Pearland reviews HGAC mobility study recommending multimodal fixes, thoroughfare updates

Pearland city officials and planning commissioners reviewed the Houston‑Galveston Area Council (HGAC) Pearland Mobility Study at a joint workshop in May 2025, hearing an 18‑month analysis and a set of short‑, medium‑ and long‑term recommendations aimed at improving safety, multimodal connections and congestion management.

"The plan will prioritize multimodal improvements and strategies to improve mobility for people, goods, and services, enhance safety, and accommodate growth," said Vivek Deshpande, transportation engineer and project manager for Kimley‑Horn, who presented the study findings prepared in partnership with HGAC.

Why it matters: the study combines traffic counts, crash data and public input to produce a trackable project list and a prioritization tool for the city’s capital improvement program. Project highlights include targeted bicycle and pedestrian infill, intersection turn lanes and signal timing changes to improve operations, a recommendation to adopt an ADA transition plan, and updates to the city’s thoroughfare plan informed by HGAC’s regional travel demand model through 2045.

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