LINK Houston Issued Letter to METRO Board of Directors on Required Traits in next METRO President and CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HOUSTON - LINK Houston has issued the following letter on March 23, 2023, to the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston METRO) Board of Directors ahead of their March 2023 Board Meeting to recommend the traits and values needed in the next METRO President and Chief Executive Officer. We [...]
LINK Houston Statement on the Federal Highway Administration Voluntary Resolution Agreement with TxDOT
“We expected the federal government to maximize its leverage over TxDOT to push for a fairer and more equitable North Houston Highway Improvement Project, however we are encouraged to see that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will hold TxDOT accountable in ways that the City of Houston and Harris County memorandums of understanding cannot. [...]
LINK Houston Welcomes New Director of Policy and Planning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LINK HOUSTON ANNOUNCES PETER ECCLES, AICP AS ITS DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING HOUSTON, Thursday February 9, 2023 - LINK Houston is thrilled to announce that Peter Eccles, AICP will be joining as our new Director of Policy and Planning. He currently serves as Project Manager, Major Projects for [...]
January 2023 Newsletter
Happy New Year LINKers! We may only be one month into 2023, but it sure has been busy. Earlier in January we released our Equity in Transit 2022 report at the Burnett-Bayland Community Center in Gulfton to a crowd of volunteers, elected officials, community members, and other stakeholders. The report explores how transit has, and [...]
LINK Houston Releases Equity in Transit 2022 Findings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON – LINK Houston urges Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO), the City of Houston, Harris County and other local stakeholders to strategically reinvest in the safety, accessibility and resiliency of transit services in Houston using key findings from the Equity in Transit 2022 report and updated 2022 Transportation Equity Demand Index (TEDI). [...]
Job posting: Director of Community Engagement
Job Description Director of Community Engagement LINK Houston is a non-profit organization advocating for a robust and equitable transportation network so that all people can reach opportunity. We envision a world in which all people in Houston can easily access not only jobs, but also educational experiences, medical appointments, grocery stores, parks and greenspaces, [...]
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TxDOT Chooses Highways over Housing - Strong Towns February 2023 Here's How Houston METRO Riders want Public Transit to Improve - Chron.com January 2023 Houston begins Public Meetings on Long Awaited Gulfton Metro Lines - Chron.com February 2023 Houston receives nearly $30 million [...]
Cyclist deaths on the rise in Harris County after grim 2021
Houston wants to be certified as a Gold Level Bike-Friendly City by 2027 but still has more then two-thirds of its bike network to build. The end of 2021 marked the deadliest year in the last decade for cyclists hit by drivers on [...]
Houston Advocates Slam TxDOT For ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Highway’s Racist Impacts
he Texas Department of Transportation is allegedly threatening retaliation against the whole Houston region because advocates continue to fight a highway expansion that the agency knows will have a harmful impacts on communities of color — but if the advocates successfully get the [...]
Groups file federal complaint over I-45 project, urge civil rights review
Critics of the plan to remake Interstate 45 north of downtown Houston filed a nearly 100-page complaint to federal officials Thursday, urging even greater scrutiny of the project’s effects on minority communities, an analysis they say state highway officials consistently have avoided. In the [...]
Opinion: Carnage on Texas roads is an emergency. Hold TxDOT accountable.
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a time when families from around the state, country and world pause to remember and mourn the lives lost to traffic violence. According to the United Nations, traffic fatalities are the leading cause [...]
How to Stop a Highway
Houston activists fuel a growing movement to increasingly center environmental justice in infrastructure and protect urban neighborhoods from endlessly expanding road projects. [Read more.] Tim Vnderpool | November 19, 2021 NRDC.org READ FULL ARTICLE