Dallas urban planning

The Future of Dallas Walkability is Found in The Past

By Jon Anderson / May 28, 2020 /

If Dallas wants to build a walkable urbanscape of connected neighborhoods they can’t look to the future because the answers are in the past. Listening to developers and politicians, I’m struck by how many see walkability as something new and almost futuristic. I guess that happens when your observed memory only includes the automobile era.…

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CityMAP: Congestion Mitigation in the Dallas City Core, Part 2

By Jon Anderson / July 25, 2016 /

If you missed part one, click here.  Overall, the documents and scenarios CityMAP put together are logical and straight-forward.  Most call for the submersion of key highways surrounding Dallas’ core aiding in traffic flow and neighborhood revitalization. One calls for the rerouting of I-30 to the distant south and one calls for the removal of…

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Downtown Dallas Inc. Wants Your Input to Update the 360 Plan

By Amanda Popken / June 25, 2015 /

By Amanda Popken Special Contributor It’s been 4 years since the Downtown360 plan was created, and so much has changed! It’s time for an update. This week, Downtown Dallas Inc. held the kickoff meeting to begin soliciting input. The input phase will last through October, then the technical studies, microplans, and implementation plans phase will continue through…

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Urban Planner Alexander Garvin on Four Tenets of Successful Urban Planning

By Candy Evans / January 30, 2015 /

I don’t know about you, but when I have to make a pretty vital decision, I try to get as many opinions as possible. As many educated opinions from people far smarter than I. Maybe we need to do this on the Trinity Parkway/Tollway/Parkway? Thursday night in New York City (where I am attending Inman…

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