Good Public Transit It’s Official: DART Will Roll Out New Bus Service Plan in January By Peter Simek | 1 month ago A redesigned bus network aims to make the public transit system easier to understand and use.
Transportation How Will the Senate Infrastructure Bill Affect Dallas’ I-345? By Peter Simek | 2 months ago The $1 trillion legislation includes a pilot program targeting highway-to-boulevard projects like I-345. Will it be enough to make removal a reality?
Transportation DART Extends Face Mask Requirements Through January By Alex Macon | 1 month ago Free masks are available in handy little dispensers on the transit agency’s buses and trains.
Urbanism Why It Is Time to End Mandatory Parking Minimums in Dallas By Peter Simek | 2 months ago Parking policies hide the cost of car travel by making it more difficult to build vibrant urban places. Until they are abolished, Dallas will never regrow its core.
Transportation How Traffic Studies Perpetuate a Traffic Congestion Obsession By Peter Simek | 2 months ago The Texas Transportation Institute's new Urban Mobility Report peddles the myth that urban traffic congestion is a problem that can be solved
Urbanism Deck Park Will Finally Give Historic Neighborhood ‘A Place to Walk to’ By Peter Simek | 3 months ago The Oak Cliff park suggests that Dallas is finally learning to listen to local communities when planning major public infrastructure investments
Transportation Urban Expert on TxDOT’s I-345 Options: ‘You Can Do Better’ By Peter Simek | 3 months ago Peter Park helped Milwaukee remove its own urban highway. He believes TxDOT can improve upon its initial designs for replacing I-345.
Transportation Have We Reached Peak Return on Highway Infrastructure Investment? By Peter Simek | 3 months ago A new report suggests that spending more federal money on the nation's highways won't necessarily result in a boost to the economy
Transportation Dallas Is the Most Dangerous U.S. City for Driving, But Don’t Blame the Drivers By Alex Macon | 3 months ago Bad transportation policy is killing us.
The New Way to Picnic in Dallas Eve Hill-Angus and Kathy Wise This summer, stay cool and current with these bright and bold—and local—takes on backyard barbecue staples. Check it Out
Things To Do In Dallas Natalie Gempel How to enjoy local arts, culture, food, fitness, and more as Dallas comes back to life. Wear Your Mask
A Guide To Summer Grilling In Dallas Eve Hill-Agnus, Aileen Jimenez, and Kathy Wise The time has come to light those grills. Let's give you some new ideas about how to make the most of this unprecedented summer. Fire It Up
Enjoy Dallas’ Finest Beer, Wine, and Cocktails From Home Eve Hill-Agnus and Rosin Saez Brewery drive-thrus, cocktail kits, and the home bar essentials you’ll want to have when the mood for a tipple strikes. Drink Safely
Don’t Skip These Dallas Drive-Thrus Abby Blasingame Some are temporary, crafted in the age of COVID-19. Others are local mainstays. A couple are technically drive-ins. But all offer good eats without the need to leave your car. Pull Up
Transportation Here Are the Five Possible Futures for I-345 By Alex Macon | 3 months ago TxDOT is showing off the most detailed look yet at what could happen to the elevated highway running through the heart of downtown Dallas.
Transportation If Dallas Wants to End Traffic Deaths by 2030, It Has Work to Do By Alex Macon | 4 months ago Dallas has the second-highest traffic fatality rate among the biggest cities in the country. Can a Vision Zero plan make our streets safer?
Transportation I-30 Is About to Undergo a Radical Makeover Through East Dallas By Matt Goodman | 4 months ago TxDOT plans to widen the highway through East Dallas — and bury it. Let's go inside the plans.
Transportation I-345 Back on CNU’s ‘Freeways Without Futures’ List By Peter Simek | 4 months ago The downtown highway has become a perennial on the Congress for the New Urbanism's roundup of urban freeways that could be transformed into boulevards
Urbanism I-345 Might Come Down Sooner Than Expected By Peter Simek | 4 months ago A report in the New York Times shows how urban highway removal has gone mainstream, and it may get a boost from the Biden Administration.
Transportation The Margaret McDermott Bridge Will Finally Open to Pedestrians Next Month By Alex Macon | 4 months ago It's four years late and $7 million over budget, but you can soon walk or bike over the Trinity River along the Margaret McDermott Bridge.
