Safe Streets, Safe Communities: Walking and Biking Infrastructure in Gulfton

REPORT : Mar. 20, 2019 TRANSPORTATION | URBAN PLANNING

Girl walks in Gulfton

Photo credit: Sandra Rodriguez

During the summer and fall of 2018, an audit was done on the Gulfton area's streets and sidewalks and these are the results.

In the summer and fall of 2018, an audit on the streets, bikeways and sidewalks of Houston's Gulfton neighborhood was conducted by the Kinder Institute. 

Researchers found that 36 percent of 486 street segments in the area had no sidewalks, and 41 percent of existing sidewalks had some kind of obstruction, such as gaps, parked cars and tree or shrub overgrowth.

This report also provides possible directions for decision-makers to consider when making future investments in the neighborhood.

Photo: Sandra Rodriguez

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