This episode discusses shared scooters (Lime, Bird, Superpedestrian) in Dallas with Jonathan Braddick. Then, we had a DART ridership update with Connor; we talked about DART hiring 100 Transit Security Officers (TSOs), 70 of whom have been hired as of August, and how light rail on Saturdays and Sundays is more popular now than before the pandemic.

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Whether you're looking for free and fun activities, want outdoor exercise, or like making friends, then there's a cycling group for you. In this episode, we look at the seven cycling groups that meet every week or every month in Dallas. We'll go over where they meet, what they’re like, and how to join. The full schedule is in the show notes and on our website, ThisDallasLife.com. This episode – released at the beginning of National Bike Month – is the first volume of active cycling groups in Dallas. Volume 2 will be released later in May.

• CRITICAL MASS is a popular social ride that gathers every last Friday of the month, 7pm at Dallas Farmers Market.
• TITS TUESDAYS is a women-led social ride that gathers every Tuesday 7:30 pm at Lakewood Whole Foods Market, 2118 Abrams Road.
• FEMME PEDALE is a women-only social ride that gathers every Thursday 7pm near Baylor. Visit the Facebook Group for Femme Pedale.
• SHIFTY FREEWHEELERS is a weekly social ride that gathers every Monday 7pm at Cold Beer Company, 3600 Main Street.
• MONDAY MASH is a fast-paced training ride that gathers every Monday 7pm at Exposition Plaza, 269 Exposition Ave.
• DALLAS BICYCLE TOURS, THAI TEMPLE RIDE is a social ride that gathers every 3rd Sunday 10:45 am starting at Cold Beer Company, 3600 Main Street and destined for Buddhist Temple of Dallas, 8484 Stults Rd. Visit DallasBicycleTours.com.
• DALLAS BICYCLE TOURS, WHITE ROCK LAKE RIDE is a social ride that gathers every 4th Sunday 10:45 am starting at the parking lot of Dallas Bike Works, 4875 W Lawther Dr. Visit DallasBicycleTours.com.
• BIKE FRIENDLY SOUTH DALLAS is a non-profit that hosts a social ride every Saturday 10am at We-Cycle Resource Center, 1616 Al Lipscomb Way. Visit BikeFriendlySouthDallas.org.

Special thanks to the guests on this episode, in order of appearance: Jose Benitez (Critical Mass, Monday Mash), Alyssa Kruger, Becca Kornblum (TITS Tuesdays, Dallas Bicycle Coalition), Gretchen Allen (Femme Pedale), Miso Ryu (Shifty Freewheelers), Heather Cohen (Dallas Bicycle Tours), TK Hobbs & Ashley Fletcher (Bike Friendly South Dallas).

This podcast is a production of This Dallas Life, an online publication focused on Dallas urbanism. You can subscribe to our weekly digest at ThisDallasLife.com. This podcast was created by Hexel Colorado (@hexel_co on Twitter) with help from Angela Tran (angela@thisdallaslife.com) and Connor Hulla (@AlternateConnor on Twitter).

What's it like living in Dallas without a car? For whom is a car-free or car-light lifestyle possible? If we must have a car in Dallas, are there ways we can drive less in our daily lives? This episode features stories of three people living in Dallas without a car.

• The Lone Star State has the largest highway system in the country
• Greater Dallas Area has a terrible case of "spatial mismatch"
• Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex cities have the longest commute times in all of Texas
• Dallas has the second-highest traffic fatality rate among fifteen largest American cities
• 42 percent of baby boomers and 63 percent of Millennials want to live in a place where they don't have to own a car
• "WALKABLE CITY: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time" by Jeff Speck
• The average yearly cost to own and operate a new vehicle in 2022 is $10,728, or $894 per month.
• "Third places" refers to places where people spend time between home (‘first’ place) and work (‘second’ place)
• Dallas Is Missing More Than 2,000 Miles of Sidewalk, according to city's Master Sidewalk Plan
• Red light cameras were outlawed by the State of Texas in 2019.
• Dallas Area Rapid Transit rolled out its new bus network on January 24th, 2022, attempting to increase frequency and reliability.

Special thanks to the three guests who shared their stories for this episode: Doyle Rader, Stephen Tordella, and Jason Grant. This podcast is part of the channel “This Dallas Life” (@thisdallaslife) created by Hexel Colorado. This episode was produced by Hexel, Angela Tran, and Connor Hulla. Follow @thisdallaslife on social media for podcast clips and more content about walkability, transit, housing, and urban planning in Dallas.

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In this inaugural episode, Hexel and Connor discuss the goals set in the 2045 Transit System Plan published by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). This first episode is pretty rough because I (Hexel) needed to cut out a lot of meandering to get it down to one hour. Only gets better from here!