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Hot Stops: How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot, a new podcast from Houston Public Media. Listen Here.
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“The data was staggering:” Public officials react to Hot Stops investigation

Sara Willa Ernst / Katie Watkins

Posted on September 28, 2023 · An investigation by Houston Public Media found that bus shelters inconsistently provided protection against the heat during some of the hottest months of the summer.

Hot Stops

How METRO officials could plant a tree at every bus stop in Houston

Sara Willa Ernst / Katie Watkins

Posted on September 21, 2023 · 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. 

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Hot Stops: How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot

Hot Stops

Episode 2: A Science Experiment

Sara Willa Ernst / Katie Watkins

Posted on September 14, 2023 · On this episode Sara and Katie find out just how hot it gets inside METRO bus shelters.

Hot Stops

“It’s like a sweatbox:” Houston bus stops reach dangerous temperatures this summer

Sara Willa Ernst / Katie Watkins

Posted on September 7, 2023 · 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.

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Hot Stops

Introducing Hot Stops: How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot

Jared Counts

Posted on September 5, 2023 · Hot Stops: How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot premieres on Thursday, September 7th

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