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Briefing: I-45 Expansion Workshop – Near Northside Summary
I-45 Expansion Workshop - Near Northside Summary LINK Houston, in partnership with Air Alliance Houston, provided technical assistance to the Near Northside community through Avenue CDC for the Northside Advocacy Initiative workshop and prepared this summary document. LINK Houston’s involvement was supported by Rice University’s Center for Civic Leadership. Air Alliance Houston’s involvement was [...]
TxDOT’s I-45 project could hurt a school and its community. But there are ways to mitigate the harm.
This post is part of a series on the I-45 project, published every Monday and Wednesday throughout June. Transportation infrastructure influences access to opportunity and the lives, including health and wellness, of communities throughout the Houston region. That’s why our state and local governments should view every major transportation infrastructure project using taxpayer dollars, [...]
Transit Pub Crawl, June 14, 2019
LINK Houston’s newly formed Young Professionals Advisory Council is organizing a pub crawl! Meet us at our office at the WeWork building on 708 Main Street on Friday, June 14, starting at 5:00 p.m. From there, we will use public transit to navigate to a few spots along the light rail and local bus routes in [...]
Equity Must Play a Role in Public Transit Investments
Public transit is the backbone of any major metropolis, connecting thousands of people to jobs and services, and moving the local economy. In Houston, people make about 285,000 trips using transit each weekday, making transit an integral part of the city’s connectivity. For many Houstonians, especially those who live in under-resourced communities, public transit [...]
Local Leaders Must be Accountable to Commitments for Safer Streets
The City of Houston’s commitments to expand the Safer Streets Initiative on April 11 and April 17, 2019 are a result of a year’s worth of data analysis and advocacy by LINK Houston, partner stakeholders like BikeHouston, and community members. Nearly a year after Mayor Turner’s initial announcement to expand the Safer Streets Initiative [...]
Briefing: Comments on the draft 2045 Regional Transportation Plan
Houston-Galveston Area Council - 2045 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Draft May 1, 2019 LINK Houston comments on the draft plan Houston-Galveston Area Council’s 2045 regional transportation plan for our eight-county region is in draft and open for public comment through May 10, 2019. LINK Houston provided written comments on the draft plan and we [...]