Dallas City Council Approves Sweeping Parking Reform in 14–1 Vote

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/16/dallas-city-council-approves-sweeping-parking-reform-in-141-vote

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/28282534

This is awesome!

A brief view of the changes:

  • Eliminating parking mandates downtown and within half a mile of light rail and streetcar stations

  • Eliminating parking mandates for offices and most retail

  • Eliminating parking mandates for residential uses, while maintaining one parking space per unit for developments over 200 units

  • Reducing parking mandates for bars and restaurants while removing mandates completely for establishments under 2,500 square feet

  • Eliminating parking mandates for designated historic buildings

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SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It still floors me that there are parking minimums for bars.

grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I know, right?! I go on that same incredulous rant every time an alcohol permit comes up in my community association meeting.

Adori@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Hell yeah, glad to see them joining Austin

KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y

Hope they actually manage to expand DART's service. I guess I can drive twenty minutes to the dart station for an hour and change ride from plano parkway to downtown.