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LINK Houston, Residents Push Back on I-45 Expansion at City Hall
LINK Houston, Residents Push Back on I-45 Expansion at City Hall Residents of Near Northside, as well as Midtown, Fifth Ward, Montie Beach, and Independence Heights, joined LINK Houston, Air Alliance Houston, and other stakeholders for a press conference and public comments at the June 13 Houston City Council’s Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee [...]
Houston Has a Rail Solution to Traffic
The megalopolis has a $7.5-billion plan to expand transit options for Texans over the next two decades. America’s fourth largest city could take a giant leap for mass transit — as long as Houston voters don’t muck it up. Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, or METRO, is nearly done compiling its $7.5-billion long-term plan to [...]
Massive I-45 project will remake Houston freeway spine, but at what cost?
Strip away the enormity of rebuilding Interstate 45 and the promise of speedier trips along downtown Houston freeways, and two questions about the once-in-a-generation project remain: How many negative effects are acceptable in one neighborhood for other people’s faster commutes? And, how far should transportation officials go to reduce those impacts, to secure support [...]
BEWARE: Houston’s 3 most dangerous intersections
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A little more than two months after the deadly accident that claimed the lives of their loved ones, family of 64-year-old Jesus Perez and 55-year-old Lesha Adams held hands as they crossed Shepherd Drive near 10th Street. The paint on the crosswalk was fresh and a signal light flashed red [...]
Briefing: Statement to the Press on Impacts of Proposed North Houston Highway Improvement Project on June 13, 2019
Statement to the Press on Impacts of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project Presented by Oni K. Blair, Executive Director of LINK Houston on June 13, 2019 Good morning. My name is Oni Blair, and I’m the executive director of LINK Houston. LINK Houston’s mission is to advocate for a robust and equitable transportation [...]
Briefing: Public Comments to Houston City Council Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee Meeting on 6/13/2019
Public Comments to Houston City Council Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee Meeting (6/13/2019) Presented by Jonathan Brooks, Director of Policy and Planning, LINK Houston PARADIGM Every major infrastructure project using taxpayer dollars should be seen as an opportunity to improve the quality of life in the surrounding neighborhoods, rather than simply mitigating negative impacts. [...]