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Houston Public Media Jul 22, 2025

Mayor Whitmire said the new police unit is part of an initiative to ensure compliance from local bars and clubs.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston-mayor/2025/07/22/526954/houston-mayors-newly-created-police-club-unit-closed-5-clubs-over-2-day-period/

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Houston mayor’s newly created police ‘club unit’ closed 5 clubs over 3-day period

Mayor Whitmire said the new police unit is part of an initiative to ensure compliance from local bars and clubs.

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Albatross Apr 2, 2025

In the 1950s Minneapolis had trolley cars, in the 2020s it has light rail. During the years between this same stretch of street was a hazardous high traffic zone thru the U of M campus that regularly killed or injured students. #trolley #transit #masstransit #lightrail #minneapolis #minneapolishistory #universityofminnesota #washingtonavenue

Houston Public Media Mar 19, 2025

A Houston-Galveston Area Council study is exploring long-term safety and mobility improvements for Washington Avenue, but critics fear that a fast-tracked METRO repaving project could reinforce its current car-centric design.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/03/19/516406/metro-houston-washington-avenue-rebuild-mobility-study-hgac/

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Critics question METRO’s rush to repave Houston’s Washington Avenue before mobility study ends

The Houston-Galveston Area Council’s $700,000 study is exploring long-term safety and mobility improvements for Washington Avenue, but critics fear that a fast-tracked repaving project could reinforce its current car-centric design.

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Houston Public Media Dec 16, 2024

In an effort to crack down on crime in Houston's Washington Avenue Corridor, officers conducted more than 200 traffic stops and made at least 40 arrests over the weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2024/12/16/508940/washington-avenue-houston-crime-enforcement-crackdown/

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Nearly 50 arrests in Washington Avenue weekend crime crackdown, Houston officials say

Fifty-one charges were filed against individuals arrested in the Washington Avenue Corridor initiative on Friday and Saturday, including 10 reckless driving charges, 24 DWI's, two evading arrest charges and 10 misdemeanor warrant arrests.

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