A More Walkable Downtown Dallas
Posted by Kenneth G. Cox on
While Dallas being labeled one of the country’s most un-walkable cities has garnered a lot of attention, it doesn’t seem to surprise most living here or who are familiar with the DFW area. According to a recent report from The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University School of Business and SmartGrowth America, evidence shows that walkable urban development will be a major contributor to economic growth in the 21st century, as long as cities have the appropriate infrastructure, zoning, and financing mechanisms to support this kind of urbanism movement.
In the mid-to-late 20th century, drivable sub-urbanism was the “driving” force of real estate development in the United States, but as numerous studies have shown, there…
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