Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Houston

Houston voters on Tuesday approved a $3.5 billion bond measure that will significantly expand transit services throughout the region.

ELECTION ROUNDUP: Transit (Mostly) Wins

By Aaron Short | Nov 6, 2019 | No Comments

Voters across the country showed that they support transit.

Amtrak could save $12 million if it showed up on time 5 percent more often, a new audit showed.

Amtrak’s Late-Running Trains Cost System Millions

By Aaron Short | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

The rail system's slow-to-arrive trains are costing tens of millions of dollars in excess worker overtime and tickets it could be selling, according to a new audit.

Developers of The Crossing at Midtown in Houston, Texas are eschewing parking spaces for a plaza.
Image: Oxberry Group

Houston May Soon Not Have a Problem with Parking

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 19, 2019 | 2 Comments

Houston's decision to remove mandatory parking requirements from new developments in two of the city’s more walkable neighborhoods is already bearing fruit, as one forward-thinking developer has cut the amount of car storage in his new shopping center by 25 percent.

Los Angeles has the worst congestion in the country with drivers sitting in traffic an average of 119 hours in 2017.

Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’

By Aaron Short | Sep 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars. The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]

Houston is seeking to extend its light rail and bus rapid transit system with a $3.5 billion bond that will be on the ballot in November.

Bond Voyage! Houston Faces $3.5B Transit Decision

By Aaron Short | Aug 19, 2019 | 3 Comments

Houston has a once in a generation opportunity to modernize its transit system this fall — and the city hopes to learn from Nashville's mistakes.

Clayton Homes, a 300-unit public housing complex, will be partly torn down to widen practically every highway in North Houston. Photo: Google Maps

Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2019 | 2 Comments

Thousands of Houstonians are in danger of losing their homes as the state of Texas proceeds with a massive, $7 billion plan to widen almost every highway in North and downtown Houston. Mass displacement, worsening air quality, wider segregation and more flooding are some of the outcomes experts are warning will result from the 25-mile […]

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