Krista Nightengale
@knightengale.bsky.social
People over cars. Sweet over savory. Dogs over everything.
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Time to meet your movement! The 2025 Strong Towns National Gathering has a packed schedule of speakers who share your vision. Here’s one: Krista Nightengale!
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May 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Time to meet your movement! The 2025 Strong Towns National Gathering has a packed schedule of speakers who share your vision. Here’s one: Krista Nightengale!
Get your tickets before they’re gone! buff.ly/i1CIRxs
Get your tickets before they’re gone! buff.ly/i1CIRxs
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Dallas has updated its 60-year-old parking code in a 14-1 vote!
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May 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dallas has updated its 60-year-old parking code in a 14-1 vote!
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Dallas City Council Approves Sweeping Parking Reform in 14–1 Vote www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025... via @strongtowns.org and @knightengale.bsky.social
Dallas City Council Approves Sweeping Parking Reform in 14–1 Vote
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council passed sweeping parking reforms, making it easier to open businesses and build housing in the city.
www.strongtowns.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dallas City Council Approves Sweeping Parking Reform in 14–1 Vote www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025... via @strongtowns.org and @knightengale.bsky.social
Dallas' transportation department refuses to respond to dangerous situations. So, yesterday, a councilman and his office had to take matters into their own hands.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Dallas councilman slams city's 'slow' safety response after car wreck caught on camera
Chad West says Dallas has "failed to keep residents safe" after video showed a car careening into an apartment in the latest wreck at a Dallas intersection
www.wfaa.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Dallas' transportation department refuses to respond to dangerous situations. So, yesterday, a councilman and his office had to take matters into their own hands.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Last night, Dallas City Council passed parking reform 14-1. To celebrate, we're doing limited editions of our It's Hard to Find Parking in Great Places tshirt. If you'd to purchase one, send your size to info@betterblock.org by Monday morning (pickup only).
May 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Last night, Dallas City Council passed parking reform 14-1. To celebrate, we're doing limited editions of our It's Hard to Find Parking in Great Places tshirt. If you'd to purchase one, send your size to info@betterblock.org by Monday morning (pickup only).
Six years.
28 ZOAC meetings.
3 CPC meetings (each around 9 hours, I believe).
Countless meetings.
And finally, parking reform goes to city council Wednesday.
If you care about the future of our city, come speak starting at 1.
28 ZOAC meetings.
3 CPC meetings (each around 9 hours, I believe).
Countless meetings.
And finally, parking reform goes to city council Wednesday.
If you care about the future of our city, come speak starting at 1.
May 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Six years.
28 ZOAC meetings.
3 CPC meetings (each around 9 hours, I believe).
Countless meetings.
And finally, parking reform goes to city council Wednesday.
If you care about the future of our city, come speak starting at 1.
28 ZOAC meetings.
3 CPC meetings (each around 9 hours, I believe).
Countless meetings.
And finally, parking reform goes to city council Wednesday.
If you care about the future of our city, come speak starting at 1.
Third places are wherever and however you want them to be as long as there’s community. This is one of my favorite ones in Dallas.
May 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Third places are wherever and however you want them to be as long as there’s community. This is one of my favorite ones in Dallas.
I’m not 100% certain this is cause and effect; however, a couple months after a community member placed one of the @betterblock.bsky.social benches here, a permanent one was installed.
April 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m not 100% certain this is cause and effect; however, a couple months after a community member placed one of the @betterblock.bsky.social benches here, a permanent one was installed.
What if there were a chair for crossing guards that had the stop sign built in, cubbies for storage, and was easy to transport?
Over at @betterblock.bsky.social, we’re working on it!
Over at @betterblock.bsky.social, we’re working on it!
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What if there were a chair for crossing guards that had the stop sign built in, cubbies for storage, and was easy to transport?
Over at @betterblock.bsky.social, we’re working on it!
Over at @betterblock.bsky.social, we’re working on it!
