{"id":40,"date":"2024-03-18T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/index.php\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:23:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40\" class=\"elementor elementor-40\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749a9c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"749a9c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b326851 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b326851\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b57b8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b57b8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Has A<br>\nWalking Problem<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9b598 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a9b598\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1242ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1242ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Houston is the <strong>54th<\/strong> most walkable city in America<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1234ba5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1234ba5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad9ede e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ad9ede\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc29b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6dc29b2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-131d1ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"131d1ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because of the way Houston infrastructure was established, It lags behind the rest of the world in how accessible it is by walking. It is estimated that only 6% of Journeys made within the City are by foot, which pales in comparison to cities like paris, where that number is almost 50%.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751f28f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"751f28f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ac66b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87ac66b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374f2d0 animated-slow e-transform elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"374f2d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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With a score of 47\/100, Houston Lags far behind more pedestrian friendly cities such as New York, or Chicago.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21fd44f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21fd44f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1-copy-2-1024x801.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-large size-large wp-image-292\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1-copy-2-1024x801.png 1024w, https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1-copy-2-300x235.png 300w, 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">However<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4286b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4286b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These statistics are somewhat deceiving<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b19e2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b19e2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3542fd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3542fd4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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With this growth, it becomes increasingly important to promote walkable lifestyles and infrastructure.<\/p><p>The chart on the right indicates that more people rely on walking and public transit in the United States in comparison to Houston, though Houston does not fall far behind.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd46273 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd46273\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a2ad8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a2ad8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0e1a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8d0e1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Artboard-10-1024x745.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-360\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Artboard-10-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Artboard-10-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Artboard-10-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/walkability.romero-design.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Artboard-10.png 1081w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb2535d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2cb2535d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69060af5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69060af5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5630a2a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5630a2a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-368e45ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"368e45ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Next Steps<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce72b9 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce72b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Journey to make Houston More Walkable will not be an easy one. It will be a collaborative effort between citizens and lawmakers to make a city that is safer, more accessible, &amp; more conducive to economic development.<\/p><p>It is important to stay informed on the issue and make your voice heard through voting in local elections<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98b4d6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98b4d6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3497354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3497354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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