Houston Street Viaduct Initiative

Originally uploaded by Jason Eric Roberts

Several of us involved with BFOC are on the board of the Alternative Transportation Committee at the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, and are advocating making the Houston Street Viaduct a major multi-modal transit bridge linking Downtown Dallas to North Oak Cliff.

Right now, if you’ve ever cycled into Downtown, you’ll notice that there isn’t a safe way to enter/exit from the Cliff. After doing some research on the original historic blueprints, the Oak Cliff Transit Authority realized that the bridge was originally intended to have wide sidewalks, and a double-tracked streetcar running down the two center lanes. Our hope is to return the bridge to its original intent, while creating better accommodations for bicyclists.