Ride Happy, I read about the pavement gap elsewhere...some nasty falls. The gap, from what I understand is a open joint that runs parallel to the road. Those are no fun. I've had one fall caused by one. My helmet hit the curb, my noggin escaped injury, so all was fine. But, it was on a feeder for the Gulf Freeway, not a good place to go down. I understand they finally put out cones and flares to mark it off.
In spite of its short-comings, its good to see rides like this in Houston. Now, if only they would branch out to the burbs a bit.