Improving Safety With New Approach to Identifying Dangerous Intersections
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Making cities safer for all road users means planning ahead.
Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Houston
Attempting to Gauge the Impact of “Near-Miss” Incidents on Houston’s Streets
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We've all had this experience while walking or biking -- someone cutting us off, or swerving, leaving us catching our breath and thinking, "That was close." Close encounters, just inches away from being a collision, have a big impact on how we think about street safety, but they're not well understood, since they're rarely, if ever, reported. A new report out of Houston attempts to gauge the impact of these "near-miss" incidents.
Fatalities, Crashes Up in 2016 in Houston Area, According to New Report
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Crash rates went up almost across the board from 2015 to 2016.
Podcast: Houston, You’re a Bit Dense
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Houston has long been known as one of the country’s sprawl capitals. But did you know some parts of the city have higher levels of density than Chicago? In the latest episode of the Urban Edge podcast, Kinder Institute researcher Kelsey Walker discusses those neighborhoods, and her new study, “Taking Stock: Housing Trends in the Houston Area.”
Houston Mayor Announces Complete Communities Initiative
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner unveiled details of his long-anticipated Complete Communities initiative Monday, three months after a federal investigation found the city had violated the Civil Rights Act by locating subsidized, low-income housing in segregated areas.
Harris County No Longer Leads Country in Population Growth
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After an eight-year run as the county with the biggest population gains in the U.S., Harris County, home to Houston, has relinquished the top spot to Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, according to new Census data released Thursday.