Kleinman: Dallas is converting multi-lane one-way streets to prioritize local access
Councilman Lee Kleinman · a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing · Jan 2, 2019 · at 19:55
Dallas Councilman Lee Kleinman explains how Dallas city planning is shifting street design focus from fast downtown traffic throughput to local community access and traffic calming.
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“Historically, the city planning has focused our streets on what I say driving through, and now we're really focused on driving to. Which means that things like where we've had these big one way, three, four lane one way, so people can just all leave downtown at five o'clock. We're converting those back to two way streets and adding bike lanes.”
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