League City Seeking Solutions to its Mobility Problems
League City is one of the most rapidly growing communities in the Houston-Galveston region. Unfortunately, growing pains have resulted in congestion and mobility problems for League City. As a first step toward finding solutions, the City has undertaken the development of a Master Mobility Plan. Public input is extremely important to the development of the plan because it is the residents of League City who use the City’s transportation network every day. Therefore, residents invited to attend the first of three Open Houses to discuss the City’s mobility issues. Meeting details are as follows:
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center
400 West Walker St.
League City, TX 77573
The Master Mobility Plan will address ways to improve citywide mobility across a broad spectrum of transportation modes including the roadway network, local transit, park and ride, commuter rail, hike and bike trails, marine transportation, and the pedestrian network. It will be the City’s first truly multi-modal transportation plan.
Unquestionably the predominant form of transportation in League City is the automobile and will continue to be. Thus, significant attention must be paid to improving traffic flow. However, the Master Mobility Plan will pay equal attention to establishing a more balanced range of mobility options.
A needs assessment is currently being conducted for the various transportation modes. Two modeling tools looking at land use scenarios and future traffic congestion will also play a big role. This information, along with public input, will be used to develop the Plan’s multi-modal mobility recommendations. The Plan will also include funding and implementation recommendations meant to guide the City as it continues to grow.
A website will be online by early October where residents can find out about the mobility planning process, access materials to be presented at the Open Houses, fill out an online survey, and offer other comments. The website address will be www.LeagueCityMobility.com.
We want to know what you think! Please join us at the Open House!
6 comments:
1. Just say NO to commuter rail.
2. Assess a transportation impact fee for all new housing units in League City.
3. Widen/improve existing roads.
4. Synchronize traffic lights.
5. DO NOT build the Palomino bridge.
We have no north-south mobility problems. We have east-west mobility problems.
This is a classic case of the government's left hand not knowing (or not caring) what the right one is doing.
On one hand, we hire a high dollar outside outfit to come in and show us how to make Main Street a magnet corridor to attract visitors.
On the other, we high a different high dollar outfit to try to figure out how to fix our traffic congestion, most of which is on Main Street.
Fire both of them. What we need is the same thing that Alvin got about fifty years ago. We need a Business Main Street and a Main Street Bypass. I propose SH96 for the latter.
Chuck:
#3. Some newer roads could be widened or improved, but most don't need it (yet). The older ones that do, chiefly Main Street, cannot be widened without taking out lots of the oldest oaks, as well as uprooting business and residential properties and all utilities servicing them, because they are so close to the road. There are other limitations as well, because it is a state highway.
Agree about Main Street. However, Butler Road can be paved all the way through, and Calder Road west can be widened. If I can think of 2 examples within 1 mile of my house, I'm sure other people can think of many more.
Rail coming to a community near you. You will notice that the name of the website to give some indication as to what the real intent is.
Please find attached the Second Edition of the Galveston-Houston Mobility Corridor Alternative Analysis Newsletter. This Second Edition focuses on what the public direction given to the transit planners at the first three open houses and via the project website and emails. We send this to you for your information but would greatly appreciate you forwarding this newsletter to friends and associates that live or work in Galveston, Houston or in the communities along I-45 and SH 3.
This newsletter also discusses the components of the study that are underway now which will be presented to the public and stakeholder groups at January 2010 open houses. We will have a third edition of the newsletter to give details of this second round of open houses. Please also visit our project website Galveston Rail Study for more study documents, the first open house displays and first edition of the newsletter.
Volume 1 Issue 2
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