Three (3) things I find vexing:

Three (3) things I find vexing repeatedly when I walk our neighborhood. Yes, it’s Downtown Dallas Historic District, my neighborhood. As neighborhoods go, I see some familiar faces and a plethora of visitors, proprietors, and commuters.

As I walk, I think. Here’s what I’ve been thinking lately:

  1. If the left lane heading south on N. Pearl was NOT a free parking lane, and cars had to park in the adjacent lot, and <gasp> pay for parking like everyone else, then the flow of traffic on N. Pearl would not jam up and bottle-neck at the DART train tracks on Pacific.
  2. If people would stop throwing their rubbish, trash, litter, and discards out of the car/truck window, our streets would stay clean!! HUGE thank you to the Downtown Clean Up crews who work tirelessly, seven (7) days a week, picking up y’all’s trash! https://downtowndallas.com/live/clean-safe/clean-team/
  3. Put a lid on ALL the rubbish/trash cans so the overflow won’t blow around and/or fall on the streets.
  4. Put more rubbish/trash bins around the city!!!
  5. Now that those BIRD and LIME scooters are back, and clearly people ignore the ‘NO RIDING ON SIDEWALKS’ posted ON the scooter, paint a dedicated lane for the scooters so they are NOT on the sidewalk where pedestrians are. Bike riders will appreciate this lane too.
  6. Regarding the scooters, put racks up so the riders don’t abandon them in the center of the sidewalk or worse, at the edge of the Trinity River!!

My hope is that this message reaches far and wide. Hopefully, the city council and anyone who has wasta will take my suggestions to someone who can make these changes happen. Just think of all the people who will benefit from a better downtown.

Meanwhile, I’ll continue to walk, think, and create ways to make my city more FUN. https://downtowndallas.com/

Aloha🌺,

Denise