Dallas’ deadliest pedestrian corridors will get millions to improve safety ... and more news

The city of Dallas and partner agency Dallas Area Rapid Transit will dedicate $11.5 million to boosting pedestrian safety on some of the city’s most dangerous roadways; In other news, Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth ranked in the top 50 in a recent study to find the cost of living comfortably in America’s 50 most populous cities; a project intended to make two major thoroughfares in uptown Dallas more pedestrian-friendly has evoked loud opposition from community members skeptical about the traffic impact study done nearly a decade ago. The city is looking at changing about five miles of McKinney and Cole avenues from one-way to two-way streets, reversing a move the city made in 1973 to shepherd cars faster through the city; And Google signed a lease for a 1.1 million square foot warehouse in western Fort Worth — one of the largest leases signed in Texas this year.

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