Thursday, May 22, 2014

Thoughts on the Draft re-imagined transit network - Part 5 of 7

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METRO's System Re-imagining website: www.transitsystemreimagining.com
METRO's route-by-route summary of the re-imagined bus network: http://alturl.com/y8kov
My rendition of the old and new bus networks plus re-imagining items: www.metroreimagined.org

46 Antoine
Frequent Network
Blue north of W. Little York

This route is an entirely-new Frankenstein forged from many bits of current routes: 36 Kempwood, 56 Airline (Gears Rd branch), 58 Hammerly, 79 W Little York, 85 Antoine Ltd., 102 Bush IAH, 108 Veterans Memorial, thereby making it possible to get from the NWTC to Greenspoint TC on one bus.

47 Post Oak
Frequent Network

Other parts of the 33 Post Oak are taken up by the new 47 Post Oak. And from this, we know which parts of the current 33 have done better than before. Service on Sage Road being given over to the blue 12 Memorial Canal means Sage is a bit janked from the Post Oak artery now.

48 Weslayan
Blue

We see something not seen in a long time or at all: nearly the whole of Weslayan with METRO bus service! Bits of a few current routes not worth mentioning are used, but 90% of this route is currently not serviced by METRO buses at all.

49 Hiram Clarke
Blue

The strange 14 Hiram Clarke loop-de-loop at the southern terminus is no more.

50 Shepherd
Frequent Network

We come to what will be nothing less than a monster. Of all the local bus routes of the re-imagined network, the new 50 Shepherd will be the new 45 Tidwell of the west-of-Downtown north-south connections: a beast that will feed humanity to and from innumerable east-west routes as well as give the 395 N. Shepherd Flex a direct link to one of the most-immense routes of the Frequent Network. The one span of this route missing is an epic 20-hour span. Forged from part of 26/27 Outer Loop / Inner Loop Crosstown, 44 Acres Homes, 50 Heights, 66 Yale, the 50 Shepherd will have a span of 18 hours.

53 Almeda N. Main
Blue with Green south of Fannin South P&R

Taking routings from 11 Almeda, 9 North Main, a tiny bit of 44 Acres Homes, 24 Northline, 40 Pecore, a tiny bit of 73 Bellfort, the new 53 Almeda N. Main eliminates the deviation to Wuthering Heights, which as an example of the sorts of inefficiencies METRO wanted to take out of the network, METRO had as a big target. Service from Hiram Clarke TC through Crosstimbers, but there looks as though the Heights TC is not served. Odd.

54 Airline Montrose
Frequent Network


For years, the 56 Airline Ltd. has been the stalwart of North Houston. For years, the 34 Montrose has been neglected for the so-called 'hip' section of town it is supposed to represent. For Montrose, I hope its segment of this route does not go blue on us, owing to the 50 Shepherd. This new route uses parts of the current 56 Airline Ltd., 24 Northline, 66 Yale, and 34 Montrose.

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