Volunteers Add Some Pizzazz to Pioneering Downtown Bike Lane

On Friday, organizers from the city and several nonprofits met with a dozen volunteers outside the Dallas Farmers Market. They were there to inaugurate the city’s newest civic enhancement: its “first-ever protected micro-mobility facility,” as it’s been referred to by planners. In other words, a bike lane — which now…

DART Is Taking GoPass to Oklahoma

Dallas Area Rapid Transit has announced plans to expand GoPass, its smartphone ticketing platform, to Tulsa. It will mark the agency’s first such partnership outside North Texas. Mark Enoch, chairman of the agency’s public affairs committee, which reviewed the agreement Tuesday, called it a “great milestone.” The agency has sought to recoup…

City Proposes Fixes for Its Scooter Problem

The city is proposing implementing new restrictions and raising fees to address safety concerns about its “Dockless Mobility Program.” The program allows five companies — Bird, Jump, Lime, Ojo and Wheels — to blanket the city in scooters that can be picked up, rented by the minute and then dropped…

New Report: DFW Is Less Affordable Than NYC. Why? Blame Car Culture.

A typical DFW family spends more of its income on housing and transportation than those in most other major cities — including San Francisco and New York — according to a new report released by the NYC-based Citizen’s Budget Commission. Using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, researchers at…

PSA: DART Is Free on NYE. Just Don’t Stay Out Too Late.

Don’t get a ticket. Buses, light rail and the Trinity Railway Express are all free Tuesday night beginning at 6 p.m., thanks to MillerCoors. But you’ll need to keep your eyes on the clock after that midnight kiss. Buses and trains are operating on a normal weekday schedule. That means most…

During Thanksgiving Travel Rush, DFW Airport Workers Picket for Better Pay

Members of a labor union representing airline catering workers picketed outside Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, demanding better pay and affordable healthcare coverage. The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests held this year by the union representing workers at LSG Sky Chefs, a catering company…

Dallas Paratransit Drivers File Suit, Alleging Labor Violations

Two drivers for Irving Holdings, the Dallas transportation company that owns Yellow Cab, have filed suit, alleging that they worked unpaid overtime and sometimes earned less than minimum wage. Didyme Kalenga and Arnold Bankete, the two employees named in the lawsuit, both drove company-owned paratransit vans that served the elderly…

Video: Street Racers Shut Down Woodall Rodgers to Do Doughnuts

It’d been too long, we guess, since anyone had done anything truly stupid on the freeways that surround and knife through downtown Dallas. About 6 p.m. Saturday, according to media reports, a caravan of street racers stopped traffic on Woodall Rodgers Freeway just before the Klyde Warren Park underpass. They…

You Can Now Get on a Plane at DFW with Your Face

Fort Worth-based American Airlines tiptoed right through the dystopic tulips Tuesday, issuing a cheery press release about its newest locally available technology. Travelers flying on certain flights taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal D can now board by having their face scanned, rather than going through the normal…