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Houston Has a Plan

By caitlin.mcneely@houstontomorrow.org | Sep 30, 2015 | No Comments

Houston City Council has adopted Plan Houston, according to the Houston Planning and Development Department. Plan Houston is meant to serve as a vision and set of guidelines that will help steer public policy decisions toward stated goals. Houston To...

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TAC proposes spending $700 million of $783 million on roads

By caitlin.mcneely@houstontomorrow.org | Sep 22, 2015 | No Comments

The Houston - Galveston Area Council Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has approved recommendations to spend 90% of regionally discretionary transportation improvement funds on roadway projects mostly for cars. $783,265,000 is being allocated by the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council (TPC) and the TAC as part of the 2015 Call…

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Houston Planning Commission Unanimously Sends PlanHouston to Council

By Caitlin McNeely | Aug 28, 2015 | No Comments

Last week the 26-member Houston Planning Commission unanimously approved a motion to send PlanHouston, Houston’s first comprehensive general plan, to City Council and Mayor Annise Parker for adoption. The plan was commissioned by Mayor Parker in 2014, when she directed the City’s Planning and Development Department to assemble a project…

Crashes Doubled After Houston Banned Red Light Cameras

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 12, 2015 | No Comments

Collisions increased dramatically after Houston banned red light cameras. Chart: Houston Police Department Law enforcement officers warned there would likely be an uptick in collisions when Houston debated banning red light cameras in the early part of the decade. Turns out they were absolutely right. Houston voters banned the life-saving technology in 2010, with the press mostly cheering them along. Last [...]

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Bicycle Delivery Service Robbed, Finds Suspects, Recovers Bike

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | Jun 11, 2015 | No Comments

A delivery person for the Rad Ass Delivery bicycle based grocery delivery service in Montrose was attacked on the street and their bike was taken on Tuesday, according to their FaceBook post. However, they found the suspects the following day, called the police, and were able to recover their bike.…

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13 Years Later, Midtown Park Is Emerging

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | Jun 2, 2015 | No Comments

Midtown Park, first envisioned as McGowen Green by Houston Tomorrow in 2002, is now coming to fruition at the McGowen light rail station, albeit at about half the size and with a different name, according to a story in the Houston Chronicle: Renderings unveiled last week of Midtown Park, also…

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