Environment Reporter for @HoustonPubMedia, Houston's @NPR station / Californian exploring Texas / @RIASBerlin fellow / Email me: kwatkins@houstonpublicmedia.org
Sep 14, 2023 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
🧵.@sarawilla1 and I spent the summer investigating the impact of extreme heat on @METROHouston riders. Here's what we found...
It started because we kept seeing riders waiting for the bus ~behind~ bus shelters. Then we heard people describe the shelters as "Easy Bake Ovens," "hotboxes," "steamy." We wanted to see just how hot they were getting...