Green Buffalo.
Transportation Overview
The overall objective is to implement a successful transportation system into the buffalo bayou currently integrated in Houston, TX, all while creating a cleaner environment along the way. A purification process as well as high maintenance on the bayou will hopefully create a greener pathway for transportation access to be implemented. This transportation system will consist of multiple docking stations located closes to the inner city of Houston for easy public and professional access. The goal will to have various boats carrying passengers both up and down stream throughout the day. Implying that one could park a car along Allen park way and have a secondary transportation method being our boat access towards the downtown area. The implication of a Buffalo Bayou transportation system could open many opportunities that was previously un-achievable for the bayou and the city of Houston.
Docking Station Locations
Johnny Steele Park
Buffalo Bayou Park
Sesquicentennial Park
Allen's Landing
The two-acre Johnny Steele Dog Park opened in Buffalo Bayou Park on January 17, 2015. One of the area’s largest dog parks, it is named for Houston landscape architect Johnny Steele. This location is the first spot where people are allowed access to the loading docks on the western side of the transportation system
Buffalo Bayou Park was undertaken by the Buffalo Bayou Partnership to transform the portion of the waterway which meanders east along Memorial Drive between Shepherd and Sabine Street in downtown Houston. The second spot on the western side, where the public known location would attract those already there for the beautiful scenery.
Construction began in 1986, the Sesquicentennial (150 years) after the defeat of Santa Ana by General Sam Houston. Work included design of structural walls, observation of architectural masonry walls. One of the few locations where open masonary construction is taken place for water to land access. This location would gather those of the docks into the inner city of Houston.
This 1.76-acre park on the south bank of Buffalo Bayou commemorates the founding of Houston in 1836. Lying at the confluence of Buffalo and White Oak Bayous, this location served as a natural turning basin for large boats navigating from Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico.