Featured Why More Bicycle Rental Stations Could Improve Houston’s Bike Friendliness (Florian Martin – KUHF News, 4/4/2013) Houston’s bike share program has added 18 new stations to the three initial locations that were set up last year. The expansion is another step in the city’s efforts to make Houston a bicycle city. Houston is one of 14 cities nationwide that…
Featured Rice Sociologist: Improving Quality Of Life Crucial For Houston’s Economic Future (Florian Martin – KUHF News, 3/28/2013) Houston has long been a great place to find a job, but it doesn’t have the best reputation for quality of life. As the proportion of oil-related jobs continues to give way to other types of employment, beautification and downtown development become…
Featured Drought conditions contribute to decline in monarch populations (Erin Mulvaney – Houston Chronicle, 3/14/2013) Monarch butterfly populations have been fluttering away in the last decade, and a local expert points to Texas’ drought conditions and recent wildfires as key factors in the decline. The number of monarchs as well as milkweed plants, which are key to the insects’ survival,…