Planning & Development

Walkable Places Committee

People Walking on a Sidewalk

Auto-Centric Suburban Style Development Encouraged by Current Ordinances

Auto-Centric Suburban Style Development Encouraged by Current Ordinances

Pedestrian Friendly Urban Style Development Encouraged by the Proposed Ordinances

Pedestrian Friendly Urban Style Development Encouraged by the Proposed Ordinances

 

Walkable Places Committee

The committee considered issues and potential revisions to Chapter 26 and 42 related to planning environments that facilitate walking, and create sense of places by encouraging walkable development where appropriate.

A number of areas in Houston are attracting higher density commercial, office, and multifamily residential developments. These developments present an opportunity to create more vibrant, walkable streets that support alternative modes of transportation. The City’s development ordinances should maximize these opportunities. The Walkable Places Committee explore how these ordinances should be amended to achieve this objective.

Walkable Places Committee 2019 Members

2019 Walkable Places Committee Members, from left to right: Front Row: Cynthia Reyes-Revilla, Susan Alleman, Isabel Longoria, Bill Baldwin, Margaret Wallace Brown, Veronica Chapa Gorczynski, Kim Mickelson Back Row: Ron Lindsey, James Llamas, George Levan, Truman Edminster, Marty Stein, Greg LeGrande, Michael Huffmaster, Clark Martinson

Committee Members

  • Marty Stein
  • Bill Baldwin
  • Susan Alleman
  • Truman Edminster
  • Bolivar Fraga
  • Veronica Chapa Gorczynski
  • David Kim
  • Greg LeGrande
  • George Levan
  • Ron Lindsey
  • James Llamas
  • Clark Martinson
  • Michael Huffmaster
  • John Mooz
  • Bradley Pepper
  • Cynthia Reyes-Revilla
  • Abbey Roberson
  • Irma Sanchez
  • Josh Sanders
  • Jane West