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How to Make the Texas Electric Grid More Resilient

This year's winter storm and the subsequent damages highlight the urgent need for more resilient energy systems that can outlast increasingly powerful weather events.

September 17, 2021 - Dallas Morning News

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Opinion: Freeze Property Taxes in Gentrifying Neighborhoods

A proposed bill in the Texas legislature would help prevent displacement of homeowners in areas experiencing reinvestment and redevelopment.

May 19, 2021 - Dallas Morning News

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Editorial: Skip the Hyperloop—Texas Should Stick to the Basics

Texas planners are eager for a six-minute trip between Fort Worth and Dallas. But the Dallas Morning News is wary of the hype.

August 1, 2018 - Dallas Morning News

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Dallas Breaks Ground on Yet Another Downtown Park

Pacific Plaza will the fourth park built in the center of the city in the last decade, and there are still plans for three more.

April 18, 2018 - Dallas Morning News

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A Shifting Sense of Urban Design in Dallas

In an opinion piece, architecture critic Mark Lamster discusses the merits and deficiencies of recent Dallas developments. He praises a rising sense of "progressivism" in the city's design choices.

September 11, 2017 - Dallas Morning News

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Dallas Skaters Hope for a New Park

Texas cities are home to many half pipes and grind rails, but Dallas lags behind other cities in the region.

March 3, 2017 - Dallas Morning News

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Dallas Addresses Transit-Dependent Poverty

In Dallas poorer people often rely on transit, a familiar pattern throughout the United States. But when car ownership grants access to opportunity, this can be a problem.

March 18, 2015 - Dallas Morning News

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Fast Train To Big D

Many citizens in independent-minded Texas may not like the idea of spending $10 billion on high speed rail. Backers in Dallas, though, have begun to dream up big plans for a station area to serve Texas Central Railway.

February 13, 2015 - Dallas Morning News

Competing for Transit Service in North Texas

After expanding its light rail system until it was the largest system in the United States, Dallas Area Rapid Transit still finds itself struggling to attract cities to join the agency, even as rival agencies are emerging as competitors.

September 24, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

The Las Vegas Strip—Now Catering to Millennials

A travel article in the Dallas Morning News describes the Las Vegas Strip's recent changes as Las Vegas-style New Urbanism.

September 23, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Highway Decisions Make Dallas a 'Paradox City'

Dallas Morning News Architecture Critic Mark Lamster pulls no punches in writing of Dallas as the "Paradox City," even describing Michael Morris, the director of transportation for the North Texas Council of Governments, as a new Robert Moses.

September 17, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Cities Stand to Benefit by More Women Architects

Architecture Critic Mark Lamster emerged from the "Architect and Architectress" at the Dallas Center for Architecture with a call to action to overturn the old paradigms that contribute to dominance of males in the architecture profession.

August 31, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Meet Dallas' New 'Bike Czar'

In an article for the Dallas Morning News, Tom Benning introduces Ashley Haire as the city of Dallas' new bike coordinator. Haire comes to the job of delivering more bicycle infrastructure to Dallas by way of Portland and TxDOT.

July 23, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Dallas the Setting for a Discussion of 'New Cities'

After the New Cities Summit last week, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors this week, Dallas has been the location of a lot of recent discussion about the future of cities.

June 23, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

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The Dawn of the Toll Era in Dallas

Some are calling it a political crisis, but no matter the cause of the trend, toll roads are about soon to be a ubiquitous fact of life in North Texas.

June 14, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Uproar Over 'Surprise' Big Box Development in Dallas

The evolving story goes back to last summer, but media and stakeholders were caught off guard by the recent revelation that Trammell Crow Co. is planning to develop a 100,00 square foot Sam's Club in Dallas.

June 13, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

New TxDOT Head Will Focus on Traffic Safety, Alternative Modes

The Texas Transportation Commission's choice to run the Texas Department of Transportation is a former Marine Corps lieutenant general with a progressive take on the state's transportation challenges.

May 22, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Exploring Dallas' Architectural Boneyard

The Dallas Boneyard is a mecca for those with architectural salvage inclinations—not to mention a delightful collection of curiosities from the city's architectural past.

May 20, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

A Texas-Sized Commercial Property Tax Gambit

A pair of articles from the Dallas Morning News examine the inequities of property tax rates in Texas. Under the current system, commercial property owners in Dallas County "shaved more than $4.8 billion off preliminary tax appraisals."

May 6, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

Downtown Dallas' Comeback Story

Downtown Dallas provides another example of the redemptive power of adaptive reuse. With the number of empty buildings declining every year and more ambitious projects on the way, is it safe to say Downtown Dallas is all the way back?

April 28, 2014 - Dallas Morning News

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