Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Dallas

The Pendulum Swings Away From Highways on the Dallas City Council

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 17, 2015 | No Comments

Half of the Dallas City Council now opposes the construction of a six-lane, limited-access highway along the Trinity River. Image: Army Corps of Engineers via Dallas Morning News A runoff election Saturday has solidified who’s in and who’s out of the Dallas City Council. At stake were the future of two highway projects: the construction of the Trinity Toll [...]

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Searching for a Victory

By Joe Esposito | Jun 8, 2015 | No Comments

Recently, developers have announced a new plan to revamp the long-embattled Victory Park. The high-profile project has been relatively successful, but ultimately it has failed to create a truly vibrant neighborhood that can support restaurants and retail like its more popular neighbor, Uptown. But with a slew of new development in the works – Victory […]

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The Opportunity Cost of a Parking Monoculture

By Patrick Kennedy | Feb 23, 2015 | No Comments

There is a mindset that more parking is the key to revitalizing downtown Dallas. It is not. It only is if we want it to be more like the suburbs and less like a successful, vibrant downtown. And then it fails.