GHDC Meetings are at HCDP HQ, 1445 N Loop W, #110 @ Ella Blvd.

free parking in the garage

GHDC Feb 19 speaker:

 Jon Boyd, Citizens’ Transportation Coalition (CTC’s) Advocacy Chair,

http://www.ctchouston.org

The 81st Texas Legislature is now in session. With the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) under Sunset Review and questions looming about the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC), legislators are considering reforms:

• changes to the structure of the Commission,
• repeal of the Trans-Texas Corridor language, and
• transportation appropriations.

CTC mission

Vision:

The Citizens’ Transportation Coalition envisions transportation solutions that improve quality of life.

Mission:

The Citizens’ Transportation Coalition advocates a broad-based public educational and planning process to identify neighborhood aspirations and the best transportation options to achieve them.

Definitions:

With respect to transportation:

• Quality of life means affordable and convenient access to jobs, goods, services, schools and recreation; it means neighborhoods safe and free from transportation-related air, noise, and visual pollution.
• Broad-based means inclusive of representatives from super-neighborhoods, professional and environmental groups, educational institutions, trade or business organizations, the development community, and governmental entities.
• An educational and planning process consists of a series of public educational meetings led by experienced planners who explain planning terms and transportation options. Facilitators then help participants develop ideas for the kinds of neighborhoods and city to which they aspire, and the economics of their choices. These decisions become parts of a comprehensive plan for the city or region.