A Tale of Two Bridges

Help us throw some shade on the Heights Hike and Bike Trail. Every dollar, every like, every share counts!

💸 GoFund Me: https://shade-gofundme.atotb.org
💰 PayPal Giving (Zero Fee): https://shade-paypal.atotb.org

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Help us plant 200 trees along the Heights Hike and Bike Trail!

Houston - Super Neighborhood #22
Molly Cook for Texas Senate Ed Pettitt Friends of Columbia Tap Second Ward Super Neighborhood 63 Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce Houston Heights Bike Life Houston Houston Bike Scene Woodland Heights Civic Association

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1.5 years after planting 20 trees
📍8th & Nicholson

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Help plant and care for 200 trees in January
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30 days to submit public comments to remind our leaders how much we love our trails, and any interruptions or closures to our trail systems should be mitigated with safe, well marked, comfortable detours to make sure the trails continue to blossom how they have over the last several years

Spreading the word about two opportunities to learn more about tree care and sustainability put on by District C and
🌳 Thursday, Aug 15 - Heights
🌳 Tuesday, Aug 20 - Braeswood

In cooperation with Urban Paths, Friends of the Boulevard, AARP, and Citizen Transportation Coalition, we are organizing the first ever Montrose area walk audit! A walking audit is a community driven assessment of the walkability, accessibility, safety, comfort of a roadway for people outside a personal vehicle. Thanks to AARP’s generous funding, we will documenting the sorry state of Richmond Avenue and Montrose Blvd. This is the first step in building lively, strong, dynamic neighborhoods that support community building and walkability.

We’ll be walking Montrose Boulevard from Allen Parkway to 59 and Richmond from Shepherd to the Spur. There will be opportunities to walk a half mile piece of turf every Saturday and a few Sundays between July 13th and August 3rd. We’ll provide all the safety, and goodies needed to audit the roadway. 　

Everyone is invited!

13 July: Montrose Blvd Parkway - W. Gray St

14 July: Montrose Blvd . Gray St - Westheimer

20 July: Montrose Blvd - W. Alabama St 　

21 July: Montrose Blvd . Alabama St - SW Freeway 　

27 July: Richmond Avenue Dr - Dunlavy St 　

28 July: Richmond Avenue St - Montrose Blvd

3 August: Richmond Avenue Blvd - Main St

🙌🎉Congratulations to each and every one of you who helped voice support for the Shepherd-Durham Phase 2 Project

We are thankful to the Mayor for recognizing the transformative value of this project and allow it to move forward. However, MAKE NO MISTAKE — These “compromises” make it seem like the administration actually came up with something meaningful, but the project remains largely unchanged and the changes could have been made without so much political theater. It is terrible that we have to thank an administration for giving us something that they took away from us.

Don’t forget Shepherd Durham Phase 2 is still paused. Have you sent a post card to the mayor? Have you signed the petition? Link In Bio to continue to take action!

Follow up on your emails to council members and the Mayor’s Office.

Building the Patterson Bridge - Call to Action before January 31!
Would you be willing to send a brief email to the TIRZ board to thank them for including the Patterson Bridge in their plans and to encourage them to take definitive steps towards its construction? www.atotb.org/tirz-call-to-action

Exciting news for Houston. A new pedestrian bridge with stunning lights is being proposed to eliminate barriers of connectivity between Uptown and Memorial Park.

Uptown District, made up of the Uptown Management District and the Uptown Redevelopment Authority (TIRZ #16) has news regarding a project submitted for the Transportation Alternatives (TA) program. The West Loop Shared-Use Trail and Bayou Bridge will connect Post Oak Boulevard to Memorial Park using:

• 1.1 mile (5856’) shared-use bike path in 14’ clear zones
• 350’ Buffalo Bayou Suspension Bridge +156’ Truss Bridge
• Memorial Park South Entrance
• West Loop Bridge Underpass

If approved, construction could start in as little as 18 months. The scale and reach of the TA Program is much larger than in previous years thanks in large part to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

Amazing! This will make it much safer to get to Memorial Park Eastern Glades from West End by bike. Coupled with the Patterson Bikeway, this is a great example of small changes that make a huge difference for mobility in the district. Congratulations!

