Some Houstonians are quick to point out that they think all Houston sidewalks are bad. Others said the worst sidewalks are especially dangerous for people with disabilities.
Melissa Phillip/Staff Photographerthat will allow developers to pay a fee to the city instead of putting in sidewalks in with new construction, in an attempt to combat"sidewalks to nowhere," the Houston Chronicle polled readers asking which city sidewalks need fixing the most.
A broken sidewalk is shown along the 600 block of Harvard Street Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Houston.Mary Katherine LeMaster said she would walk everywhere in Houston if they all looked like the sidewalks near the city's Children's Museum. "In Houston, because it's up to the individual developers, sidewalks are difficult to maintain and there is no equity," Conely said."Usually it's the neighborhoods where the sidewalks are really in the worst shape where people walk, not just for pleasure and their mental health, but they have to get to the bus for work. or they are a wheelchair user or are visually impaired and they can't drive.
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