The Ledger
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.
why aren't all 9 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Kleinman: Dallas is converting multi-lane one-way streets to prioritize local access
“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 a…”
Kleinman: Dallas operates dockless bike sharing completely unregulated
“So actually in Dallas, we're completely unregulated.”
Kleinman: Dallas scaled to 20,000 bike-share bikes in four months
“What's happened in Dallas is we went from zero bike share to probably 15 to 20,000 bikes in what a matter of like four months.”
Kleinman: North Texas population will double in 50 years
“We are facing doubling of the size of North Texas in population in the next 50 years, and we cannot build enough roads.”
Kleinman: Dockless bike share companies bear full costs without city subsidies
“Every company we've talked to up until the dockless showed up, wanted us to partner with them, which basically meant spend money to get the docks and the bikes in our city. Whereas when dockless came around, they're picking up the entire cost.”
Kleinman: Smaller bike sharing vendors in Dallas are already failing
“And we're actually seeing, I think already a fallout of one or two companies who really have just not kept pace. The bikes do seem to be available where they need to be from the bigger vendors and the smaller vendors just can't keep up.”
Kleinman: Dallas operates the largest light rail system in North America
“One of our claims to fame is we have the largest light rail system in North America.”
Kleinman: Dallas has no undeveloped land left and must grow vertically
“In Dallas, we're really bound by our suburbs. There's no way we can grow out. The only way we can grow is up. So for us to move forward economically, we've got to have more density. We have no more undeveloped land, especially north of downtown.”