Washington Avenue Corridor Study (WACS)
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Let's create a better Washington Avenue for all! The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) has established a partnership with The City of Houston to develop a corridor mobility plan for Washington Avenue.
Give your input virtually through the map and activities on this website below. These will be open through May 31:
- Interactive Map: What works about this corridor and what doesn’t?
- Ideas Pinboard: What alternatives could we consider?
Project Overview
The Washington Avenue Corridor Study (WACS) guides short and long-range transportation reinvestments. It will encourage development of multimodal transportation options, increase safety, improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, and improve air quality. WACS will maintain the historic character of the corridor and foster a thriving, sustainable, and livable neighborhood.
A critical component of this study is safety analysis. The majority of the corridor is considered a component of the City of Houston’s “High Injury Network”. There are limited locations for safe pedestrian crossings along the corridor. The study will conclude with a prioritized list of recommended improvements and implementation strategy. Recommendations will offer equal emphasis on all modes of transportation and offer alternatives prior to final recommendations.
Meeting 1 Presentation
Click here for a PDF with key highlights in English and Spanish!
Presentation at May 11 Public Meeting (includes Q&A):
Presentation recorded virtually:
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about 1 month ago
Properly repair all of the potholes (not just the kitty litter truck) and then grade and pave the entire street.
Do not put a bike lane on Washington, use Center Street
about 2 months ago
Extend the light rail into the Washington Ave corridor
The light rail extension to the courthouse could be extended to go further into the neighborhood. maybe along Washington Ave, maybe along Center St, or maybe along the Winter St right-of-way - is Union Pacific still going to decomission that? I've heard plans for maybe a promenade there, which would be great parallel to a light rail.
about 1 month ago
Need good public transportation connection to get from Downtown to Northwest Transit Center and need enhanced sidewalks and traffic signals
about 2 months ago
Widen sidewalks and plant trees
There are long portions Washington Ave with no shade trees for pedestrians. Most of the sidewalks are narrow and many are really close to traffic (which is marked between 30 and 35 mph—which means people also drive faster than that).
about 1 month ago
Convert Traffic Lights to Roundabouts
Roundabouts reduce speed while allowing traffic to flow and don’t need power to work if there is a storm. The Washington and Westcott intersection works very well. This should be considered for other sections of Washington. Waugh and Washington would great. Improved sidewalks with shade would help. Removing a traffic lane to add a bike lane is a terrible idea.
