Student Health Impacts

• Houston Academy of International Studies (HAIS) is exposed to 10 times as much traffic pollution as the average HISD/ASID campus.

• Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (YWCP) is exposed to 7 times as much traffic pollution as the average HISD/ASID campus.

• Expansion will move the highway closer to YWPC Academy, which will introduce more air and noise pollution.

• Other impacts include poor student and community health, such as respiratory diseases like asthma, which result in a lower quality of life.

• The current 5% asthma rate at YWCP Academy exceeds the average of 3.3% in HISD/ASID.

Environmental Justice Impacts

• HAIS and YWCP have both had close to 100 pedestrian and bicycle accidents within a half mile of their schools since 2010.

• The current NHHIP design does not have a design feature protecting pedestrians or cyclists crossing or traveling parallel to the freeway.

• YWCP is ranked in the top 15% of areas in Houston to experience the dangerous Urban Heat Island effect.

Community Impacts

• 20% of Bruce Elementary students walk to school, exposing them to the highest accident areas of Jensen Drive, as well as those under and next to the freeway.

• NHHIP design will move the freeway closer to both schools, worsening safety concerns for pedestrians and cyclists.

• Three bus stops adjacent to I-10 around Kelly Village will be temporarily impacted during construction.