{"id":14238,"date":"2019-11-01T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/?post_type=crb_project&#038;p=14238"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:31:28","slug":"a-well-connected-and-safe-bike-infrastructure-in-houston-texas","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/project\/a-well-connected-and-safe-bike-infrastructure-in-houston-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"A well-connected and safe bike infrastructure in Houston, Texas."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PROJECT NAME:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><strong>Houston\u2019s Bike Plan safe bike infrastructure horizon.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LOCATION:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>Houston, TX, US.<\/b><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OPENING DATE:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2019<\/span><\/b><strong> &#8211; 2020<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Houston\u2019s Bike Plan identifies 1,800 miles of streets that are considered \u201cshort-term opportunities\u201d. According to the bike plan, short-term opportunities are relatively low-cost projects that can be implemented by simply repainting lines and installing bike lane separators on the roadway to create high-comfort bike ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need and objectives of the project.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Houston, Texas, is a city dominated by cars. Cycling has never been a true alternative to the use of private cars because of reckless driving and a lack of protected bike infrastructure, which has historically made it unsafe to take a bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objectives of Houston\u2019s Bike Plan are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To improve safety for people of all ages and abilities through improved facilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To increase access to create a highly accessible, citywide network of comfortable bike facilities and increase ridership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To increase ridership to exceed average ridership levels in similar cities by implementing policies and programs that enable more people to ride bicycles and encourage healthy, active transportation choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The proposed solution.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/191028_Zebra-13-cycle-lane-separator-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14136\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this purpose, the city of Houston has relied on ZICLA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/zebra-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zebra\u00ae<\/a> 13 separators, which offer a great performance on high-traffic areas, such as the ones in which it has been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During 2019, the Zebra\u00ae 13 separators have been installed along 20 miles of streets, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lyons Avenue, 0.8 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burnett Street, 0.6 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hardy and Elysian Avenue, 11 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelley Avenue, 2.6 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hunting Bayou, 0.7 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wheeler Avenue, 1.2 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Austin Avenue, 1.5 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brays Street, 0.5 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Hutchins Avenue, 1.1 miles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROJECT NAME:&nbsp; Houston\u2019s Bike Plan safe bike infrastructure horizon. LOCATION:&nbsp; Houston, TX, US. OPENING DATE:&nbsp; 2019 &#8211; 2020. &nbsp; Houston\u2019s Bike Plan identifies 1,800 miles of streets that are considered \u201cshort-term opportunities\u201d. According to the bike plan, short-term opportunities are relatively low-cost projects that can be implemented by simply repainting lines and installing bike lane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[600],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14238","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-zebra"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/14238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/14238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50748,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/14238\/revisions\/50748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=14238"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zicla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=14238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}