“The area is making quiet, but big moves that leaders want us to keep an eye on.”
Houston Chronicle: Houston leaders say the East End is key to the city’s future
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Texas Monthly: A Weekend in Houston’s East End Reveals One Surprise After Another
“Take just a few steps into this kinetic and exciting section of the city and your night might take an epic turn.”
Houston’s East End receives $36.9M for underpasses that will help drivers avoid blocked trains
Jack Hanagriff, railroad safety and mobility coordinator at the East End Management District, talks about the railroad delays on York Street Monday, June 5, 2023, in Houston. Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer
The underpasses will address the delays and also provide better routing for emergency vehicles, said Jack Hanagriff, railroad safety and mobility coordinator for the East End Management District. Officials are still working on final design of the crossings, which will need to accommodate the growing redevelopment in the area, along with some business along the railroad tracks that have been there for decades and need reliable truck and commuting routes, Hanagriff said. Read more »
Working Toward Solutions: Leaders Continuing to Address Trains Blocking East End Crossings
(Jack Hanagriff, the Rail Safety and Mobility Coordinator for the East End District) reports some improvements have been made since then. Railroad companies are starting to consolidate their resources into one operating area through dispatch – making communication easier between them. Mapping capabilities now include trouble spot crossings. The FRA’s Rail Crossing Locator app and website allow residents to report a problem at crossings. Read more »
New 17-acre East End project aims to make cars obsolete with walkable, ‘micro’ living
Rendering of the southwest corner of Roberts St. and Commerce St. showing “Roberts Row” (“RxR”), the name of a collection of shops and businesses along Roberts Street proposed within The Plant/Second Ward, a proposed adaptive reuse mixed- use project comprising historic warehouses, plazas, trails, and greenspaces adjacent to the Coffee Plant/Second Ward METRORail stop in the Second Ward. via CultivateLAND
Plans to turn a swath of the East End into a walkable district are getting larger and more ambitious – setting the groundwork for what could become Houston’s next 15-minute neighborhood — where everything a resident needs is within 15 minutes of walking distance. Read more »
Houston Chronicle: Inside Houston’s $25 million plan to transform Telephone Road
This rendering from a 2020 Houston-Galveston Area Council study on Greater Eastwood was included in the city of Houston’s application for a RAISE grant to transform Telephone Road starting in 2022.
The city of Houston wants to transform Telephone Road into an oasis of vital transportation options for some of the city’s most underserved residents—and is asking that President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law fund many of the changes.
East End residents, organizers work toward bikeability in Second Ward
A comprehensive bike plan — like the East End plan being shepherded by the East End District in partnership with the Harris County Engineering Department and Harris County Precinct 2 — is about working together to serve everybody, said Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia.
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LINK Houston Releases Equity in Transit Report
An equitable transportation network starts with strong regional and local transportation policies and decisions so that the benefits of transportation, as well as the burdens, are fairly distributed across the Houston region’s 6.9 million people. Equitable, affordable transportation will help the region pursue inclusive economic growth that further advances equity in incomes, education, and health outcomes rather than widening disparities between under-resourced communities and resourced communities.
LINK Houston’s Equity in Transit Report examines current transit services in Houston, who rides transit, and the equitable distribution of transit options for those communities that need it the most. The report aims to inform conversation and decisions to ultimately improve equity in the bus and rail network, such as the frequency of the schedule, reliability of the bus’s arrival, the hours of availability of services, and the rider’s ease of access. These factors improve the ability of under-resourced communities – communities for which transit provides a much needed, affordable transportation option – to access opportunity.
Making buñuelos with the East End’s “Buñuelo Lady”
“A lot of our businesses in the neighborhood make hand-crafted, I mean you can feel the love, you can taste the authenticity, and that’s the experience we want to give to folks when they come over,” explained Veronica Chapa Gorczynski, president of the East End District.