Houston wins $28.8M federal road safety grant to redesign 7-mile stretch of Bissonnet
Bus riders wait along Bissonnet in Braeburn, where a narrow sidewalk is the only path next to the busy street, in this image from Google, captured in November 2022. Houston is planning to spend nearly $36 million to improve safety along the street for pedestrians.A redo of one of Houston’s most chaotic and dangerous streets largely will be paid for by aseven-mile segment of Bissonnet
Solving those issues, which mar foot traffic in some low-income and vulnerable communities, was the aim of the grants, part of the federal infrastructure bill passed in 2021. In Houston, it would be hard to find a street more in need of some changes. Bissonnet, especially through Gulfton, Braeburn and Alief, can be treacherous for pedestrians as drivers speed down the straight street, divided by a median that sometimes makes it more of a raceway than a city road.
Of the 19 fatalities along the street from 2014 to 2021, 11 were pedestrians, either as they tried to cross the street or simply walk along it where sidewalks are eroded or marred by previous crashes.
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