The Dallas Morning News

Clayton McCleskey makes the case for why Dallas ought to be a little more like Zurich.

Arlington, Texas, is home to the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium. But as the largest American city with no public bus or rail lines, getting to the stadium is no easy task.

As construction has slowed in Dallas, its office of Preservation and Planning has seen a large deficit in funding from fees. Half of its positions could be on the chopping block. Preservationists worry, while officials say they have bigger concerns.

Plans for a broad statewide highway project known as the Trans-Texas Corridor have been abandoned by state officials.

Restaurants are now a better draw than retail in a tough economy, and new retail centers are upping their percentage of eating places to follow suit.

A new interest in urbanism and public transit is attracting businesses to downtown. One proponent says, 'I can't remember a time since the early 1980s that we had a bigger year for downtown Dallas.'