Dallas
Back in the Circle of Trust: Home Equity
The Dallas-Fort Worth area exemplifies a renewed faith in the housing market.
A Changing of the Parking Guard in Dallas
The city of Dallas is rolling out a new "parking-meter app" this week, but larger changes could be looming in the future.
Planetizen Week in Review: September 3, 2016
Books! Maps! Data! Renderings! What more could you want from one week?
Dallas Streetcar Launches New Expansion
The expanded Dallas Streetcar began service the Bishop Arts District this week, an expansion of three-quarters-of-a-mile beyond the original route.
Dallas Mixes Residential Development With a Road Diet, Gets Controversy
The Dallas City Council approved a road diet for Knox Street in Dallas, where 1,000 residential units are under construction on an already thriving commercial corridor.
Dallas Planning Light Rail (Which Could Become a Subway) and a Streetcar
Downtown Dallas could have an embarrassment of riches on its hands, if it figures out how to make plans for a Downtown streetcar coordinate well with a new Downtown light rail route.
Proposal Would Add Another Deck to Dallas' Klyde Warren Park
The Dallas News reviews a proposal that would extend the reach of one of the most successful public spaces in Dallas.
Tradeoffs Considered for Dallas-to-Plano Rail Line
Officials would like to speed up the arrival of the Cotton Belt—a planned rail line connecting Dallas to Plano—but that might require sacrificing service.
Walkability Study Underway in Downtown Dallas
The University of Texas Arlington's Institute of Urban Studies is doing to legwork for an update of the Downtown Dallas 360 master plan.
An Argument Against Government Incentives for Grocery Stores
Food desert-busting is one of the cross-over opportunities between planning and public health, but it's unclear how effective bringing healthy foods to underserved neighborhoods has been.
Dallas to Offers a $3 Million Carrot for Grocery Store Development
Hoping to attract investments in grocery stores in the food desert of southern Dallas, the City Council recently approved a $3 million enticement.
Planetizen Week in Review: June 17, 2016
A two-minute-and-twenty-three-second tour of the news and events from the week in planning.
Tough Road Ahead for Dallas Bikeshare
A bikeshare program in Downtown Dallas is a non-starter unless it's entirely funded by private money.
A New Ally in the Fight Against Car-Centric Planning in Dallas: TxDOT
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has envisioned a future for Downtown Dallas that includes more downtown and fewer freeways.
Rail Transit: You Get What You Pay For
Seattle Transit blog compares rail investments from five cities around the country.
Ambivalence Over Dallas 'Deck Park' Proposal
As the Southern Gateway project moves forward in the state approval process, a component proposal for a cap park over Interstate 35E hangs in the balance.
Arlington Reveals $1 Billion Baseball Stadium Proposal
For a little while there, it looked like the Texas Ranger were going urban.
Is This the Trinity Park Plan of Dallas' Dreams?
Architecture critic Mark Lamster finally sees a proposal worth cheering for in Dallas' plans for a new park along the Trinity River.
Comparing Bus Fares to Minimum Wage
A bus fare doesn't exist in a vacuum. To understand the true cost of a transit ride, one report compared bus fares to the local minimum wage, revealing Atlanta, Dallas, and Salt Lake City to have the highest fares.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Overhauling Fare System to Improve User Experience
The changes to DART's fare system will target improvements in the user experience for residents without bank accounts or enough cash to buy monthly passes—i.e., some of the people who need transit most.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