Often, while I’m walking around Dallas, I can’t help but notice the things we need to fix. But I love the #colorwalk trend as it reminds me to notice all the beauty in something as simple as a walk.
March 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Often, while I’m walking around Dallas, I can’t help but notice the things we need to fix. But I love the #colorwalk trend as it reminds me to notice all the beauty in something as simple as a walk.
Data gathering at @betterblock.bsky.social HQ.
March 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Data gathering at @betterblock.bsky.social HQ.
I couldn’t make it across this massive intersection in time so I had to stop and wait for the light in the median.
Standing in the median like this is illegal in the City of Dallas.
But I had only three seconds to get across three lanes and couldn’t risk it.
Standing in the median like this is illegal in the City of Dallas.
But I had only three seconds to get across three lanes and couldn’t risk it.
March 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I couldn’t make it across this massive intersection in time so I had to stop and wait for the light in the median.
Standing in the median like this is illegal in the City of Dallas.
But I had only three seconds to get across three lanes and couldn’t risk it.
Standing in the median like this is illegal in the City of Dallas.
But I had only three seconds to get across three lanes and couldn’t risk it.
Feels appropriate that I walk out of a meeting passing parking reform and have my route blocked by a vehicle parked in the middle of the sidewalk.
PS there are multiple street spots and a whole parking garage (which they’re blocking the exit of).
PS there are multiple street spots and a whole parking garage (which they’re blocking the exit of).
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Feels appropriate that I walk out of a meeting passing parking reform and have my route blocked by a vehicle parked in the middle of the sidewalk.
PS there are multiple street spots and a whole parking garage (which they’re blocking the exit of).
PS there are multiple street spots and a whole parking garage (which they’re blocking the exit of).
Spent my weekend reading through applications for Better Block University. My faith in humanity and hope for the future of our cities is restored.
This is going to be an incredible group.
This is going to be an incredible group.
March 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Spent my weekend reading through applications for Better Block University. My faith in humanity and hope for the future of our cities is restored.
This is going to be an incredible group.
This is going to be an incredible group.
Applications for Better Block University close Monday. If you’d like to learn how to make change in your community (and $2,500 to make it happen), click the link.
www.betterblock.org/bbu
www.betterblock.org/bbu
Better Block University | The Better Block
www.betterblock.org
March 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Applications for Better Block University close Monday. If you’d like to learn how to make change in your community (and $2,500 to make it happen), click the link.
www.betterblock.org/bbu
www.betterblock.org/bbu
Guess I’m bringing a trash bag on my next walk.
March 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Guess I’m bringing a trash bag on my next walk.
I got to work with this little girl to install a ground mural at her school.
At one point, I heard her say, "This is the best day ever."
Agreed, kiddo.
Grateful for what I get to do at @betterblock.bsky.social, whether it's discussing parking at City Hall or painting a sidewalk in West Dallas.
At one point, I heard her say, "This is the best day ever."
Agreed, kiddo.
Grateful for what I get to do at @betterblock.bsky.social, whether it's discussing parking at City Hall or painting a sidewalk in West Dallas.
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I got to work with this little girl to install a ground mural at her school.
At one point, I heard her say, "This is the best day ever."
Agreed, kiddo.
Grateful for what I get to do at @betterblock.bsky.social, whether it's discussing parking at City Hall or painting a sidewalk in West Dallas.
At one point, I heard her say, "This is the best day ever."
Agreed, kiddo.
Grateful for what I get to do at @betterblock.bsky.social, whether it's discussing parking at City Hall or painting a sidewalk in West Dallas.
Just a typical walk to the train station in an American city.
February 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Just a typical walk to the train station in an American city.
Exciting news from Better Block: We are launching BBU, a leadership program for those who want to build Better Blocks. We're looking for 15 folks who love learning, have an idea for a project to address public safety in their neighborhood, and share our passion for getting things done.
www.betterblock.org
February 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Exciting news from Better Block: We are launching BBU, a leadership program for those who want to build Better Blocks. We're looking for 15 folks who love learning, have an idea for a project to address public safety in their neighborhood, and share our passion for getting things done.
