Houston streets are designed for speed. When will Whitmire make them safe?

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Council Member Kamin, whose district includes this intersection, is one of the few local politicians who’s been raising the alarm about street safety in Houston. She clashed with Whitmire over his decision to alter several street redesigns in her district. That includes a 1.6-mile reconstruction of West Alabama Street, right behind Lamar, which is used by kids to walk and bike to school. Whitmire ordered a pause on that project to better align it with his "guiding mobility principles." It was re-engineered — at a cost of more than $80,000 — to remove a proposed bike lane that would've connected with an existing one on West Alabama. Now it's a bike lane to nowhere.