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Urban Design Framework for Celina along Preston Corridor
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2011-04)The city of Celina is a small city located within Collin County in the northern part of the North Central Texas Metroplex. The city was a rural based community with a large percentage of agricultural land. However, over ... -
Helping Small Towns with Big Plans
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2011-05)Small rural towns in Texas are under increasing pressure from state and federal entities to develop a master plan in order to procure funding. Unfortunately, many small towns lack the financial capital or the technical ... -
Greyfield Site Redevelopment Analysis
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)This report provides a framework for the research and analysis that will assist in understanding the issues leading to the decline of once successful shopping centers into greyfields. Inner-ring suburbs in the Dallas - ... -
Review of Federal Transit Administration New Starts Project Funding Process
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-05)The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems. The FTA is one of the ten ... -
Planning for Crime: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design in Bishop Arts District Neighborhood, Oak Cliff, Dallas.
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-08)There is a lack of emphasis in the planning world, both academically and in the field, on preventing crime. Defensible Space and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) has been the two main approaches taken ... -
Restoration of a Declining Inner-Ring Suburban Area: Lamar-Collins, Arlington, Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-11)Inner-ring suburban revitalization and redevelopment is a growing challenge in the United States as downtowns and outer-ring suburbs receive increased investment. Greenfields in fringe cities offer less construction obstacles ... -
Pedestrian and Bike Planning: Downtown of the City of Granbury, Tx
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-11)Walking is the fundamental form of transportation system. The mode of transportation plays a vital role in the physical form of the city. Before innovation of the automobile, cities were planned in a compact form, and ... -
Learning From Los Ramblas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-12)This report seeks to create a catalog of urban design elements that can be used as a professional reference for practicing planners. It will use the Ramblas, a series of streets in Barcelona as the area of study to understand ... -
Alternatives to Standard Minimum Parking Requirements: a Study of Best Practices and its Application to Dallas, Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-12)Development in Dallas would be more compact and multi-modal if the city refocuses its parking policies away from parking quantity to parking quality. To validate this hypothesis, this professional report compares and ... -
Equity Impacts of Toll Roads in North Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-05)Toll roads are becoming ubiquitous across the United States as funds for transportation projects have not kept up with traffic demand. In the North Texas region specifically, there are multiple toll road projects currently ... -
Converting Paved Deserts into Solar Parking Lots in Urban Areas: Implementing Photovoltaic Systems into the Parking Lots of the City of Arlington
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-12)This presents projected costs and benefits of a carport style photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system, as well as its potential implementation sited in the City of Arlington. The goal was to estimate the amount of electricity ... -
Assessing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as an Alternate Mode of Transportation for Dallas County.
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-12)Traffic congestion in the Dallas County area continues to worsen while transportation funding continues to decline. Even if funding was available it is no longer possible to build our way out of congestion. The Dallas ... -
Knox Street and the Complete Streets Initiative: a Comparative Analysis of Complete Street Implementation in the City of Dallas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-12)The Knox Street district, located just a few miles north of downtown Dallas, Texas, offers a variety of high-end retail, residential, and commercial use options. The increased popularity of downtown Dallas development and ... -
Wet Ponds as a Stormwater Management Tool and an Alternative Water Source for Irrigating Parks in Arlington, Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-12)A growing population in the Dallas - Fort Worth area will lead to water shortages if alternative water sources are not utilized. This reports looks into the aspects of utilizing wet ponds as a source of water for irrigating ... -
Human Services Subsector: the Effects of Lancaster Outreach Center's Poverty Reduction Efforts in Rural Communties
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-12)Lancaster Outreach Center (LOC) has for almost 30 years provided high social welfare quality services with minimum setbacks. However, the faltering economy had a negative influence on the level of donor funding LOC expected. ... -
Accessing Opportunities Through Active Transportation in Arlington, Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2014-05)This examines active transportation as it relates to accessibility, opportunity, and ultimately equity for residents in disadvantaged communities in the City of Arlington, Texas. Adding to the growing discussion and research ... -
Identification of Suitable Locations for Permeable Pavements and Bioretention Ponds / Rain Gardens Using GIS Suitability Analysis for Enhanced Stormwater Management Capacity in the City of Dallas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-12)Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies have shown effectiveness in managing stormwater efficiently at its source. LID strategies can be utilized to manage storm water in coordination with conventional stormwater management ... -
Buildout Population Projections
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-12)Buildout population projections are used by various municipalities and entities to project the ultimate population, or carrying capacity, of a specific area. There are many methods used to calculate buildout population. ... -
Belo Horizonte, Portal to the Future: a Vision for Brazil
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-05)A massive improvement of Belo Horizonte's transportation infrastructure would not only improve the quality of life of the residents of this important metropolitan area, it would positively change the course of Brazil and ... -
Downtown Revitalization Plan: City of Commerce, Tx
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2017-05)Creating a downtown revitalization plan for the City of Commerce can be valuable for not only the residents of the city, but also the students of the University of Texas A&M - Commerce. Downtown revitalization can be ...