Archive for the 'Access and Mobility' Category



Brookings Institution offers a nationwide index of metropolitan carbon footprint

Speaker Pelosi, others call for National Infrastructure Investment Plan at America 2050 event

Complete streets bill introduced in US House

Representative Matsui (D, CA) has introduced the Safe and Complete Streets Act (HR 5951), and a companion bill in the Senate has gained its first co-signer.

Grand Parkway Segment E Map and Comment Deadline

The deadline for comment on the FEIS for the proposed Grand Parkway Segment E is tomorrow, January 31, 2008

Kirby trees doomed, forester says

Lane widening for big vehicles will take nearly all trees on Kirby, City Forester says

Kirby widening poses dangers

A plan to cut down the trees on Kirby and make the pedestrian realm narrower threatens safety and defies good sense.

How we measure various aspects of our regional growth has a tremendous impact on the quality of life for Houstonians. Instead of measuring our opportunity zones by how far one can drive in a certain amount of time, we should measure what you actually have access to in that given amount of time.

New Houston Regional Transportation Plan looks good - in theory

2007 Houston Transportation and Mobility Conference

The 2007 Houston Transportation and Mobility Conference will be held May 16th and 17th.

Rod Rice continues his conversation with David Crossley on KUHF this morning with a discussion of the polycentric nature of Houston.