Public Policy

As the population of North Texas increases, so does transportation demand and the need to enhance opportunities for North Texans to learn about and have input on the future of mobility options in the region.

At public meetings June 9-11 in Carrollton, Fort Worth and Arlington, planners will discuss efforts to advance transportation plans and engage more North Texans in the overall transportation planning process.

As the population of North Texas increases, so does transportation demand and the need to enhance opportunities for North Texans to learn about and have input on the future of mobility options in the region.

At public meetings June 9-11 in Carrollton, Fort Worth and Arlington, planners will discuss efforts to advance transportation plans and engage more North Texans in the overall transportation planning process.

As the population of North Texas increases, so does transportation demand and the need to enhance opportunities for North Texans to learn about and have input on the future of mobility options in the region.

At public meetings June 9-11 in Carrollton, Fort Worth and Arlington, planners will discuss efforts to advance transportation plans and engage more North Texans in the overall transportation planning process.

There are controversial plans and projects cooking down at Dallas City Hall regarding transportation. Did you know Dallas' third airport, Dallas Executive Airport, formerly known as Redbird, is going to be expanded? Did you know that the mayor and Tennell Atkins want to give $13 million to the Commemorative Air Force (formerly known as the Confederate Air Force) to house their planes at Redbird? Also, the city manager and the Trinity Trust are STILL trying to build the Trinity Toll Road! 

On Saturday, former City Council Member Angela Hunt will educate us on the state of the Trinity Tollroad, and local community activist Raymond Crawford will tell us what he and his team have uncovered about Redbird Airport. Our city and our taxpayer dollars are at stake in these fantasy projects.

Celebrate the life and death of the great legendarily terrible idea in the Bishop Arts District. A slow jazz funeral procession will begin on the patio at Oddfellows

Read the Dallas Morning News article.

The all-day conference features George Bandy, Jr., vice president of sustainability at Interface, and Michael Cain, executive director of Earth Day Texas.

The breakout sessions feature three tracks, saving the people, planet & money, with speakers from the cities of Dallas, Cedar Hill and Lancaster, medical organizations, non-profits and churches of southern Dallas.

Texas A&M Agrilife Research, North Texas Renewable Energy Group, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Urban Acres and Fossil Rim are also participating. Free. 

The last couple of years have seen the Dallas environmental scene blossom and mature. Now many of us want to take the next step by forming a city-wide “Dallas green alliance.” We plan on creating a 501(c)3 arm and a 501(c)4 or even a PAC that will have the political power to build it, election by election.

Monthly gathering of the Tarrant County Green Party.

The locally produced movie focuses on the rally in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17, 2013, where 50,000 people from around the country came in freezing weather and said NO to the Keystone XL pipeline. It includes footage on the Texas bus that traveled 34 hours to the rally, along with exclusive footage and interviews with residents affected by the devastating oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. Refreshments. Free. 

READ THE GSDFW ARTICLE.

Screening of the documentary Green Fire about environmentalists Aldo Leopold, who shaped the U.S. National Parks environmental policy. Free. Info: 214-509-4911