Transportation Biking in Dallas ‘Feels Like a Death Wish.’ Hopefully That Is Beginning to Change By Peter Simek | 13 hours ago As council members bike to City Hall to raise awareness around cycling, a Vox report reminds us how dangerous Dallas is for bicyclists.
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?
Good Public Transit It’s Official: DART Will Roll Out New Bus Service Plan in January By Peter Simek | 2 months ago A redesigned bus network aims to make the public transit system easier to understand and use.
Urbanism Why It Is Time to End Mandatory Parking Minimums in Dallas By Peter Simek | 3 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.
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.
Urbanism Hunt Realty Bets Big on New Victory Park Development By Matt Goodman | 4 months ago The company hopes to attract commercial tenants with huge towers and human-scale green space.
Dallas History What We Really Lose When Highways Destroy Historic Neighborhoods By Peter Simek | 4 months ago A few old news reports about Deep Ellum in the late 1960s unintentionally document the huge costs of highway-driven demolition.
Transportation I-345 Back on CNU’s ‘Freeways Without Futures’ List By Peter Simek | 5 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
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
Urbanism I-345 Might Come Down Sooner Than Expected By Peter Simek | 5 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.
Urbanism The 50-Mile Loop Trail Is One Step Away From Beginning Construction By Matt Goodman | 5 months ago Construction could begin as early as June. The trail will connect 39 existing miles of trail and create a new 9-mile path from White Rock to the Trinity Forest.
Urbanism Dallas: The City That Hates Pedestrians, Pt. 42 By Matt Goodman | 5 months ago Back like we never left.
Urban Design A COVID-19 Lesson for Urban Design: Turn the Planning Process Upside Down By Peter Simek | 6 months ago The COVID-19 pandemic forced a radical experiment in how we use space. Permanent parklets may be one positive lesson to take from the disaster.
Urbanism A New Plan for Tearing Down I-345 By Peter Simek | 6 months ago The Toole Design Group's I-345 Framework Plan, an update to TxDOT's highway study, offers detailed analysis of how removing an urban highway would impact mobility in Dallas.
Local News The Hope for Lasting Change from a South Dallas Mobile Food Park By Alex Macon | 7 months ago The city doesn't make it easy to start a food truck business, especially if you live in South Dallas. The organizers of the MLK Food Park are hoping to change that.
