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Transportation 2009

Transportation 2009. Support for transportation choices and alternatives Jon Boyd. http:// ctchouston. org. You might expect people to be interested…. In the next 20 years, our region will spend more than $100 billion on transportation infrastructure

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Transportation 2009

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  1. Transportation 2009 Support for transportation choices and alternatives Jon Boyd http://ctchouston.org

  2. You might expect people to be interested… • In the next 20 years, our region will spend more than $100 billion on transportation infrastructure • That’s $5 billion of public funds annually • Sidewalks, streets, highways, rail lines affect us all • Where and how we build infrastructure dramatically affects quality of life in our communities

  3. but more than 40 agencies are planning… TxDOTTexas Department of Transportation Counties HCTRAHarris Cty Toll Road Auth TIRZTax IncrementReinvestment Zones Local cities MDManagement Districts Transportation’s“pecking” order Neighborhoods You & Me

  4. … and the process takes many years

  5. If neighborhoods want better projects and better quality of life, then what do we do?

  6. The Citizens’ Transportation Coalition envisions transportation solutions that improve quality of life. OUR VISION CTC advocates a broad-based public educational and planning process toidentify neighborhood aspirations and the best transportation options to achieve them. OUR MISSION Members of the Citizens’ Transportation Coalition are working for:

  7. What kinds of transportation policies might improve our quality of life?

  8. Dan Burdem We need strategies both to accommodate growth and to preserve neighborhoods… Town Center article

  9. We need to build more mobility choices • 1 out of 5 adult Texans cannot or does not drive • Everyone is a pedestrian at some times in their lives • children, injured, disabled, seniors, and poor • even you… when your car is in the repair shop

  10. We need to make public transit more effective • Transit requires appropriate development (min density)  ask for complementary local development guidelines • We can make the case for additional funding: • ask Congress to bringfederal transit dollars here • ask Texas legislators to fund freight and commuter rail • ask Counties to fund local transit options

  11. We need to invest in freight rail… http://ctchouston.org

  12. And we need agencies to cooperate…

  13. So… when neighborhoods are ready to make something happen, what can you do?

  14. Consider adopting the CTC resolution

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