01-19-12 Regular, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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could also be done to market the program prior to the end of the school year. 4) Coordinate with the Harris County Office of Transit Services (and other partners) to conduct a study to determine additional placement of bus stops. Additional scheduled stops could be located at the entrances of each major subdivision (e.g., Brookglen Subdivision), multi - family housing, large commercial developments, assisted living facilities, etc.) Alternately, programs could be implemented where the bus would stop at designated "flag stops" only if a flag is set to request a stop or via pull cords where a rider would pull a cord to request a stop. 5) Coordinate with Harris County Office of Transit Services (and other providers) to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of expanding the existing route to include stops at designated areas within the surrounding industrial districts and terminals, e.g., adding a Bay Area Boulevard to Shore Acres Boulevard to Broadway loop. 6) Coordinate with the Harris County Office of Transit Services to determine the feasibility of constructing a Park - and -Ride in the City for commuter access to Downtown Houston. movement Focus Area 3 — Expanded opportunities for water, rail, and a of freight or goods. Freight, or goods movement, refers to the transportation of physical goods from one location to another and includes everything from chemicals, machinery, and anything else shipped from one place to another. A region's freight transportation system is comprised of roadways, airports, water ports, pipelines and freight terminals, including truck, rail, port, and pipeline terminals. The region's multi -modal transportation system, of which La Porte is a primary contributor, moves nearly 700 million tons of freight annually and is expected to grow 58 percent (to 1.2 billion tons yearly) by 2035. Consequently, identifying and implementing improvements to accommodate increasing demand for goods movement is critical to La Porte's, and the region's, economic vitality. In fact, a large part of the Houston - Galveston region relies on its diverse transportation assets, including deep water ports, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and Class I railroads. The La Porte Municipal Airport The La Porte Municipal Airport is located on 300 acres on the north side of Spencer Highway east of Farrington Street and west of Driftwood Drive. It was originally constructed in the mid -1940s by the United States Government and served as a second auxiliary landing field to Ellington Air 25 H -GAC Regional Goods Movement Study —Final Report. Dec. 2011. A COMMUNITY VISION FOR LA T't?RTE, TEXAS - 2010 UPDATE