Policy
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Local Government
The Trinity Park Conservancy Is Officially on Notice
Despite some good faith in the early Harold Simmons Park design process, if the conservancy can’t get its act together by August, it's time to pull the plug.
Arts & Entertainment
Mayor Takes His Own Curtain Call With Final Arts Month Conversation
The dialogue about arts and politics was refreshingly honest, focused on art, and devoid of the usual self-congratulatory boostering.
Ameliorating Highways
I-345 Once Again Makes List of Highways We Definitely Need to Tear Down
The Congress for the New Urbanism's annual "Freeways Without Futures" report includes the elevated highway that separates Deep Ellum and Downtown
Controversy
Proposal to Increase Community Oversight of Dallas Police Department Heads to City Council
Seven months after Botham Jean's killing, the Dallas City Council will be briefed Wednesday on a proposal to extend the community's power to check police power.
Business
New Report Lays Out Case for DFW’s Urban Future
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.
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Business
Urban Neighborhoods Do Not Have to Be Expensive
There is a simple reason why most new urban housing is either subsidized "affordable housing" or luxury apartments. The system is rigged.
Good Public Transit
If Dallas Wants to Retain Its Competitive Edge, It Needs to Rethink Parking, Zoning
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
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.
Arts & Entertainment
Dallas Finally Has a Strong Cultural Policy. But Will It Be Implemented?
The new Dallas Cultural Plan says all the right things. That doesn’t necessarily mean they will be put into action.
Civics
Dallas Morning News Ed Board Couldn’t Be More Wrong About Dallas Citizens Police Review Board
Strengthening police oversight is about ensuring accountability and building public trust, not politicizing policing.