Houston Resilient Sidewalks Plan

The Citywide Toolkit is a guide for the City, developers, residents, elected officials, and partner agencies to add sidewalks in existing and new neighborhoods and retrofit existing streets. Informed by both community plans, the Toolkit provides a menu of options for different types of short-term and long-term solutions that are replicable for most streets in Houston.

These solutions contribute to the creation of a “resilient pedestrian network,” which allows communities to recover more quickly after a disaster with improved access to essential services.

The Gulfton Resilient Sidewalks Plan outlines the community vision, goals, preferred improvements, and an implementation strategy to build a resilient pedestrian network of sidewalks and associated drainage improvements throughout the community. It illustrates the community’s want for a safe and comfortable network of sidewalks in their neighborhood.

As one of the most diverse neighborhoods of Houston, nearly 36 miles of Gulfton’s streets have either no sidewalks or sidewalks in very poor condition.

The Resilient Sidewalks Plan for Gulfton will serve as an example for scalable and replicable solutions to address similar challenges experienced across communities citywide.

The Kashmere Gardens Resilient Sidewalks Plan outlines the community vision, goals, preferred improvements, and an implementation strategy to build a resilient pedestrian network of sidewalks and associated drainage improvements throughout the community.

Although sidewalks are the connective tissue in a typical community and provide critical travel options for pedestrians and people with disabilities, only 30% of streets in Kashmere Gardens have sidewalks.

The Resilient Sidewalks Plan for Kashmere Gardens will serve as an example for scalable and replicable solutions to address similar challenges experienced across communities citywide.