Thanksgiving 2022 Newsletter
Happy Thanksgiving, LINK Houston family! Before you gather around your seasonally appropriate meals, we wanted to take a moment to thank our partners and supporters for an incredibly productive year. From sidewalk audits and advocacy trips to Austin, to growing voter access before Election Day, we thank all the hardworking volunteers and community partners [...]
2022 Midterm Elections: Candidate Questionnaire Regarding Environmental and Safety Concerns
LINK Houston and partners Air Alliance Houston, Bike Houston, Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience (CEER), and Citizens’ Environmental Coalition (CEC) created and sent out a questionnaire on environmental health and safety concerns to the candidates in the following 2022 midterm elections races: County Judge HCP 2 & 4 US House District 7, 9, [...]
Make Your Voice HEARD This Election Cycle – GROW THE CIRCLE!
LINK Houston is partnering with Houston in Action during the 2022 Midterm Elections to encourage voter participation and to help reduce barriers for voters to access polling locations in the Houston region. We created neighborhood maps showing bikeways and public transit routes alongside early and Election Day voting sites. To view or download the universal [...]
Meet Our New Executive Director
LINK Houston is excited to welcome Gabe Cazares as our new Executive Director. Gabe brings to LINK Houston years of experience leading advocacy and legislative efforts for disability rights and most recently led the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities at the City of Houston. As a proud Texan, a queer, disabled Latino, and [...]
LINK Houston Welcomes New Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Media contact: Ines Sigel, inessigel@linkhouston.org, (713) 353-4604 LINK Houston Welcomes New Executive Director Houston, TX - LINK Houston is excited to announce Gabe Cazares as the organization’s new Executive Director. Prior to joining LINK Houston, Cazares led the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities for the City [...]
LINK Houston Official Comments Regarding the “Fee in Lieu” Sidewalk Ordinance Amendments
LINK Houston - Fee in Lieu Sidewalk Ordinance Amendment Comments - PDF To the Planning and Development Department - City of Houston To Whom it May Concern: LINK Houston views the proposed ordinance amendments to create a sidewalk fund populated with fee-in-lieu funds as one step forward on a continuing journey to improve pedestrian [...]
LINK Houston in the News
Transit leaders: Pandemic will not derail long-term vision
As the coronavirus pandemic wears on, public transportation leaders in Houston have continued work to advance a long-term vision for the city they said is more important than ever. Ridership numbers and revenues are down for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, [...]
Controversial I-45 project still alive as TxDOT, feds given 90 days to settle differences
Interstate 45 still is on a road to rebuild after Texas transportation officials on Tuesday kept the controversial project in the state’s 10-year construction plans, but warned that failing to get federal highway officials to remove their hold on it could halt the [...]
Massive I-45 Houston project heads back to public comment phase during pause
Hemmed between a request for a pause by federal highway officials and an outcry from opponents, planners of a massive rebuild of Interstate 45 in Houston are taking their plans back to the public. The Texas Transportation Commission on Wednesday said more public [...]
$15 Million Project Aims To Improve Accessibility Along Houston’s Busiest Transit Route
The improvements include new shelters, lighting and a wider sidewalk for cyclists. The Westchase District is working on a multi-million dollar project that aims to make it easier for walkers and cyclists to access bus stops in West Houston. The $15 million project [...]
New Gulfton bus service could become model for other Houston neighborhoods
One of the eye-opening realities of American life for Jon Ruto when he moved from Kenya to Houston was the distance between things that seemed so necessary and the people who relied on them. “The hospitals, the factories, the jobs, they are so [...]
Beating of elderly woman at rail stop prompts LULAC call for Metro to improve rider safety
The February assault of a 63-year-old Eastside woman at a Metro light rail stop has angered local Latino leaders, who say transit officials have failed to protect and value some of their most loyal riders. “If it is not safe, how can they [...]