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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dallas City Council Approves 2025 Bike Plan, First Update Since 2011
The Dallas City Council adopted the 2025 Dallas Bike Plan on Wednesday, marking the first update to the city's cycling infrastructure blueprint since 2011. The comprehensive plan aims to expand Dallas's biking network, emphasizing safety, comfort, and maintenance for cyclists of all ages and abilities. Originally developed in 1975, the Dallas Bike Plan serves as the city's roadmap for implementing on-street and off-street bike lanes throughout the metropolitan area. Wednesday's update significantly expands the existing network with a strategic focus on accessibility. 'City Council has made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change,' District 6 Council Member Omar Narvaez said. 'One of the ways of doing that is to reduce the number of people driving in cars or by themselves.' The updated plan introduces a phased, flexible approach to project development as funding becomes available. City officials have reported that prioritized routes will target infrastructure gaps identified through extensive community engagement. Dallas residents emphasized connecting existing network gaps, providing better trail and transit links, and enhancing bicycle access near schools. The plan also prioritizes more connections in the city's denser neighborhoods. Community input remains central to implementation. In the coming months, city staff will establish a permanent bicycle advisory committee to help advance the plan's objectives. 'We know that getting more people to bike isn't just about building a network,' said Dr. Gus Khankarli, director of the Dallas Transportation and Public Works Department. 'This plan integrates with our multi-modal system and gives us a set of key action items that should be targeted over the next five to ten years by staff in several city departments and in coordination with our advocacy partners.' The city will continue neighborhood engagement as future bike projects move into development phases. Dallas currently holds bronze-level certification as a Bicycle Friendly Community from The League of American Bicyclists. Data shows that 40 percent of Dallas bike trips cover three miles or less, a distance cyclists can typically complete in 15 minutes on direct routes. The complete 2025 Dallas Bike Plan is accessible online at
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Recent Mets Signing Bust Released by MLB Bottom-Feeder
The New York Mets signed 2021 All-Star catcher Omar Narvaez to a $15 million deal in December of 2022, but the veteran backstop failed to live up to that contract and has done very little to extend his MLB career since. Narvaez stuck with the Mets for most of 2023 and 2024, batting a cumulative .192 over 77 major league appearances. Advertisement After a 22-home run campaign with the Seattle Mariners in 2019 and another 17 homers throughout his Milwaukee Brewers tenure, Narvaez only contributed 2 HRs and 12 RBI with the Mets, immediately going down as a total flop of a signing. Former New York Mets catcher Omar Narvaez facing the Chicago White Sox at Citi Field in Penner-Imagn Images On May 20, Narvaez's baseball career continued to take a turn for the worse, as the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox (the Charlotte Knights) announced that they had released the 33-year-old catcher. This update came to light within a flurry of roster moves. Narvaez spent 4 games with the White Sox's major league roster in 2025, and he actually played reasonably well. Batting .286 with 3 RBI and an on-base percentage of .400. Advertisement In the minors, however, Narvaez struggled mightily. Over 15 games with Charlotte, Narvaez was batting .218, with 2 HR, 5 RBI, and 13 strikeouts compared to 6 walks. He had a Triple-A OPS of .663. Narvaez also logged 3 appearances with the Double-A affiliate Birmingham Barons, batting .250 with 2 RBI and an OPS of .708. Turning 34 years old in February, it's unclear how much Narvaez has left in the tank. His MLB production fell off a cliff immediately after joining the Mets for the 2023 season, and now he's just been cut by the Triple-A affiliate of the White Sox — whose record currently ranks second worst in baseball at 15-34. Related: Carlos Mendoza Had Words After Mets' Third Straight Loss Related: Mets Owner Steve Cohen Sends Clear Message After Third Straight Loss
CBS News
11-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
North Texas cities split over bill that will change how DART transit agency is funded
A controversial bill is advancing through the Texas Capitol that, if approved, will change how Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DART, is funded. The legislation, known as HB 3187, passed the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday and heads to the House floor for a vote. Since its inception 40-plus years ago, the 13-member cities pay one cent of their sales tax revenues to DART for bus, rail, and other mobility services. But DART says seven of those cities have paid more into the agency than they've received, and some, including Plano, Irving, Carrollton and others, want a break on how much they provide. The bill will allow cities to take back up to 25% of their sales tax money sent to DART to spend on their own road projects, sidewalks, and hiking and biking trails among other things. Cities that support the bill say they had no choice but to ask for this bill because after years of requesting DART to come to the table and address their funding concerns, they say the agency refused. During a hearing last month before the House Transportation Committee, Plano Mayor John Muns told lawmakers he thought DART was being unfair. "In 2023 alone, Plano contributed $109 million to DART and our taxpayers received less than 50 cents on the dollar of that investment. It is in DART's interest to maintain inequity and continue their budget philosophy of spending every dollar." During that hearing, Dallas Council Member Omar Narvaez of District 6 responded by saying, "When cities joined DART, they did so knowing they may not be one to one in returns. The voters approved it anyway in 13 cities." State Representative Matt Shaheen, R-Prosper, whose district includes Plano, filed HB 3187. He told Eye On Politics on CBS News Texas, "DART has been recalcitrant for probably close to a decade. You have six cities that have been overpaying into DART. They've been asking DART to sit down and come up with a new financial arrangement, so they're not overpaying. DART has refused to do that. So, we've been forced into a situation where we're going to attempt to take care of this legislatively. So, what the piece of legislation is called is the DART Reform Act. What it does is it allows these cities that are overpaying to receive 25 percent back in the payments that they make into DART and then they can take those dollars and apply them to local mobility, transportation projects." DART'S Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Jeamy Molina pushed back against the bill in an interview with Eye On Politics. "House Bill 3187 kills DART. It will destroy all of the work that the community and our 13 service area cities have been working on for over 40 years. In the first years alone, it wipes out 5,800 jobs and reduces our economic impact by nearly a billion dollars. A 25 percent reduction in our revenue looks like over $230 million in the first year. That's our total capital allocation for buses, for trains. Our capital budget in one year is $700 million. So, we would ask that any city think about what they would do if they were asked to reduce their revenue by 25 percent in one year." When asked if that amount is a worst case scenario because not all the cities would take back 25 percent of their funding for DART, Molina said, "If your boss were to tell you, do you want a 25 percent raise, and all you have to do is say yes, what would you do? That's the option that this bill allows every one of our cities to have is to take 25 percent." State Representative Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, told Eye On Politics that he opposes the bill and will vote against it when it reaches the full House. "Even though I don't represent a DART service area presently, I think DART is instrumental to our region's connectivity and our region's economic development, and we need to be doing more to connect North Texas to one another, not less. I think the bill that is an attack on DART is really moving in the wrong direction. The cities that are wanting some changes from DART, I think they need to be heard. I know Plano has raised several concerns. I think some other cities have as well, and I think those concerns need to be seriously listened to and addressed if possible. But what should absolutely not happen is the legislature should not step in and undermine a local compact that's been in place since the 1980's that really provides the best mass transit in our region and some of the best in the state." If the bill passes the House, it will head to the Texas Senate. Watch Eye On Politics at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas on air and streaming Follow Jack on X: @cbs11jack
