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Full Show: Accidental Deaths In Texas, And Author Jon Meacham (Aug. 14, 2018)

Posted on August 14, 2018 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Six years after he went missing in Syria, we revisit efforts to find Houston journalist Austin Tice. Then, we learn more about what flood control projects would be included in the bond measure that goes before voters Aug. 25. Plus, the head of the National Safety Council discusses the prevalence of accidental deaths in Texas. And writer Jon Meacham talks about his biography George H.W. Bush.

Transportation

Public Asked To Comment On New Regional Traffic Safety Plan

Posted on July 23, 2018 · The Houston area is seeing a sharp increase in the number of crashes but transportation planners think a growing population is only part of the story.

News

Santa Fe ISD Approves New Safety Measures

Posted on July 11, 2018 · The district will reportedly relocate the classrooms where the deadly shooting took place last May

Transportation

After Some Persistence, The Mystery Of The Missing Crosswalk Is Finally Solved

Posted on June 18, 2018 · We make a return visit to a challenging intersection where pedestrians had to take the long way around.

News

Cleveland ISD Police Department Donates Door Blocks To Hundreds Of Classrooms

Posted on May 31, 2018 · 1000 units of Bearacade door blocks have been delivered by the Cleveland ISD Police Department

News

HISD Police To Form Unit To Respond To Emergencies

Posted on May 29, 2018 · The plan comes in the wake of the Santa Fe High School shooting

Transportation

Metro Plans New Safety Improvements Along The Light Rail Lines

Posted on May 17, 2018 · The goal is to keep people from walking out in front of trains

Transportation

Attorneys Say Cyclist Was Not At Fault In Fatal Crash Near Rice University

Posted on May 8, 2018 · They plan to conduct an independent investigation to prove cyclist Sudipta Roy was legally using a crosswalk when she was struck by a dump truck at Sunset Boulevard and Main Street April 24.

Transportation

Protesters Demand Change After Two Cyclists Are Killed At A Problematic Intersection

Posted on May 3, 2018 · Rice University students say just crossing the street can be a major source of stress, no matter what mode of transportation you're using.

Transportation

Investigators Say Driver Was Unresponsive Before A Bus Carrying Channelview High School Students Crashed In Alabama

Posted on May 1, 2018 · The NTSB also reports there were no signs that the bus had mechanical problems

Houston Matters

Witness Recalls Texas City Disaster And How It Shaped Thinking On Safety

Posted on April 16, 2018 · In 1947, Bob Roten witnessed the deadliest industrial disaster in American history. It would forever shape how he thought about safety as a chemical executive.

News

Study: Armed Security Officers Are On The Rise In US Schools

Posted on March 29, 2018 · The percentage of schools with a security guard, a school resource officer or other sworn law enforcement officer on campus at least once a week has gone up from 42 percent in 2005-06 to 57 percent a decade later

Transportation

Metro Works To Educate Drivers On How Not To Get Hit By A Train

Posted on February 27, 2018 · The transit agency says over half of the collisions along the light rail line are caused by vehicles running red lights and making improper left turns.

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1473: Titanic and Great Eastern

Posted on February 26, 2018 · Episode: 1473 Two unsinkable ships: the Titanic and the Great Eastern. Today, a story of two ships. One sank. One didn’t.

News

Trump Urges Ban On Gun Devices Like Bump Stocks

Posted on February 20, 2018 · "We must move past clichés and tired debates and focus on evidence based solutions and security measures that actually work," Trump said