A new report from Brookings Institute is tracking not so much job loss/gain, but job losses and gains near where people live in terms of the amount of jobs near people and change in average commute length.  Not to spoil the surprise, but car-dependent places perform poorly.  As we know, car-dependent places have the most […]

So Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, and Elon Musk recorded a podcast where they discussed the issue of flying cars, which is really baked into the idea of alleviating the bogeyman of congestion.  Now, these are three scientists/engineers/thinkers I couldn’t possibly have more respect for in the entire world.  Musk goes on about the impracticality […]

I was in Portland for a long weekend last August when it’s the perfect time to get away from Dallas and spend a vacation in the Pacific Northwest where it was 75 and sunny.  Sort of like a Dallas spring day.  Like today. Portland has many lessons, most of which are far deeper than bikes, […]

This is me right now.  https://youtu.be/kdpG92dsx1A I just read quite possibly the worst justification for building a new highway, maybe ever.  You can read it here.  I am going to systematically debunk it below. The lower Stemmons area is home to the Stemmons Corridor Business Association, a 34-year-old advocacy group for 5,000 area businesses that […]

We still don’t seem to understand the problem of nor the solution to congestion.  Whether its the Morning News wondering why a temporary closure leads to severe backup when there was little advanced warning and even less available possibilities to re-route and adjust or this piece on KERA talking about how a single accident can […]

   

The other day, @BrettChisum posted the following images on twitter.  He reported the Before image to 311Dallas who reported it to TxDOT.  Check the conversation.  It’s rather funny.  Brett was concerned about the lack of ADA access and the minimum 36″ access around any obstacle.  TxDOT was apparently thinking his concern was the lack of […]

More than 3,000 Texans die on Texas roads every year.  More than any other state and almost 1/10th of all traffic fatalities nationwide. My guess is zero of those deaths in Texas are due to viaducts or bridges falling on people’s heads.  No, the real danger is being hit by other cars.  As the head […]

As you may have seen, A New Dallas non-profit and movement, has grown up.  It has now spun-off a political action committee.  A New Dallas has always been about more than just 345.  345 just happened to be the most ripe target to generate a dialogue about what’s best for the city of Dallas, increasing […]