Every time someone sees City Hall for first time:

"Why is it so ugly?"
"Because brutalism."
"... and?"
"And RoboCop."
"... so?"

City Hall should be a symbol of a bright & hopeful Dallas, not a dark & dystopian Detroit.

Oooo well tearing down #Dallas City Hall is on table, I humbly suggest revisiting Art Deco Municipal Center design from 1946 Dallas Master Plan.

✅ Visually link City Hall ↔ Hall of State in Fair Park
✅ Easily fits footprint of current structure
✅ Beautiful to all, not just brutalism-savants

What if we had @bucees.bsky.social in a DART Station? Imagine if Buc'ees opened in the high-speed rail station 💡

Thanks to Bloomberg for speaking with our vice president about this critical issue facing the Metroplex. Dallas and its suburbs need a strong, fully funded DART- we simply do not have a city without it.

Lunch time = spontaneous brainstorming & networking

Midday keynote: @billmckibben.bsky.social, is a founder of @thirdactorg.bsky.social, which organizes people age 60+ to work on climate & racial justice.

Multi-tasking: last minute touch-up #dallasweekwithoutdriving Lesson 2 video

"We're Winning the Housing Fight but Losing the Transportation Fight. Why?"

* "Freeway Industrial Complex"

* Urban transportation reform unlocks "scalable urbanism"

* Housing abundance and reducing car dependency are anti-poverty initiatives

* Climate change = more risk of fires, flood, extreme temps = higher ins. premiums = lower affordability

* Don't zone in harms way; educate buyers to account for costs of risk; require resilience in building code

* Reparative: hold oil companies & DOTs liable for actions that increase risk

Live posting my time at #yimbytown 2025 in New Haven, CT. First up... I am attending

Uninsurable America? Climate Risk, Housing, and the Collapse of Insurance Markets @yimbyaction.bsky.social @neighborsdtx.bsky.social

Here is Lesson One in our 21-part series on how to navigate Dallas without driving a car. Subscribe to us on YouTube for next lessons!

youtu.be/CRxBX6rfVqI

Third annual #dallasweekwithoutdriving starts soon on September 29!! Watch this video on what is #weekwithoutdriving, why you should join, and how to prepare!

youtu.be/Ld6J2BmdHck?...

I've lost count of how many times people notice that @hexel.dallasurbanists.org has a goose and the comments or social media always goes crazy about it.

Pro #publictransit tip: Don’t want to walk the last mile from bus stop in the summer heat? Instead of just deboarding at the closest stop, use the DART GoPass app to find a bus stop with a nearby Lime or Bird scooter.

Did this today—saved 10 minutes and made it to my appointment on time!

Goose waddled here by DART

Can an e-bike replace your car in Dallas?

After living car-free in Dallas for 3 years, Courtney finally gave e-biking a shot. See what she learned about buying and using an e-bike in Dallas!

"I've gotten so many blank stares at the idea that a street should be a place in its own right."

Central part of @dallasurbanists.org mission is to change the local conversation in Dallas about what a street can and should be.

"Do the next small thing" I need to remind myself this more often, especially as I chip away at applying all the lessons learned from National Gathering.

My objective for June-July is to grow our @strongtowns.org Local Conversation: @dallasurbanists.org. That means more members, active volunteers, and LC leaders.

Join us today: dallasurbanists.org/join

Created a Bluesky because I'm told this is where the urbanists migrated to from Twitter.