Transit Oriented Development
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What Will It Take for Dallas’ Vision Zero Plan to Work?
Vision Zero Plans haven't worked as well as many have hoped. That's because safe streets are about more than urban design.
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Woodall Rodgers Freeway Remains Dallas’ Most Congested Road
Annual roadway congestion ranking by Texas A&M Transportation Institute underscores inability to solve traffic with road expansion
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Programming Note: Discussing Our Legal Obligation to Drive on ‘Think’
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.
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In the United States, We Are (More or Less) Legally Obliged to Drive Automobiles
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