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.

Special thanks to the three guests who shared their stories for this episode: Doyle Rader, Stephen Tordella, and Jason Grant. Sources for information featured in this episode:

• 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.