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Houston is one step closer to become a bike friendly city!
Houston is the proud recipient of a US Department of Transportation $15 million TIGER grant. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant will enable the city to build bike trails,...
View ArticleStop Houston Flooding – Need Your Help NOW!
Overview – Chapter 9 of the City of Houston Infrastructure Design Manual, Stormwater Design Requirements, is up for comments. We have reviewed Chapter 9 and recommend that the following changes be made...
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Chapter 42 Passes
Chapter 42 of the City of Houston, Code of Ordinances passed as proposed by the Mayor’s administration with minor amendments at the April 24, 2013, Houston City Council with only three votes against:...
View ArticleTxDOT assumes federal responsibilities for 290/610 project on Dec 16, 2014
TxDOT can assume oversight and administrative responsibility for certain FHWA projects. It made such an assumption over the 290/610 project in December 2014. Title 23 of the United States Code sets...
View ArticleCTC Comments Summary: re IH-45 all segments (NORTH HOUSTON HIGHWAY...
CTC uses its information gathering and advocacy principles to develop formal comments and a position paper regarding TxDOT’s proposal for IH-45 redesign from downtown Houston to beyond Beltway 8. This...
View ArticleComments Re SH 288 Proposal for a Holcombe/Ardmore Flyover to the TMC
Here is the Conclusion CTC reached with regard to the tolled SH 288 direct connectors to Holcombe Street to The Medical Center (TMC). CTC recommended “no build” as to this alternative route into The...
View ArticleComments on Proposed IDM Chapter 10: Street Paving Design Requirements – 2015
CTC’s thinks that important design standards having major impacts on neighborhoods and conflicting property rights interests are too important not to have the oversight of city council and be...
View ArticleNext Generation Concrete Surface – Another tool in the quiet pavement kit
Next Gen concrete is a relatively new tool that TxDOT is looking at for quiet pavement to abate traffic noise impacts on adjacent neighborhoods. This is a vicious impact for those who suffer it, but it...
View ArticleLight Rail – East End Line (aka Green Line) – Harrisburg Overpass
To read about the Harrisburg Overpass, visit http://goo.gl/lHBUkx. The bridge will be built along the Green Line (East End), allowing cars and trains to travel over the Union Pacific East Belt freight...
View ArticleHouston Election 2015 CTC Candidate Questionnaire Responses by Office
Citizens’ Transportation Coalition sent out our CTC 2015 Candidate Questionnaire on September 8, 2015, to the 85 candidates for 2015 elective city offices: Mayor Controller Council at Large Council by...
View ArticleProp 7: Texas Sales and Use Tax Revenue for Transportation Amendment
Proposition 7, the Texas Sales and Use Tax Revenue for Transportation Amendment is on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter...
View ArticleCity Council Adopts Plan Houston
City Council voted 16-1 today to adopt Plan Houston. Among the many community goals enumerated in the Plan is the goal to provide “an affordable, multi-modal transportation network providing convenient...
View ArticleHistoric Yale Street Bridge In The Heights To Be Rebuilt
The Yale Street Bridge was built in 1931, decades before the southern end of the Heights became a busy shopping area. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but it’s also...
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Chapter 42 Passes
Chapter 42 of the City of Houston, Code of Ordinances passed as proposed by the Mayor’s administration with minor amendments at the April 24, 2013, Houston City Council with only three votes against:...
View ArticleMayoral & City Council Elections – Voice Your Transportation Concerns
Houston City Elections are coming again this November. Here is your chance to make sure the candidates take notice of our growing transportation issues. The Citizens’ Transportation has Partnered with...
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