Wick Allison, publisher of D Magazine, has some excellent suggestions about how to make downtown Dallas more "user friendly" in his publisher’s notes in the December issue of D. He makes the point that the City of Dallas parking code requirements "were written with a precision that would make a Soviet planner quiver with delight".

Without stealing his thunder, let me quote from one paragraph in his article: "Dallas City fathers enacted the present code when they were afraid that downtown would be overrun by cars. That’s hardly the problem now. The city should restore two-way streets and allow for head-in parking to reduce the gully effect. It should eliminate off-street parking requirements to let developers and businesses make their own decisions. It should give the maximum leeway for people to use their own creativity and common sense."

Read the rest of Allison’s article in the December issue of D Magazine.

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