I was asked, "Folks think downtown is dead. Is that true?"
I said, no, not from a Dallas sense. It's the busiest I've ever seen it in my 15 years here.
But in comparison to other downtowns? Yes.
Then I spent an hour talking with Mark, which is captured here.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
I said, no, not from a Dallas sense. It's the busiest I've ever seen it in my 15 years here.
But in comparison to other downtowns? Yes.
Then I spent an hour talking with Mark, which is captured here.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
What’s Wrong With Downtown Dallas?
Violent crime is up. Street life is often lacking. Can a $3.7 billion convention center expansion transform the fortunes of the city’s central business district?
www.texasmonthly.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I was asked, "Folks think downtown is dead. Is that true?"
I said, no, not from a Dallas sense. It's the busiest I've ever seen it in my 15 years here.
But in comparison to other downtowns? Yes.
Then I spent an hour talking with Mark, which is captured here.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
I said, no, not from a Dallas sense. It's the busiest I've ever seen it in my 15 years here.
But in comparison to other downtowns? Yes.
Then I spent an hour talking with Mark, which is captured here.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
My first glimpse of the outside world after discussing parking reform in Dallas for 10 hours at CPC.
We got through three of the 18 points. So there is still time to engage with CPC.
We got through three of the 18 points. So there is still time to engage with CPC.
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
My first glimpse of the outside world after discussing parking reform in Dallas for 10 hours at CPC.
We got through three of the 18 points. So there is still time to engage with CPC.
We got through three of the 18 points. So there is still time to engage with CPC.
Diving into the new draft of the proposed changes to Dallas’ parking code.
Read it yourself at the link below, and let me know what you think. Public hearing February 13.
dallascityhall.com/departments/...
Read it yourself at the link below, and let me know what you think. Public hearing February 13.
dallascityhall.com/departments/...
January 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Diving into the new draft of the proposed changes to Dallas’ parking code.
Read it yourself at the link below, and let me know what you think. Public hearing February 13.
dallascityhall.com/departments/...
Read it yourself at the link below, and let me know what you think. Public hearing February 13.
dallascityhall.com/departments/...
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Crashes are not isolated incidents caused solely by driver error. Certain design choices increase the risk of crashes in a consistent and predictable way.
January 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Crashes are not isolated incidents caused solely by driver error. Certain design choices increase the risk of crashes in a consistent and predictable way.
Last year, we had the honor of working with the Richard King Mellon Foundation on a series of projects in and around Pittsburgh.
We worked with talented videographers to distill those six months down to four minutes. I'm biased but I believe it's worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-1...
We worked with talented videographers to distill those six months down to four minutes. I'm biased but I believe it's worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-1...
Placemaking in Pittsburgh: Better Block in a Box | BETTER BLOCK
YouTube video by Better Block
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January 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Last year, we had the honor of working with the Richard King Mellon Foundation on a series of projects in and around Pittsburgh.
We worked with talented videographers to distill those six months down to four minutes. I'm biased but I believe it's worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-1...
We worked with talented videographers to distill those six months down to four minutes. I'm biased but I believe it's worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-1...
We’re continuing the conversation on parking reform in Dallas on February 13. Have thoughts? Send them to me!
Dallas Plan Commission parking reform vote expected Feb. 13.
candysdirt.com/2025/01/19/p...
candysdirt.com/2025/01/19/p...
Plan Commission Seeks Compromise on Parking Minimums, Will Revisit the Matter on Feb. 13 - CandysDirt.com
Plan Commissioner Tip Housewright, who chairs the ZOAC, proposed 14 additional revisions Thursday that will be included in a draft ordinance to be considered at another special-called meeting on Feb. ...
candysdirt.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We’re continuing the conversation on parking reform in Dallas on February 13. Have thoughts? Send them to me!