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VIDEO: Understanding Close Calls in Houston Traffic

RESEARCH :  May. 26, 2017 TRANSPORTATION | URBAN PLANNING
GLISSETTE SANTANA

Kinder Institute researchers explain what they learned when they asked 130 Houstonians to track "near-misses" they experienced in their daily travels.

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Kinder Institute researchers explain what they learned when they asked 130 Houstonians to track "near-misses" they experienced in their daily travels.

Near misses — those close calls you have with a car while riding your bike, crossing an intersection or getting on a light-rail train — are prevalent in Houston, a city dominated by cars.

New research by the Kinder Institute's Kyle Shelton and Dian Nostikasari explores how city leaders can work towards designing streets to reduce the likelihood of those close calls.

The researchers recruited 130 participants to keep track of their travel, recording when and where they experienced a near-miss (or worse, a collision). Though that data, Shelton and Nostikasari identified some of Houston's most dangerous intersections.

Watch them explain some of the key findings from the study. For more information on their research, visit kinder.rice.edu/NearMiss.

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