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TPC Approves Three Livable Centers Projects
The East End
The East End, just to the east of Downtown Houston, is one of the city’s oldest and most historic areas. The streetscape improvements that will be implemented with ARRA funding will serve to make transit more accessible and pedestrian activity easier and safer in the area. Improvements include:
Upgrade transit stops (shelters, benches, signage, lighting, waste receptacle, pavement)
Install/repair sidewalks, curbs, and ramps in compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements at intersections, driveways, and alleys as needed
Install pedestrian-oriented lighting, street furniture, signage and landscaping
Uptown
Uptown is one of the region’s largest employment centers, the largest retail center, and is rapidly becoming one of the highest density residential centers in the State of Texas. The ARRA funding will help to implement components of Uptown’s comprehensive plan to improve mobility and enhance pedestrian and transit access within Uptown. Improvements include:
Pedestrian-transit access streetscape improvements,
ADA-compliant ramps at intersections, pedestrian-scale lighting
Installation of landscape barriers/shade trees,
pedestrian-friendly signalized intersections/crosswalks
Upper Kirby
The Upper Kirby District is a major retail, commercial, and residential hub in Houston. The Upper Kirby District has developed a pedestrian-transit accessibility program to meet the area’s mobility challenges as the area redevelops and densifies. The ARRA funding will enhance the usage of transit and improve pedestrian access. Specific improvements include:
Sidewalk improvements throughout the district, addressing curb deficiencies
Improving wheelchair ramp deficiencies
Driveway reconstruction
Pedestrian amenities such as landscaping, lighting, street furniture, and bus shelters as well as bicycle amenities such as bike racks at destinations
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