October 1–8: Week Without Driving 2026 hosted by Week Without Driving Dallas (with Better Block Foundation & Dallas Bicycle Coalition), citywide Week Without Driving, began Oct 1, runs through Oct 8
October 3: "Transit Together" hosted by DFW Urbanistas Saturday, 11:00ish AM at Kuluntu Bakery (inside East Dock), meetup at the Fall Clothing & Book Swap event More info
Oct 3: “Jet Lag: The Game Japan-o-Rama Finale” screening hosted by Dallas Area Transit Alliance, Saturday, 7:00-9:30 PM at Regal Fossil Creek Buy tickets
October 6: “ULI Dallas–Fort Worth 2026 Housing Summit: Practical Tools to Make Deals Pencil” hosted by ULI Dallas–Fort Worth Tuesday, 11:30 AM–5:30 PM at Arlington Hall at Turtle Creek Park Register
October 7: "Bike to City Hall with Chad West" hosted by Week Without Driving Dallas Wednesday, meet 7:45 AM / roll just after 8:00 AM at Bishop Arts Bike Corral Week Without Driving
October 7: Brentwood / Trinity Heights Hyperlocal Conversation (inaugural) hosted by Dallas Urbanists Wednesday, 6:30 PM at Smittox Brewing RSVP
October 9: "Week Without Driving Happy Hour" hosted by Week Without Driving Dallas Friday, 5:30 PM at Westlake Brewing Co.
October 10: “Jet Lag: The Game” hosted by Dallas Area Transit Alliance Saturday, 9:30 AM-6:30 PM at Commissary
October 11: Cedars Hyperlocal Conversation hosted by Dallas Urbanists Sunday, 12:00–2:00 PM at Full City Rooster RSVP here
October 13: 12 Steps of Town Making hosted by Community Focused Ventures / Neighborhood Evolution Tuesday, 5:30–6:45 PM at Wax Space Info
October 14: “Informational Zoom with Housing Forward’s Sarah Kahn on Dallas County Prop A” hosted by Dallas Neighbors for Housing Wednesday, 6:30 PM CDT, Virtual RSVP
October 15: “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act + Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook” hosted by Dallas Housing Coalition Thursday, 6:00–7:30 PM at Oak Cliff Assembly Reserve a spot
October 17: “Dallas: A City in Transition” hosted by Hay Festival, presented alongside Deep Vellum Saturday, 12:30-1:30 PM at The Wild Detectives Buy ticket
October 17: Be My Neighbor Block Party: Urbandale / Southeast Dallas hosted by Dallas Housing Coalition + Better Block Saturday, 1:00–5:00 PM in 4103 Urban Ave Dallas, TX More info Reserve a spot
October 20: “ULI Dallas–Fort Worth Breakfast Forum: Branded Residential — Where Hospitality Becomes Home” hosted by ULI Dallas–Fort Worth Tuesday, 7:30–10:00 AM at Park City Club Register
October 20: McCommas Boulevard Corridor Study Public Meeting hosted by City of Dallas Transportation & Public Works Tuesday, 5:30 PM at Geneva Heights Elementary School Info
October 22: "Wheatland-Danieldale Authorized Hearing: Third Public Meeting" hosted by City of Dallas Planning & Development Thursday, 6:00–7:30 PM at Polk-Wisdom Library
October 23: “2026 Transportation Summit: Moving Forward, Connecting Communities, Commerce and Opportunity” hosted by Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Friday, check-in/breakfast 8:00 AM at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Hitt Auditorium Get your tickets
October 24: “DATA October General Meeting” hosted by Dallas Area Transit Alliance Saturday, 1:00-3:45 PM at Dallas Public Library
October 24: “Be My Neighbor Block Party: Tenth Street Historic District” hosted by Dallas Housing Coalition + Better Block Saturday, 12:00–4:00 PM in the Tenth Street Historic District Info
Ongoing through Next Thursday, October 8 | “Week Without Driving 2026”
Host: Week Without Driving Dallas, with Better Block Foundation & Dallas Bicycle Coalition
When: October 1–8, citywide
Where: Dallas, citywideMost of Dallas was built on the assumption that you drive. Week Without Driving asks you to spend a week inside that assumption. Replace the car trips you can and notice which ones you can’t, and why. Join this weeklong challenge to go car-free (or car-light) and experience the city the way non-drivers do.
