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Just when we got rid of the tangle of rental bikes, the pandemic brings a boom in bike sales

Dallas Morning News - August 2020

Dallas has a love-hate relationship with bikes...

How Dallas Is Making Transportation a Central Part of Tackling Climate Change

NEXTCITY - March 2020

In Dallas, 80 percent of residents drive to work alone. Carbon emissions are up 133 percent between 1990 and 2017. So it’s only fitting that the city’s in-development climate action plan has a major focus on transportation.

Dallas is Falling Far Short of Its Ambitious Goal to become Bike Friendly by 2021

Dallas Observer, February 2020

Dallas is nowhere close to fulfilling an ambitious plan to create a citywide network of bicycle lanes.

Can Car-Crazy Dallas Learn to Love Bikes?

Bloomberg, CITYLAB - February 2019

After a disastrous experiment with dockless bike sharing, the famously auto-centric Texas city is trying to be more friendly to bicycles and pedestrians.

Dallas gives thumbs up to bike lanes on a major east-west street

Culturemap - January 2019

A key east-west thoroughfare in Dallas got the green light for new bike lanes and wider sidewalks..

Go Inside Dallas’ New Cycling Plans As Bike Share Companies Flood the Streets

D Magazine - December 2017

A rush of rental bikes and the ensuing backlash against 'urban litter' have again raised the question of whether this city can handle two-wheeled lifestyle choices.

Paint it bleak: Five years later, Dallas' bike plan still pedaling in the slow lane

Dallas Morning News - May 2016

Five years after the Dallas City Council adopted a new bike plan, it's not exactly pedal to the metal at City Hall. Quite the opposite.

Dallas bike lanes moving forward, but not the way everyone wants

Dallas Morning News - September 2015

In 2012, Dallas had 8 miles of on-street bike lanes. Today that’s grown to 39.3 miles. Within the next few years, that’s expected to increase to 107 miles.

Regional Bike Resources

NCTCOG Mobility 2045

NCTCOG Bike Survey Rsults

NCTCOG Bike Survey Rsults

See Section 6.3 ActiveTransportation, p131 for more details on bike infrastructure, usage, and preference surveys in DFW 

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NCTCOG Bike Survey Rsults

NCTCOG Bike Survey Rsults

NCTCOG Bike Survey Rsults

More detail into the opinions survey for the NCTCOG Mobility 2045 Plan

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NCTCOG Trail Videos

NCTCOG Bike Survey Rsults

TXDOT’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

Trail of the month highlights and videos of regional bike trails

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TXDOT’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

TXDOT’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

TXDOT’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

To attend TXDOT’s quarterly Bicycle Advisory Committee meetings, sign up here

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Stong Towns: Building Safer Roads

TXDOT’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

Stong Towns: Building Safer Roads

The Strong Towns organization has a ton of resources on building safer streets for shared mobility 

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Cottonbelt DART Line & Trail

TXDOT’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

Stong Towns: Building Safer Roads

2020 meeting on a segment of DART’s Silver Line which is to include a Cotton Belt Trail line along the commuter rail corridor. (See 34min)

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