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Planning + Capital Projects

The Downtown Houston+ Planning and Capital Projects program includes near-term urban design and improvement projects, long-range planning studies and initiatives, and ongoing planning and construction coordination with government agencies and private entities in Downtown. 

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Featured Completed Projects

Downtown Commute Survey (2018)

Central Houston, Inc. (CHI) engaged SSRS to conduct the 2018 Downtown Commute Survey. The primary objective of the survey was to assess how people from the Houston region commute to and from employment in Downtown and to establish the transit mode split of Downtown employees.

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Warehouse District (2018)

The Warehouse Vision District Plan conducted studies and assessed the upgrade of urban design, transportation, and infrastructural systems in the Warehouse District. As this area will be significantly impacted and transformed by the NHHIP, planning scenarios stand to define the path forward for this section of Downtown.

Plan Downtown (2017)

In 2017 the Houston Downtown Management District, in partnership with Central Houston, published Plan Downtown: Converging Culture, Lifestyle & Commerce. The plan guided the efforts of the Downtown Houston+ team for several years, and elements have been continued on through the Strategic Alignment Plan.

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Southern Downtown / CBD Public Realm Plan (2014)

This plan presents a vision for the streets, parks and open spaces of southern Downtown/ CBD that will support a diverse range of activities, development and neighborhoods. Our work on this plan led directly to working on the plan for the whole of downtown, which allowed for a more holistic envisioning of Houston’s downtown.

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