Dallas has a goal of 100 participants and $5,000 raised for Better Block’s Better Intersections work. Sign up at the link so you get counted.
Learn more and take the pledge
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 3 | “Jet Lag: The Game Japan-o-Rama Finale” screening (Fort Worth, not Dallas)
Host: Dallas Area Transit Alliance
When: Saturday, October 3, 7:00-9:30 PM
Where: Regal Fossil Creek, 6100 Freeway Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76137Jet Lag: The Game is a travel competition show where two teams race across a country using only the transit that actually exists there, which makes it accidentally the best transit-nerd show on the internet.
The Japan season finale screens for one night only on Saturday Oct 3. Tickets are limited and first-come, first-served through Regal’s website or by emailing jetlag@ridewithdata.org or events@ridewithdata.org. Not transit accessible; plan to drive or carpool. Ticket info
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 3) | “Transit Together”
Host: DFW Urbanistas
When: 11:00ish AM (the Fall Clothing & Book Swap runs 9:00 AM–1:00 PM)
Where: Kuluntu Bakery (inside East Dock), 900 E Clarendon Dr #165, Dallas, TX
Nearest Transit: DART Zoo StationRide transit with the DFW Urbanistas crew and/or meetup at the Fall Clothing & Book Swap (Dallas Clothing Swap x Kuluntu Bakery), with food, vendors, and music. $10 donation or what you can; anything left behind is donated to Genesis Women’s Shelter. Look for Hillary! More info
Next Tuesday, October 6 | “ULI Dallas–Fort Worth 2026 Housing Summit: Practical Tools to Make Deals Pencil”
Host: ULI Dallas–Fort Worth
When: 11:30 AM–5:30 PM
Where: Arlington Hall at Turtle Creek Park, 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas, TX 75219Why doesn’t Dallas build more affordable housing? Often the math doesn’t work. Join this half-day summit on practical tools for making housing deals financially feasible: financing, legal structures, and a North Lamar case study, with a keynote from Ginnie Mae’s president.
Register
Next Wednesday, October 7 | “Bike to City Hall with Chad West”
Host: Week Without Driving Dallas
When: Meet 7:45 AM, roll out just after 8:00 AM, photo op at City Hall ~8:30 AM, Week Without Driving recognition ~9:30 AM
Where: Bishop Arts Bike Corral (Bishop & 7th), DallasBike to City Hall with Council Member Chad West for Week Without Driving. The ride recognizes the week, draws attention to the need for safe bike routes once the Jefferson Viaduct comes down for convention center construction, and pushes to preserve a future Houston St Greenway in the convention center plans.
Learn more about Week Without Driving
Next Wednesday, October 7 | Brentwood / Trinity Heights Hyperlocal Conversation (inaugural meeting)
Host: Dallas Urbanists
When: 6:30-8:30 PM
Where: Smittox Brewing 930 E Clarendon Dr, Dallas, TX 75203, USAJoin us for our first hyperlocal conversation in Brentwood/Trinity Heights! Facilitated by Paul Carden, Halperin Park board member and local developer focused on transit-oriented, walkable development.
Together, we’ll:
Meet neighbors and identify key community stakeholders
Map neighborhood hot spots, points of interest, and favorite third places
Share what makes us proud of the neighborhood
Identify pain points and opportunities for better urban design and planning
Whether you live, work, or simply want to learn more about the area, we’d love to have you. RSVP, share the event, and bring a neighbor!
