Living the dream in Montrose.
Neartown - Montrose, Houston
Joined September 2019
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Houston is undergoing a transformative evolution, striving to redefine its urban landscape and enhance the quality of life for its residents.
⭐Discover the many projects that are underway to enhance walkability in the city: ow.ly/OMUt50Qy0sS
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I’m hearing that the 11th Street bike lanes and the Montrose Boulevard rebuild could be next on Whitmire’s chopping block.
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Mayor Whitmire intends to tear out the recently-installed safety improvements on Houston Avenue.
(Yes, the same Mayor Whitmire who says his top priority is public safety.)
Join @MarioforHouston Sunday at 4PM to remind @houmayor that traffic safety is public safety.
🚨Rally for Houston Ave. 🚨 Happening tomorrow at 4 pm, corner of Hickory & Washington Ave. CM @MarioforHouston will talk to us. Please share. @bikehouston @LINK_Houston @airallianceHOU
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I do not support removing the improvements along Houston Ave. If something isn’t working with the project, modify it, don’t waste taxpayer money. District CMs need to be included in these decisions. I will be fighting to ensure safety improvements return to Houston Ave. quickly. – at Houston, TX
New: @HouPublicWorks makes it official.
The Houston Avenue pedestrian safety improvements, installed in December, will be removed starting this month.
Background: axios.com/local/houston/2023…
ALT Houston Public Works will begin improvements along Houston Avenue starting in early February. These improvements include the removal of the concrete median and curbs on Houston Avenue that reduced lane capacity and restricted vehicles from turning into properties based on their direction of traffic. The project will effectively restore the roadway to the same way it operated previously. Restoration will improve traffic safety and mobility for travelers including first responders and METRO busses. As part of the improvements, the pavement condition of the road will also be remediated with new asphalt. In addition, Houston Public Works will immediately begin studying the corridor for proposals that will enhance pedestrian safety.
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I do not support the complete removal of the Houston Ave. improvements – at Houston, TX
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Resident takes aim at speeders, in hopes of shaming Houston into a solution houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…
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72,000 families have applied. 72,000. houstonlanding.org/friday-is…
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Here we go again, another day another highway widening we can’t afford.
Build more lanes -> growth happens in Katy -> Katy gets mad about commute times -> build more lanes, you want it to stop? Just put in the train already
Join our virtual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6 or at the in-person open house on Thursday, Feb. 8, 5-7 p.m. at TxDOT Houston District Headquarters (7600 Washington Avenue) for an in-person open house discussing I-10 from Voss Road to I-45. Details: txdot.gov/projects/hearings-…
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Big update on Tour de Houston: @whitmire_john's office tells me "he’s committed to getting it back on the calendar" and that "he will find a sponsor"
Story updating soon:
axios.com/local/houston/2024…
News: Houston scraps the Tour de Houston in 2024, claiming that it lost its title sponsor and couldn't find a replacement
axios.com/local/houston/2024…
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I’ll say it again: this is not safe pedestrian infra. If a small sedan can jump these little curbs, I imagine a #wankpanzer would obliterate a family walking.
I #bikecommute on this sidewalk daily b/c ironically the road isn’t safe!
@EnergyCorridor residents deserve better!
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We have a public health crisis of deaths and injuries from car violence. Houston's Mayor wants to roll back what little progress we've made. @MayorMKE in Milwaukee doing it right.
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Houston CRIS fatality data averages 3 wks from crash to entry. 2023 total as of today is 294 (manually including James Midkiff 11/19/2023 Houston Avenue, still not in CRIS). For every 4 homicides in Houston, there are 3 road fatalities. Public safety is public safety.
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In December, H-GAC quietly funded $336 million worth of transportation proposals across the Houston region. That includes Montrose's Safe Routes to School and the extension of the Waugh Street bike lane from West Dallas to Allen Parkway
More: axios.com/local/houston/2024…
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A person was killed today in Downtown Houston in broad daylight. abc13.com/houston-traffic-no… – at Houston, TX
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Police believe women who was struck & killed had the right of way. Driver probably couldn't see the pedestrian over the height of his unnecessarily large pickup.
Driver is released.
Pedestrian is dead.
Woman dies when pickup driver hits her in downtown Houston, HPD says abc13.com/houston-traffic-no…
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@METROHouston needs to lobby for a “Bus Only” lane on Westheimer. It’s ridiculous how many times a week route 82 has buses stacked behind each other.
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We barely have sidewalks in this city, even in the “walkable” neighborhoods. Shut up about potholes.
SOUND THE ALARM🚨Do you have potholes in your area? Let us know which Houston area’s need fixing click2houston.com/news/local…
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my latest essay is about my year and a half of living in houston without a car: the good, the bad, the shame, the surprises, and how it's not as hard as you might think (YMMV tho) (in @chron) chron.com/culture/article/ho…
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people are dumping on this but the actual study (and not the clickbait Condè article) is interesting — it centers walkability as the percentage of uses that are located within walkable areas, instead of just going off vibes like a lot of rankings do
smartgrowthamerica.org/wp-co…
