Transportation & Real Estate
Texas Department of Transportation officials were back at Dallas City Hall on Wednesday, giving a progress report on the Interstate 345 plan approved by council members in May 2023. We reported in March of this year that TxDOT rebuffed the council’s mandate to seek alternative funding sources and designs for the $1.65 billion project, instead…
Staff Reports As some Dallas leaders want to create a less car-centric transportation system, a new report shows more than 60,000 North Texans won’t exactly be biking to work anytime soon. The June 20 report, released by AparmentList.com, shows that about 3.7 million Americans spend at least 90 minutes traveling one way to work, a…
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved a “hybrid trench option” for Interstate 345 last year, with the condition that city staff explore grant funding to pay for it and design alternatives to make sure the trench was the best option. However, the council was told Wednesday that the project will cost about $600 million more…
While many city leaders agree that Dallas would benefit from a walkable, “bike-able” urban environment, the low-hanging fruit is to connect existing bike paths and ensure safety, officials said during a Dallas City Council briefing Wednesday. Three City Council members will ride their bicycles to City Hall next week as questions linger over a proposed…
Dallas City Council members expressed interest in forcing — or at least encouraging — airlines to comply with the Voluntary Noise Program at Dallas Love Field but again were told that federal legislation trumps local control on the matter. In short, there’s not much the local government can do about Southwest Airlines scheduling eight arrivals…
