Reports - Gulfton Super Neighborhood

Community Reports

Complete Communities Action Plan

Complete Communities is about improving neighborhoods so that all of Houston’s residents and business owners can have access to quality services and amenities.

Super Neighborhood 27; A Brief History of Change

Rogers, S. (2005). Superneighborhood 27: A Brief History of Change [Research and Debate]. Places, 17(2). Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86r2j122

Vision Zero; Gulfton Hillcroft Avenue

Building on Mayor Turner’s Complete Communities program, the Gulfton community has partnered with the City and others to design and implement Vision Zero-aligned improvements for Hillcroft Avenue, a road that presents safety and accessibility challenges.

Safe Streets, Safe Communities; Walking and Biking Infrastructure in Gulfton

In the summer and fall of 2018, an audit on the streets, bikeways and sidewalks of Houston's Gulfton neighborhood was conducted by the Kinder Institute. Researchers found that 36 percent of 486 street segments in the area had no sidewalks, and 41 percent of existing sidewalks had some kind of obstruction, such as gaps, parked cars and tree or shrub overgrowth.

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Gulfton community profile

Planning From Inside Out; Using Community Responses to Address Transportation, Infrastructure and Safety Concerns

This study further builds on previous research by the institute about how to improve safety for all road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, drivers and public transportation users, specifically in Houston's Gulfton neighborhood.