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LISTEN: Can calming North Oak Cliff’s streets change Dallas car culture?

Mayor Pro Tem Chad West talks Jefferson Blvd., affordable housing and more.

Editor’s note: The Deep Side of Dallas is hosted by deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the University of North Texas System’s Paul Corliss. The show explores the past, present and future of the city of Dallas, including its culture, politics, history and development.

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Mayor Pro Tem Chad West has been on a journey to make Jefferson Boulevard calmer while keeping cars moving and residents happy. So far, so good, he says. But can the experiment change Dallas’ love of the 6-lane thoroughfare. Also, we talked affordable housing, gentrification and what North Oak Cliff might look like in the years to come.

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A memorial honoring Armando Leija Esparza near the intersection of West Jefferson Boulevard and South Winnetka Avenue in Dallas on Saturday. Esparza was on a lawnmower cutting grass when he was hit by a speeding car that police say ran a red light, hit another vehicle then veered into the yard where Esparza was working.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
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