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Keeping Us Moving: Where to Begin? J EFF T AEBEL , FAICP D IRECTOR , C OMMUNITY AND E NVIRONMENTAL P LANNING Challenges Disconnected No Sidewalks Land Uses Deep Roadside Ditches Multi-Lane, High-Volume, High-Speed Roadway Few Safe Crossings


  1. Keeping Us Moving: Where to Begin? J EFF T AEBEL , FAICP D IRECTOR , C OMMUNITY AND E NVIRONMENTAL P LANNING

  2. Challenges Disconnected No Sidewalks Land Uses Deep Roadside Ditches Multi-Lane, High-Volume, High-Speed Roadway Few Safe Crossings

  3. Livable Centers and Ped-Bike Districts

  4. Targeted Strategies Airline Midtown

  5. Activity Density • People + Jobs close together o Concentration of trip origins and destinations • Daytime population o Downtown Houston o Texas Medical Center • Mixed Use Areas o Montrose o Upper Kirby

  6. Street Connectivity Gridded Street Network Offers Multiple, Cul-de-Sac and Wall b/t Different Uses More Direct Routes Prohibits Pedestrian Movement Walking : 0.90 mi. Traveling from Home to Coffee Shop Traveling from Home to Coffee Shop Connected Grid Disconnected Network

  7. Street Connectivity/Density

  8. Walkable Urbanism + TOD

  9. Blue Map Demo http://h-gac.maps.arcgis.com/apps/InteractiveFilter/index.html?appid=a765e404adcd449f95ef32766a02d1db

  10. J EFF T AEBEL , FAICP Director of Community and Environmental Planning Houston-Galveston Area Council jeff.taebel@h-gac.com Blue Map www.h-gac.com/community/livablecenters/tools.aspx

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