Yet more photos from last Saturday’s outing.
This is one of the automated ticket dispensers.
The screen was very dim and difficult to read unless I stood close by to shadow it with my body. I also was rather annoyed at the error-trapping; a day-pass was two dollars, but when I put $1 in and then discovered I didn’t have a second dollar bill, it refused to take a $5. Fortunately, Neal was quite the gentleman and covered it for me.
UPDATE: Go here for maps of Metro’s alternate plans, just released.
Here’s some more of that promised economic development.
This could give a whole new meaning to the term “railroaded out of town.”
Click on the photo for the full size picture, and then look down the tracks.
Note that the driver is being prevented from turning to clear the intersection by the oncoming traffic, which still has a green light.
“What a wonderful smell you’ve discovered, Princess!”
Much to my surprise, these were the exception, not the rule. But that didn’t make them smell any sweeter.
“Wake me when we get there.”
At a second glance, this guy appears to be a very, very tired worker, not a bum. A moment later, he awoke and stumbled out, all bleary-eyed.
A final note, after seeing what happened to Fannin street after they put the rail in, sacrificing two lanes, plus turn lanes: Metro says it “thinks” it can keep all the existing lanes on Richmond. But it might have to narrow them a bit.
Anyone else remember the sheer joy of driving down Westheimer when it had 12-foot wide lanes? Me neither, because it was more like white-knuckle terror.