March 28, 2020
The Houston Sierra Club has suspended in-person monthly General Meetings for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency. As a substitute this month we are offering an online video program, which can be viewed at home at a convenient time.
Our March 12 Meeting had to be cancelled just hours prior to that meeting.
The program topic for that meeting was: "The I-45 Project and the Future of Houston".
So this month we are posting a video featuring a talk on the same topic given by Jeff Speck, a noted urban planner, here in Houston last year. It was this talk, sponsored by the Kinder Institute and held at the MATCH, that inspired much of the current citizen opposition to the current TxDOT plans for expanding I-45.
Below is a link to the video. The first several minutes are introductions and preliminary comments; the principal presentation begins about 8:45 into the video.
"What the proposed I-45 expansion plan means for Houston", Jeff Speck explains:
And here is a web page summary of the talk:
A related background video, "The Walkable City", with Jeff Speck:
Jeff Speck is an American city planner, writer, and lecturer. He has authored or co-authored several books on urban planning, including his 2012 book, Walkable City: How Downtown Saves America, One Step at a Time. He is an advocate for more "walkable" cities and has given TED Talks on the subject.
Related Links of local groups working to stop or improve the I-45 project.
The "Stop TxDOT I-45" website: