Posted Sep 11, 2012, 11:54 PM
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For Four Days This Month, Knox Will Become Dallas' First "Complete Street"
By Eric Nicholson Mon., Sep. 10 2012 at 1:34 PM
In June, the city of Dallas unveiled its Complete Streets Design Manual, a rather dense set of guidelines for the city as it dabbles with the idea of building certain roadways less as places that cars blow through en route from Point A to Point B and more as boulevards that are at least as accommodating to bikers, pedestrians and public transit users. The hoped-for result is increased activity, some street-level development, and an overall improved quality of life.Think small-town Main Street, circa 1940.
As Wilonsky noted last month, early plans have been scaled back considerably for budget reasons, from 15 pilot projects down to just one. That one is a stretch of Knox Street from the Katy Trail to Central Expressway, and it's happening soon. Sort of.
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Update at 5:10 p.m.: Chacko called me back and informed me that there are now a dozen Complete Streets funded as part of the 2012 bond package, as council members have lobbied to have them included. They are, in addition to the ones above: Henderson, from Central to Ross; Bishop Street, between Davis and Colorado; Greenville between Belmont and Ross; a stretch of Jefferson; a portion of Lamar, Main Street in Deep Ellum; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Fair Park; and Cedar Springs north of Oak Lawn. Alpha Road between Valley View and the Galleria will also become a Complete Street but using money from a previous bond package.
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http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfa...month_knox.php
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