Pedestrians and cyclists don't emit greenhouse gases, it needs to be safer to be one in our cities

[kentauros]

10. Years ago I emailed the City of Houston about hike/bike paths.

My idea was to use the plethora of easements and rights-of-way (power, pipelines, telecom) as non-road paths. They could then connect up with existing pathways, including those along the bayous.

I only got a form-letter in reply, but they did begin to create paths per my idea. I don't know if I gave it to them, or if they'd had the idea already, but it was refreshing to see them beginning to use already-cleared spaces for low-impact pathways

Oh, one idea I've seen used in other cities (rarely in Houston) are traffic lights specifically for pedestrian and bike traffic only. Often they are placed around universities, where such non-motorized traffic is high. I'd think they'd be pretty easy to install and operate, like the emergency lights in front of fire stations...