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Houston Route Comparison

Not just the fastest way there — the one you'll survive in July.

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      When are you going?

      Houston time.

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      Each route is scored 0–100 on how pleasant it is to travel: shade, greenery, distance from traffic and directness. The three bars are the share of that route which is beside a park, under trees, and away from big roads. Drag Scoring weights on the map to change what counts.

      Heat along the way

      METRO trip

      Route profile

      Priority sites

      What if the city fixed them?

      Shade, crossings and sidewalks on the worst corners. Nobody's route changes — the same walks happen, on better ground.

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            Trip impact

            Where these numbers come from

              Walking, cycling and driving routed by OSRM · METRORail and METRO bus trips routed by Transitous over Houston METRO's published GTFS feed · green space and tree canopy from OpenStreetMap via Overpass. Built for the FIFA Sustainability Hackathon.

              🚶 Walkability surface
              hard to walkeasy
              Rice GIS index, 0–10, where 10 is hardest to walk · blank areas were not scored
              💼 Economic intensity
              fewer jobsmore
              Jobs per 60 m square. Log scale, so each step up the ramp is many times the one before — the busiest square holds 21,292.
              🔥 Foot traffic
              fewer routesmore
              ⚠️ Priority sites
              lowerhighest priority
              How busy a corner is × how hard it is to walk. A big dot means lots of people crossing difficult ground — the places worth fixing first. Bigger dot, bigger problem.
              Scoring scale