Urbanism Programming Note: Discussing Our Legal Obligation to Drive on ‘Think’ By Peter Simek | 4 days ago The author of an Atlantic article that rubbed some of our readers the wrong way appears on KERA's 'Think' today. If you think he's a quack, call in.
Transportation In the United States, We Are (More or Less) Legally Obliged to Drive Automobiles By Peter Simek | 1 week ago Even though cars are responsible for 40,000 deaths annually, our legal system ensures we will continue to rely on them over other forms of mobility
Transportation Why Do We Accept Traffic Deaths as Part of Life? By Peter Simek | 1 month ago Texas anticipates that 3,791 people will die every year from traffic accidents. Why is that okay?
Transportation Unlike Bike Shares, Scooters Are Here to Stay By Peter Simek | 1 month ago The question now: How will cities regulate them, improve infrastructure, and keep riders safe?
Urbanism How Successful is Regionalism? Let’s Do the Math. By Peter Simek | 3 months ago If you are drinking the regionalism Kool-Aid, then its time to take a hard look at the long-term costs of DFW's rapid decades of wild growth.
Transportation I-345 Once Again Makes List of Highways We Definitely Need to Tear Down By Peter Simek | 4 months ago The Congress for the New Urbanism's annual "Freeways Without Futures" report includes the elevated highway that separates Deep Ellum and Downtown
Urban Design When it Comes to Encouraging Walkability, Austin Runs Past Dallas By Peter Simek | 5 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 6 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 | 6 months ago The free bus service will be phased out because of low ridership. But D-Link never really had a chance.
