Transportation Biking in Dallas ‘Feels Like a Death Wish.’ Hopefully That Is Beginning to Change By Peter Simek | 2 days ago As council members bike to City Hall to raise awareness around cycling, a Vox report reminds us how dangerous Dallas is for bicyclists.
Urbanism The Guardian Explores the Human Costs of Oak Cliff Development (And How to Resist It) By Peter Simek | 1 month ago In this Guardian deep dive, human stories offer a fresh perspective on the ongoing changes reshaping a popular Dallas neighborhood.
Business Kourtny Garrett Totally Dogs Dallas in Favor of Denver By Tim Rogers | 3 weeks ago The CEO of Downtown Dallas Inc. is returning to the land from whence she came.
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.
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?
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.
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 If Dallas Wants To Get Back to Basics, Let’s Start With Fixing Our Sidewalks By Alex Macon | 4 months ago It's going to cost $2 billion and some guts to find the city's 2,000 missing miles of sidewalk.
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
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 How Dallas Paved Its Way to Inequality By Alex Macon | 5 months ago A new book tells the stories of five Dallas neighborhoods shaped by highway construction and racist public policy.
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.
