
It's a pretty new and strange phenomenon for a county commissioner to be spending county road dollars in CoH, but Rodney loves seeing those construction signs go up with his name on them. He's also a cyclist.
My statement on the removal of the protected bike lanes on Austin St. pic.twitter.com/hz1ZGjmye2
— Rodney Ellis (@RodneyEllis) March 31, 2025
It's a pretty new and strange phenomenon for a county commissioner to be spending county road dollars in CoH, but Rodney loves seeing those construction signs go up with his name on them. He's also a cyclist.
Please fix 11th now!! So ****ing stupid in its current state. Having vehicles backed up to Rutland from Shepherd during rush hour has solved jack ***** Give us the lanes back and just put a light at Nicholson and knock off the bull*****
I'm sure that it would have been removed by the new mayor if they used the armadillo things and not concrete w/ rebar.Gaeilge said:
Please fix 11th now!! So ****ing stupid in its current state. Having vehicles backed up to Rutland from Shepherd during rush hour has solved jack ***** Give us the lanes back and just put a light at Nicholson and knock off the bull*****
Luckily it doesn't inconvenience me that much.
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The project was designed that way explicitly to make it more difficult to remove in the future.drumboy said:I'm sure that it would have been removed by the new mayor if they used the armadillo things and not concrete w/ rebar.Gaeilge said:
Please fix 11th now!! So ****ing stupid in its current state. Having vehicles backed up to Rutland from Shepherd during rush hour has solved jack ***** Give us the lanes back and just put a light at Nicholson and knock off the bull*****
Luckily it doesn't inconvenience me that much.
County dollars being spent inside COH started after Annise Parker threatened to go after the county's cut of vehicle registration fees for vehicles registered inside COH city limits.Jugstore Cowboy said:
My guess is Bike Houston, an ambiguous group that suddenly became the anti-Whitmire group of choice once a new hired gun ED moved to town. And that has Rodney Ellis's fingerprints all over it.My statement on the removal of the protected bike lanes on Austin St. pic.twitter.com/hz1ZGjmye2
— Rodney Ellis (@RodneyEllis) March 31, 2025
It's a pretty new and strange phenomenon for a county commissioner to be spending county road dollars in CoH, but Rodney loves seeing those construction signs go up with his name on them. He's also a cyclist.
There were speakers at City Council today who specifically referred to "plans to remove the bike lanes on 11th Street." I had not heard of any plans to do that, but it would make sense that a ped signal at Nicholson could, in fact, be a precursor to removal of the bike lanes.
Channel 13 interviewed 2 guys associated with the Recall movement today, but haven't seen it on the website yet. It was 2 young guys I've never heard of and said they organized the group months ago.
Coincidentally, the Bike Houston hatchetman was interviewed in the same segment.
Also got an email today from LINK Houston about attacks on all our vital bike lanes, plus the GRB expansion that's going to cut Eado off from the world.
*Strange thing about the anti-Whitmire coalition is that they keep bringing up the Firefighter settlement. What exactly does that have to do with the other Progressive pet issues? I guess maybe to try to bring HPOU around?
Coincidentally, the Bike Houston hatchetman was interviewed in the same segment.
Also got an email today from LINK Houston about attacks on all our vital bike lanes, plus the GRB expansion that's going to cut Eado off from the world.
*Strange thing about the anti-Whitmire coalition is that they keep bringing up the Firefighter settlement. What exactly does that have to do with the other Progressive pet issues? I guess maybe to try to bring HPOU around?
The firefighter thing is about the budget getting blown up because it is largely the reason Houston's budget is underwater right now. They use it to say that him undoing these projects is wasting money the city doesn't have to spend.Jugstore Cowboy said:
Channel 13 interviewed 2 guys associated with the Recall movement today, but haven't seen it on the website yet. It was 2 young guys I've never heard of and said they organized the group months ago.
Coincidentally, the Bike Houston hatchetman was interviewed in the same segment.
Also got an email today from LINK Houston about attacks on all our vital bike lanes, plus the GRB expansion that's going to cut Eado off from the world.
*Strange thing about the anti-Whitmire coalition is that they keep bringing up the Firefighter settlement. What exactly does that have to do with the other Progressive pet issues? I guess maybe to try to bring HPOU around?
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Acting like a petulant child will surely bring everyone to your side.Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
these people.....
https://abc13.com/post/cycling-advocates-hold-funeral-midtown-bike-lanes-face-removal-mayor-touts-compromise/16136979/
CDUB98 said:Acting like a petulant child will surely bring everyone to your side.Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
these people.....
https://abc13.com/post/cycling-advocates-hold-funeral-midtown-bike-lanes-face-removal-mayor-touts-compromise/16136979/
Well good news is that their funeral didn't block any cyclists from using the lanes because they were likely either A. Not there or B. Using the regular car lanes because that is their right
Good to see the bike lane in good use
Spending a million dollars (?) to install bike lanes that everyone knew would be useless only to spend another million dollars (?) to remove them a year or two later is peak local government waste.
Could've all been avoided if they didn't let dip****s that didn't live anywhere near the affected areas into the meetings on them.Agador Spartacus said:
Spending a million dollars (?) to install bike lanes that everyone knew would be useless only to spend another million dollars (?) to remove them a year or two later is peak local government waste.
11th Street wasn't even a matter of "outsiders" coming to the meetings. There were a couple of COH employees who pushed this as a pet project because they wanted to win some industry circle jerk award and engaged in a campaign of lies and deception to make the project happen. They went so far as to remove opposition comments from the public comment website and keep public meetings secretive so opposition would not show up.Gaeilge said:Could've all been avoided if they didn't let dip****s that didn't live anywhere near the affected areas into the meetings on them.Agador Spartacus said:
Spending a million dollars (?) to install bike lanes that everyone knew would be useless only to spend another million dollars (?) to remove them a year or two later is peak local government waste.
Tomato/TomatoeRyan the Temp said:11th Street wasn't even a matter of "outsiders" coming to the meetings. There were a couple of COH employees who pushed this as a pet project because they wanted to win some industry circle jerk award and engaged in a campaign of lies and deception to make the project happen. They went so far as to remove opposition comments from the public comment website and keep public meetings secretive so opposition would not show up.Gaeilge said:Could've all been avoided if they didn't let dip****s that didn't live anywhere near the affected areas into the meetings on them.Agador Spartacus said:
Spending a million dollars (?) to install bike lanes that everyone knew would be useless only to spend another million dollars (?) to remove them a year or two later is peak local government waste.
They ****ed us that live near 11th and the businesses operating on 11th.
Yep.
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