Livable places: Creating neighborhoods in Houston where you can work, live, and play
Now, Houstonโs planning department wants to take it a step further by creating โLivable Places,โ a concept that would create neighborhoods inside Houston city limits where you could work, live and play--eliminating the need to drive. Dipti Mathur, City of Houston Planning Department Division Manager, leads the livable places action team, overseeing the strategic planning of this concept. In fact, the livable places team has already found data indicating that on the east side of Houston, car ownership has dropped. The livable places team will first focus on the development codes that we have in place right now. Mathurโs hoping to rework those rules so that โlivable placesโ or neighborhoods can be built in walkable neighborhoods.