The City of Houston Planning and Development Department’s plans to educate the public about several traffic management solutions is getting a boost thanks to a 2020 Community Challenge grant that AARP is awarding the department.

The grant will support the creation of a Transportation Demonstration Tool Kit. It was created to show the benefits that come from the use of bike lanes, crosswalks, and other traffic and mobility solutions.

The City of Houston Planning and Development Department works to ensure the fourth largest city in the country remains a city on the move while addressing the affects growth may have on the city. The City of Houston Planning and Development Department is one of five Texas organizations – and among 184 organizations nationwide -- receiving 2020 AARP Community Challenge grants, with more than $2.4 million awarded in total.

“We are incredibly proud to partner with grantees in Texas as they work to make immediate improvements in their communities, encourage promising ideas and jumpstart long-term change,” said AARP Texas Director Tina Tran. “Our goal at AARP Texas is to support the efforts of our communities to be great places for people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities and the coronavirus pandemic has only underscored the importance of this work.”

The Community Challenge grant program is part of AARP’s nationwide Livable Communities initiative, which helps communities become great places to live for residents of all ages. View the full list of grantees and their project descriptions at www.aarp.org/communitychallenge and view an interactive map of all of the Community Challenge projects and AARP Texas’ livable communities work at www.aarp.org/livable.

For video B-Roll footage about The City of Houston Planning and Development Department, please visit: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b93pat34csl827m/AABfrZR4r2qSLWtBMdfvsS3Xa?dl=0.