Web Links

Sports and Recreation

General

Coastal Anglers

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:07pm

http://www.coastalanglers.com/

Forecasts, commentary, and downloads.

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Harris County Park System

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:07pm

http://www.hctx.net/parks/park.asp

Information on parks in each Precinct.

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Harris County Sports Authority

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:15pm

http://www.hchsa.org/

Responsible for the professional sports infrastructure.

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Houston Parks and Recreation Department

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:16pm

http://www.houstontx.gov/parks/index.html

Programs and facility information.

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Texas Fish & Game

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 3:27pm

http://www.fishgame.com/

Articles about hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.

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Automobiles

Defensive Driving and Traffic School

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:36pm

http://www.takehome.com/

Companion website to the American Driver Improvement video/DVD for defensive driving.

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Find a Driver Safety Class Near You

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:19pm

http://www.aarp.org/life/drive/drivered/Articles/a2004-06-23-class_locator.html

"The AARP Driver Safety Program is an 8-hour classroom refresher that can help you learn the effects of aging on driving and how you can adjust to your driving."

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Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:20pm

http://www.ccl.co.harris.tx.us/jp/

Justice of the Peace courts have jurisdiction over traffic cases. Most of the precincts/places have fine and driver safety information.

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Harris County Tax Office

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:27pm

http://www.tax.co.harris.tx.us/

Vehicle registration in Harris County.

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Houston Gas Prices

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:28pm

http://www.houstongasprices.com/

Lists the lowest and highest gas prices in the Houston area. Information comes from consumers.

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Texas Automated Vehicle Inspection System

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 12:48pm

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/vi/

Information on vehicle inspections including emissions tests.

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Texas Department of Public Safety

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:28pm

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/

Supervises traffic and administers regulations regarding drivers licensing, vehicle inspection, and safety.

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Texas Department of Transportation

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:29pm

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/

Registration information, flood damaged vehicles, and purchasing new and used vehicles.

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Texas Driver License Division

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:17pm

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/driver_licensing_control/dlindex.htm

FAQs, office locations, renewals, forms, records, and fees.

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Texas Drivers' Handbook

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:31pm

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/DLhandbook.pdf

Full text of the drivers handbook in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

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Vehicle Titles and Registration

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:37pm

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/drivers_vehicles/vehicle_registration/default.htm

FAQs, forms, and specialty license plates.

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Bicycling

Alkek Velodrome

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:38pm

http://www.houstoncycling.org/

A bicycle track certified by the International Cycling Union. Open to the public.

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BikeHouston

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:39pm

http://bikehouston.org/index.php

Promotes safe bicycling in Houston.

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BikeTexas: Texas Bicycle Coalition

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:41pm

http://www.biketexas.org/

Advances bicycle access, safety, and education.

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Houston Bikeways

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:40pm

http://www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/bikeways/index.htm

Designs, constructs and maintains a citywide system of bike trails in the City of Houston.

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Roads

Grand Parkway Association

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:42pm

http://www.grandpky.com/home/

Information on the proposed 170 mile highway encircling the Greater Houston area.

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TexasFreeway.com

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:42pm

http://www.texasfreeway.com/

Construction information and photographs of freeways across the state.

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Teams

Houston Aeros

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:44pm

http://www.aeros.com/

Member of the Western Conference of the American Hockey League. They are the developmental affiliate of the Minnesota Wild.

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Houston Astros

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:44pm

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=hou

Member of the Central Division of the National League (Baseball).

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Houston Rockets

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:45pm

http://www.nba.com/rockets/index_main.html

Member of the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association.

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Houston Texans

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:46pm

http://www.houstontexans.com/

Member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference of the National Football League.

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Traffic

DowntownStreets.com

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:48pm

http://www.downtownstreets.com/

Information on the construction of streets in downtown Houston.

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Houston Transtar Real-Time Traffic Map

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:49pm

http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

Map updates every minute 24 hours a day. Links to freeway cameras, traffic reports, speed charts, and closures. Includes historical data and a route builder.

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Metropolitan Transit Authority

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 4:27pm

http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us/

Bus schedules and maps, METRORail updates, and construction information.

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Road Conditions in Texas

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 10:41am

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/road_conditions.htm

Traffic conditions across Texas.

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Texas Department of Transportation

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:29pm

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/

Registration information, flood damaged vehicles, and purchasing new and used vehicles.

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Travel

Galveston.com

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:17pm

http://www.galveston.com/default.asp

From the Galveston Island Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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Houston Citysearch

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:22pm

http://houston.citysearch.com/

Guide to entertainment, restaurants, events, hotels, movies, and businesses in Houston.

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Port of Houston Authority

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 11:52am

http://www.portofhouston.com/

Complex of public and private facilities.

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Road Conditions in Texas

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 10:41am

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/road_conditions.htm

Traffic conditions across Texas.

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State Parks and Destinations

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:23pm

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/

Information on parks and historic sites. Includes the ability to make reservations.

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Texas Highways

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:24pm

http://www.texashighways.com/

Magazine of Texas Highway Department.

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Texas Lodging

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:24pm

http://www.texaslodging.com/

Official site of the Texas Motel & Hotel Association.

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Texas Monthly

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 3:34pm

http://www.texasmonthly.com/

Articles about living in Texas.

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Texas Outside Guide

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 3:18pm

http://www.texasoutside.com/

Information on hiking, biking, camping, boating, fishing, sailing, hunting, parks, hotels, golf, retirement, scuba diving, and just about anything else you can do outside in Texas.