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A pilot study from Houston Public Media found that bus shelter shade was on average half as effective at cooling riders as tree shade -- a potential solution for METRO and the City of Houston as climate change makes the heat worse for transit riders.
On Thursday's show: We discuss an uptick in high-speed car chases involving HPD officers that have left bystanders injured, according to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle. And we learn the latest on the Houston housing market.
An original study by Houston Public Media set out to answer whether bus stops ever reached dangerously hot temperatures and how effective bus shelters are at cooling riders during the hottest times of the day.
On Thursday's show: We learn why the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued an immediate lockdown at all Texas prisons this week.