News for North Texas
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Top Stories: Dallas City Council Committee To Be Updated On Trinity Parkway

Trinity Parkway Design Charette Report
The design charette commissioned by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings came up with a meandering four-lane parkway as an alternative to the six-lane toll road.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: A Dallas city council transportation committee will meet at 9 a.m. for an update on the Trinity Parkway.

Federal officials last year approved a six-lane, nine-mile toll road between the Trinity River levees. Opponents say differs from what voters approved in 2007.

A federal study last year found the six-lane road would slightly reduce traffic on Interstates 30 and 35, but also increase congestion in other areas by 10 percent. The council’s now considering a smaller-scale road with reduced speed limits, but it’s unknown how that version will affect traffic.

Other stories this morning:

  • Two dozen people lined up at the Dallas Zoo entrance yesterday afternoon to protest the recent import of five African elephants from Swaziland.
  • About 65 percent of the human population is lactose intolerant. We discuss how it can be managed in this edition of Vital Signs.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.