🚨Exciting News 🚨The resident-driven initiative for improving safety @ Blossom/Westcott is moving forward! Residents will soon be able to cross Blossom by utilizing pedestrian refuges where the medians are and with additional traffic calming measures to slow down vehicles traveling along Westcott.

Special thank you to Houston Public Works!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3xrNDTq

Looking for bike valet for Memorial Park Land Bridge opening?

Type this into GOOGLE MAPS:
QH76+X36

Knowing little to nothing about architecture, it seems Houston is embracing a new style for its iconic buildings. One that looks onto the future with open arms and determined to become a greener city.

To me, these buildings look very similar even though all their functions are quite different. Here’s to hoping to see some more of these masterpieces elevate our urban fabric and integrate our public spaces with greenery. Do you like the buildings?

👩‍🎨 The Menil Collection (1987)
West Alabama & Mandell
Pics 1, 5

🖼️ Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2020)
Montrose Blvd & Bisonnet
Pics 2, 6

💰Houston Endowment HQ (2022)
Spotts Park at Heights Blvd & Memorial Dr
Pics 3, 7

🕌 Ismaili Center (2024)
Montrose Blvd & Allen Parkway
Pics 4, 8

The approach onto the iconic MKT bridge is about to get safer.

Work is already underway to install curb outs to slow traffic down and prevent parking near the trail at White Oak Dr @ MKT Trail

Thanks to the Memorial Heights Redevelopment
Authority and Houston Public Works for prioritizing trail users and encouraging active transportation and recreation

The approach onto the iconic MKT bridge is about to get safer.

Work is already underway to install curb outs to slow traffic down and prevent parking near the trail at White Oak Dr @ MKT Trail

Thanks to the Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority and Houston Public Works for prioritizing trail users and encouraging active transportation and recreation 💪

Join us this Sunday Dec 4
for First Sunday Ride! Meet and end at Market Square park in Downtown Houston

🗓️ this Sunday Dec 4
8:00 am

📍Market Square Park

🚲 26 miles

Funded by , the East End Bike Plan sets up the foundation for what a connection on Commerce St could look like joining three of Houston’s longest rail trails. Trails that stand where railroads previously sat

Columbia Tap, Harrisburg and M-K-T (Heights)

Thanks and for the succinct graphics and covering this tale of two bridges 🤩

Use the Link In Bio to read the full stories from Houston Chronicle and Community Impact

This is the future of North Houston Highway Improvement Program

Dug Begley’s story following a Community Event hosted at Patterson Park HTX. This story made the front page of the printed version of Houston Chronicle on Thu Aug 18!

White Oak Trail is brimming with riders. New bridges could give them somewhere to go, advocates say Bicyclists say duo of spans at Patterson and Rutland could relieve circuitous trip along...

Thank you to Community Impact Newspaper’s Sophia Gonzales for the coverage of an important community-driven project

Large crowds turn out to support proposal to connect Heights area trails with new pedestrian bridges The two bridges are already in the city of Houston's bike plan, but residents are pushing to fast-track the process.

Houston Bike Advocates Propose Two Bridges Across White Oak Bayou An as-yet-unfunded proposal to build two new bridges would create essential connections and help riders avoid a mile-plus detour.

Heights group advocating for another White Oak Bayou pedestrian bridge While the Patterson Street bridge is on the Houston Bike Plan, there are currently no plans to install a crossing.

Conceptual renderings by Jacob Cuevas and Jeff Campbell for the Rutland St. Bridge

Thank you Mayor Sylvester Turner for stopping by last week to our community event at Patterson Park HTX

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A Tale of Two Bridges updated their phone number.