Living in Houston, Texas for the majority of my life, I have witnessed how a change in the network of transportation in a large city can dramatically change its growth patterns. Within the confines of Downtown Houston, there are an abundance of surface lots, skyscrapers, and a variety of small shops and eating locations typical in any city. What makes Houston so different is the scale in which everything is situated around these networks of streets and highways. There is no real social and urban infrastructure in place to connect the different parts of Houston surrounding its Downtown. The empty space that exists from the highways and streets that inhabit the majority of the land are areas that could begin to be explored as the connective fabric of the city. Through the combination of these ideas and greening strategies, I hope to explore how the creation of a transportation system can begin to enhance the life of a pedestrian instead of an automobile.
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