Houston's Walkable Places Committee presents plan for more pedestrian-friendly city
A Q&A with Bill Baldwin, Houston planning commissioner and chair of the Walkable Places Committee, reveals his goals for Houston.
Houston's Walkable Places Committee presents plan for more pedestrian-friendly city
A Q&A with Bill Baldwin, Houston planning commissioner and chair of the Walkable Places Committee, reveals his goals for Houston.
Houston landmarks according to you
We asked readers which Houston landmarks anchor their mental maps of the area. Here's what you said.
Houston extends minimum parking exemptions into East End, Midtown
Car-centric Houston gets a little less car-centric.
How landmarks and cognitive maps could help create social cohesion
As researchers continue to investigate how we go about forming our mental maps, understanding their impacts is important too.
As downtowns continue to evolve, cities have a critical role to play
As more people move into large metropolises, the landscape of the city will also change. One of these changes will be having more than one "downtown."
Distinguished urban planner Alexander Garvin identifies shared elements of great downtowns, offers lessons from successful and failed projects, and charts a path forward to support downtowns into the twenty-first century.
How the I-45 project will affect two affordable housing communities
This post is part of a series on the I-45 project, published every Monday and Wednesday throughout June.
Houston's historic Independence Heights' complicated past, present and future with divisive freeways
This post is part of a series on the I-45 project, published every Monday and Wednesday throughout June.
The Last Black Man In San Francisco offers intimate look at gentrification's impact
The film, which opens in Houston Friday, follows one man's efforts to reclaim the home his grandfather built.
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.
Cities with protected bike lanes are safer for everyone, including drivers themselves
A study of crash and street design data from 12 cities, including Houston, finds roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and driving safer.
Accelerating the drive toward a paradigm shift in Houston’s transportation planning
This post is part of a series on the I-45 project, published every Monday and Wednesday throughout June.
North Houston Highway Improvement Project offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
This post is part of a series on the I-45 project, published every Monday and Wednesday throughout June.
On Saturday, Kinder Institute for Urban Research staff and community volunteers came together at the BakerRipley Leonel Castillo Community Center to conduct a walking and biking infrastructure survey of the Near Northside neighborhood.
Experts to share what TxDOT's I-45 project means for Houston
This is the first in a series of posts on the I-45 project that will be published on Monday and Wednesday throughout June.
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