Gus Khankarli
Ladies and gentlemen, don’t start your engines. In a press conference Tuesday, officials from Dallas’ public safety, transportation, and housing and homelessness departments, among others, urged residents to stay off the roads if possible and protect people, pets, pipes, and plants during a winter storm that could bring up to four inches of snow between…
Staff Reports Dallas, Mesquite, and Fort Worth were recognized Friday among other Texas municipalities and organizations for outstanding efforts in planning achievements and leadership by the American Planning Association. The Dallas Sidewalk Master Plan was recognized with the Gold Award for Implementation. Mesquite will take home the Silver Award in Implementation for its Downtown Infrastructure…
Dallas has an expensive plan for reducing vehicle accidents at dangerous intersections, and they’ve set a goal of zero traffic fatalities by the year 2030. More than 35,000 vehicle crashes occurred in Dallas last year, and 199 involved fatalities. The Dallas City Council’s adopted Vision Zero plan aims to significantly lower those numbers. Director of…
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…
A plan to link the Oak Cliff Modern Streetcar through downtown Dallas to the McKinney Avenue Trolley is still in play, but the project’s got at least 108 million problems. Advocates for the “Central Link” streetcar extension say they may have to pay a consultant to determine funding options just to cover maintenance and operations. …
