Dallas
Parking Madness: Newark vs. Dallas
We're halfway through the first round of the 2014 Parking Madness tournament, with Kansas City, Detroit, Chicago, and Jacksonville having advanced to the next round.
March 25, 2014
Dallas Official: Without a Highway Teardown, Park Gets “Free Shade”
Getting officials on board with a highway teardown in Dallas is no easy task. Just ask Patrick Kennedy, a Dallas planner who has led the charge to remove IH-345, an elevated stump of a highway near central Dallas.
February 4, 2014
The Grassroots Campaign for a Highway Teardown in Dallas
Three years ago, Dallas-based planning consultant Patrick Kennedy and his friend, developer Brandon Hancock, started wondering why you couldn't do a highway teardown in the Big D. They picked a highway: IH345, an elevated connector route between downtown and the Deep Ellum neighborhood. Then they thought, "Why not? Let's do a study." Between the two of them, they had the necessary expertise.
July 3, 2013
Q&A With Jason Roberts, the Brains Behind “Better Blocks”
The Better Block project, founded less than 10 years ago in Dallas, Texas, is not only changing streets for the better -- in many ways, it's changing the urban planning process.
May 31, 2013
Final Four Parking Madness Matchup: Milwaukee vs. Dallas
We're down to just four cities: Milwaukee, Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa. But only one can be the champion of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown.
April 5, 2013
The “Elite Eight” of Parking Madness: Atlanta vs. Dallas
Okay, the preliminary stuff is over. It's round two of Parking Madness -- our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. By the end of this week, we'll be ready down to the Final Four. But first things first: Atlanta takes on Dallas in our first Elite Eight match-up.
April 1, 2013
Parking Madness: Los Angeles vs. Dallas
Streetsblog's own "Sweet 16" of the worst downtown parking craters in America -- Parking Madness! -- continues today with two cities that grew up in the auto age.
March 25, 2013