πŸ’‘ Houston Problem-Area Explorers

Houston Broken Street Lights, Mapped

Street lights are a public-safety baseline. Outage reports flow through 311 to CenterPoint Energy, and we map every open ticket so the dark blocks are easy to see β€” and easy to escalate.

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Infrastructure Builder

Engineer of city systems

β€œI'm the Infrastructure Builder. Potholes, pipes, and pavement keep Houston moving. I'll help you find what's breaking and where to fix it.”

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600
Records tracked
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101
Neighborhoods covered
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Pending
Most common status
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25
Red flags
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Infrastructure Builder: Across 600 street-light reports, 101 neighborhoods are represented. I flagged 25 records worth a second look β€” they're marked red on the map.

πŸ—ΊοΈ Houston, mapped

Every dot is a record. Red dots are values our detectors flagged.

Record Red flag

πŸ“ˆ Activity over time

Monthly record volume.

🍩 Where records end up

πŸ™οΈ Busiest neighborhoods

🧭 Your data crew

Different guides help you read this data from every angle.

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Data Detective

Investigator of suspicious numbers

β€œEvery red flag is a clue. Look closer.”

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Neighborhood Hero

Champion of local communities

β€œYour block matters. Let’s see its story.”

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Flood Watcher

Guardian against flooding

β€œWater never lies. Watch the low spots.”

Why pattern matters

One dark pole is a maintenance call; a corridor of dark poles is a circuit problem. The map clusters reports so the bigger story becomes visible.

Speed up the fix

Include the pole number from the metal tag in your 311 request β€” that one detail moves a ticket to the top of the dispatch queue.

Turn this data into a quest

Start a guided mission and earn XP as you explore Houston's open data and uncover what the numbers reveal.