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Can streetcars and light rail co-exist ...

... without confusing the stuffing out of the Dallas public? And would an $80 million downtown system pay off on the investment? These questions lingered yesterday while I was putting together an editorial supporting the proposed downtown streetcar system. The...


A downtown-only streetcar system?

The latest streetcar plan proposed for downtown is a good one, in my view. As laid out this week before a council committee, it would link the area around the convention center hotel to the commercial strip across the heart...


Booker T. principal says thanks ...

.. to all those officials who worked quickly to line up school zone status for the downtown magnet school after student Kelsey McKinney wrote a column for this newspaper about the traffic dangers there. Tracie J. Fraley, principal of Booker...


What we'd like to see in downtown Dallas

Joan Arbery has a fine list of things that other cities have downtown, but Dallas doesn't -- and that she'd like to see here. I'm with her on the bookstore idea, and also her call for trees. Closer to home...


What kind of difference can one Voice make ...

... when it comes to the giant Dallas school district and City Hall? So far, Kelsey McKinney, a high school student and one of this newspaper's volunteer "Student Voices" columnists, has made a big difference. And we hope there's more...


Should Booker T. get a school zone designation?

It's a subject we've been following over on the Transportation Blog. A student at Booker T. wrote a column for this newspaper asking for a school zone, fearing someone will get badly hurt by the furious traffic out there....


Will you take DART's new State Fair train?

Anyone reading this probably knows that the new Green Line service started by DART last week will be stopping right at Fair Park. Riders who get off will be steps away from the State Fair of Texas. You can...


Do we need more lawyers?

Re: "Why Dallas needs a law school downtown -- Convenience, cost and revitalizing effects are critical, says Jeff Kline," Tuesday Viewpoints. Why do we need another publicly subsidized law school anywhere? Is there a shortage of lawyers? Who knew? Mac...


Tom Leppert on Woodall Rodgers Park: 'It's a go'

See our Transportation Blog for thoughts on today's coming-out party for the long-awaited Woodall Rodgers Park....

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