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Trump Administration Guts Transit Funding. That’s Bad for Cities and the Planet

There is more than transportation funding at stake in the rehaul of the federal grant program that gave Dallas the Oak Cliff Streetcar
By Peter Simek
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Good Luck Riding DART Today

An outage downtown shows, once again, how important D2 is to the future of the entire DART system
By Peter Simek
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Are We Entering the Golden Era of the Bus?

Negative attitudes about the bus prevail, but increasingly urban planners are turning to the lowly bus in their search for sustainable transit.
By Peter Simek
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Traffic Fatalities Dropped in 2018, But Pedestrian and Cyclists Auto-Related Deaths Are On the Rise

We're making our streets safer for drivers. When will funding and policy address the deaths of everyone who shares the road with cars?
By Peter Simek
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Is Good Public Transit Becoming More Politically Viable in Texas?

For years, voters have been skeptical of funding big public transit investments. Two upcoming bond elections in Texas suggest the political tides may be shifting.
By Peter Simek
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Even DART Signage Shows Condescension Toward Transit Agency’s Own Riders

As the agency moves towards reinventing its bus system, addressing little problems will go a long way.
By Peter Simek
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DART Is (Finally) Ready to Redo Its Bus System

The transit agency has hired the consultant who helped revolutionize the Seattle and Houston bus networks.
By Peter Simek
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Why Do American Cities Hate the Bus?

Dallas is not the only U.S. city with a cruddy bus system. A new book argues the challenges are both political and bureaucratic.
By Peter Simek
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This Is How Engineers Ruin Cities

Strong Towns offers a look into the playbook civil engineers use to thwart public will and ruin public places
By Peter Simek
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An Unearthed Traffic Film Documents Mentality That Drove Car-Centric Dallas

There were people in 1950s Dallas who feared that turning all of downtown's streets into one ways would kill the city. They were dismissed.
By Peter Simek
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