Urban Design When it Comes to Encouraging Walkability, Austin Runs Past Dallas By Peter Simek | 3 weeks ago Austin offers some simple urban lessons: create a Pedestrian Advisory Council and eliminate minimum parking requirements
Transportation Dallas Public Transit Was Better in 1919 Than It Is in 2019 By Peter Simek | 4 weeks ago A spiffed up map of the old Dallas streetcar line could serve as a model for future transit efforts in the urban core.
Urbanism How American Cities Keep Job Seekers Away From Jobs By Peter Simek | 4 weeks ago A new study digs into so-called "spatial mismatch," an under-discussed symptom of sprawl that contributes to cycles of poverty
Urbanism New Report Lays Out Case for DFW’s Urban Future By Peter Simek | 1 month ago There is both pent-up demand for and incredible economic potential in investing in more walkable neighborhoods. But we can't just let the market sort it out.
Transportation City Finds Its Voice, Pushes Back on TxDOT’s Awful I-30 Redesign By Peter Simek | 2 months ago The state agency was planning another ruinous, neighborhood-killing highway project. Dallas (finally) wants something better.
Good Public Transit Don’t Mourn D-Link. Its Failure Offers More Proof Bus System Needs a Rehaul. By Peter Simek | 2 months ago The free bus service will be phased out because of low ridership. But D-Link never really had a chance.
Transportation Remember How Bird Was Going to Build Bike Lanes for Its Scooters? Not Anymore. By Peter Simek | 2 months ago The company has quietly backed off an offer to give a portion of its revenue to its host cities to build bike lanes. Perhaps the cities should steal their idea.
Urbanism If Dallas Wants to Retain Its Competitive Edge, It Needs to Rethink Parking, Zoning By Peter Simek | 3 months ago A new report warns that Dallas is losing its "enormous edge" in affordability. Minneapolis offers an example for how the city may reverse this course.
Good Public Transit The Federal Grants That Built the Dallas Streetcar Are Now Funding Roads By Peter Simek | 3 months ago The Trump administration has changed up an Obama-era transportation initiative so that it funds less transit and more road projects. Which is hardly surprising.
Good Public Transit A Local Group Wants to Help DART Build a Better Bus Stop By Tim Rogers | 3 months ago There’s a simple way to protect riders from pollution: build the shelters backward.
Transportation Scooter Company Bird Proposes Donating Funds to Build More Bike Lanes By Peter Simek | 8 months ago Facing safety concerns, the scooter company wants to build more protective bike lanes in the cities where it operates. Which is a fantastic idea.
Good Public Transit An Argument for a New Approach to Transportation Funding in Texas By Peter Simek | 8 months ago With funding lagging most of their U.S. competitors, Texas' metro areas are looking for new ways to fund public transit
