WWW.Dallas.Sites

WE STARTED LOOKING TO SEE WHAT government information was out on the Web, and came away both disappointed and amazed. Among our site-ings:



You can get the latest Lotto result, among many other useful links on the state government web site (http://www. texas.gov). But for some reason, that site, which purports to offer links to all Texas city government sites, doesn’t link you to the City of Dallas site. In fact, no one site links all the Dallas municipal entities.



The City of Dallas site (http://www. pwt.ci.dallas.tx.us/) offers information on civil service jobs and a very helpful list of city service department numbers, as well as the City Council agenda and scheduled meeting times. The link to the Dallas Police Department will get you crime stats and safety information, and a link to the Department of Public Works presents a map of the new maximum speed limits and traffic counts for various intersections- But there’s no link to DART, which is too bad, because…



At the Texas Transportation Institute’s Dallas-office site (http://home-user. tamu.edu) you hit a daily double- information on DART, with schedules for buses and descriptions of the new light-rail service, as well as information on the Central Expressway construction, including before and after photos. But the coolest part of this site is the traffic information page (above): Photos show traffic at several intersections, including Central Expressway at Northwest Highway, and the photos are updated approximately once a minute-click on one, and you’ll see the most recent snarls and bottlenecks.