It’s amazing that public streets can be closed off for local concerns, but crosswalks can’t be painted. 
This is really an amazing transformation. That Whataburger at Bissonnet and 59 and the Timmy Chan’s down the road have seen some stuff. 
They should cut all the telephone lines too. It will reduce financial scams 60%. Then cut the Internet to finally put a lid on phishing scams.
why dont you just have police patrol the area so much that eventually those are either in jail or figure that area is not worth the risk ? seems that works pretty well and what police are for.
If you read the article, you would see that it was a law enforcement solution.
About three years ago, a Houston cop suggested placing temporary barricades on side streets to restrict access between the Bissonnet Track and hourly motels. The movable barriers were monitored by law enforcement officers in their patrol cars at a cost of about $60,000 in overtime pay.
“We found that if we cut off the side streets where people were soliciting sex or buying drugs, they don’t have anywhere to turn off at night,” Pollard said. “We’re also able to dictate traffic patterns that way. In certain areas, there’s only one way in and one way out. It makes it very difficult for people to hide.”