{"id":390187,"date":"2026-07-29T05:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390187\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T05:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:25:07","slug":"h-gac-to-host-safety-action-plan-public-meeting-to-discuss-road-safety-in-greater-houston-area-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390187\/","title":{"rendered":"H-GAC to host Safety Action Plan public meeting to discuss road safety in Greater Houston area | Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.h-gac.com\/Home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston-Galveston Area Council<\/a> will host a public meeting Aug. 5 for its Safety Action Plans\u2014an effort to improve transportation safety and reduce serious roadway injuries and fatalities, according to a July 27 news release from H-GAC.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>The Houston-Galveston region accounts for nearly 20% of traffic deaths in Texas, and every day an average of two people are killed and 10 people are seriously injured in traffic crashes across the region, according to H-GAC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people who use our roads every day know where they feel safe and where they don\u2019t,\u201d Allie Isbell, assistant director of transportation for H-GAC&#8217;s Metropolitan Planning Organization, said in the release. \u201cTheir experiences help us identify the improvements that will have the greatest impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A closer look<\/p>\n<p>H-GAC is working with local governments, transportation agencies and community partners to identify critical issues and help lead future safety improvements, per the release. The project will update H-GAC\u2019s Regional SAP and develop local <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.h-gac.com\/safety-action-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plans<\/a> for jurisdictions, including:<\/p>\n<p>ConroeFriendswoodGalvestonGulf Coast Rail DistrictLa MarqueLeague CityHouston metroMissouri CityPearlandSugar LandWaller County<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>Interested residents can share feedback on roadway safety <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.h-gac.com\/safety-action-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> or attend the meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 5 at H-GAC, located on the second floor at 3555 Timmons Lane, Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston-Galveston Area Council will host a public meeting Aug. 5 for its Safety Action Plans\u2014an effort to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[34387,56,34386,58,57,102820,30212,33736],"class_list":["post-390187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-government-in-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-government","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-road-safety","tag-houston-streets","tag-houston-galveston-area-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}