Checking out the Texas Medical Center's pedestrian and bike rider mobility discovers it's pretty dangerous out there.
Riding along the north side of the Texas Medical Center, I felt pretty safe. A pair of helicopters buzzed above the buildings generating a level of noise only rivaled by the line of work trucks in front of me. It was noisy and busy, but not awful. Then, I turned a corner.designed to ask pedestrians and cyclists what they could do to improve conditions in and around the sprawling complex to add to a new master plan they are creating around mobility.
Riding on Main, Fannin or Holcombe felt like a death sentence, but those are the only major through streets. You could maybe avoid Holcombe by using some of the cut throughs designed as valet for hospitals, but that meant sidewalks the rest of the time. That's dangerous enough most places, but when they are populated by doctors and sick people...my goodness.
This is an absolute no brainer. Both have six lanes of traffic going both directions. Adding a dedicated and protected lane for cyclists only would be a very easy fix and make getting around demonstrably easier. It would also give provide safer access beyond the TMC to West University, NRG Park and surrounding areas. Hard to understand with all the new dedicated lanes being proposed and installed why this isn't top of the list.
The lack of bike racks was pretty surprising, but also indicative of the little amount of thought given to it by those facilities in the TMC.Create safer east-west connectivity between Main, Fannin, the park and Rice.
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