This Saturday, October 10 | “Jet Lag: The Game”
Host: Dallas Area Transit Alliance
When: 9:30 AM-6:30 PM
Where: Commissary, 1217 Main St, Dallas, TX 75202Another round of Jet Lag: The Game, played during the Red River Showdown, so expect packed trains. Try to find someone in a needle-in-a-haystack crowd.
Next Sunday, October 11 | Cedars Hyperlocal Conversation
Host: Dallas Urbanists
When: 12:00–2:00 PM
Where: Full City Rooster, 1810 S Akard St, DallasMeet your neighbors and explore ways to improve walkability in the Cedars. Sarah Crain from Preservation Dallas will speak about the history of The Cedars.
RSVP to let us know you’re coming!
Tuesday, October 13 | 12 Steps of Town Making
Host: Community Focused Ventures / Neighborhood Evolution
When: 5:30–6:45 PM
Where: Wax Space, 1300 S Polk St Ste 295, DallasA monthly roadmap session for incremental developers and neighbors building people-centered places. Info
Next Wednesday, October 14 | “Informational Zoom with Housing Forward’s Sarah Kahn on Dallas County Prop A Homelessness Program Tax Election”
Host: Dallas Neighbors for Housing
When: 6:30 PM CDT
Where: Virtual (Zoom link shared upon RSVP)Sarah Kahn, President and CEO of Housing Forward, the lead agency coordinating homelessness response across Dallas County, explains Dallas County Prop A. The measure would raise an estimated $100 million a year for homelessness reduction. She’ll cover what happens if it passes and the current state of homelessness programs. Early voting begins Monday, October 19. This is the Dallas County Prop A, not the separate City of Dallas Prop A.
Thursday, October 15 | “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act + Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook”
Host: Dallas Housing Coalition
When: 6:00–7:30 PM
Where: Oak Cliff Assembly, DallasA session on federal housing legislation and the Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook.
Reserve a spot
Saturday, October 17 | “Be My Neighbor Block Party: Urbandale / Southeast Dallas”
Host: Dallas Housing Coalition + Better Block
When: 1:00–5:00 PM
Where: 4103 Urban Ave Dallas, TXDallas is rewriting its zoning code for the first time since the 1980s, and public comments are open through the fall before a second draft lands in spring 2027. For a neighborhood zoned R-7.5(A), three of DHC’s Be My Neighbor campaign asks apply: smaller minimum lot sizes, accessory dwelling units permitted by right, and transition zones along corridors like Military Parkway where missing middle housing and mixed use could go.
More info Reserve a spot
Saturday, October 17 | “Dallas: A City in Transition” (part of Hay Festival Forum Dallas)
Host: Hay Festival, presented alongside Deep Vellum
When: 12:30-1:30 PM
Where: The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., DallasDallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster (author of Welcome to Paradox City) joins Stephanie Drenka and Veletta Forsythe Lill to discuss how Dallas is changing: rapid development, architecture, preservation, public spaces, and who gets a say in what the city becomes. Free to attend.
Tuesday, October 20 | “ULI Dallas–Fort Worth Breakfast Forum: Branded Residential — Where Hospitality Becomes Home”
Host: ULI Dallas–Fort Worth
When: 7:30–10:00 AM
Where: Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Ln, DallasA breakfast forum on branded residential development.
Register
Tuesday, October 20 | McCommas Boulevard Corridor Study Public Meeting
Host: City of Dallas Transportation & Public Works
When: 5:30 PM
Where: Geneva Heights Elementary School, 5895 Goodwin Ave, DallasA public meeting on the McCommas Boulevard corridor study. List of all corridor studies
Thursday, October 22 | “Wheatland-Danieldale Authorized Hearing: Third Public Meeting”
Host: City of Dallas Planning & Development
When: 6:00–7:30 PM
Where: Polk-Wisdom Library, 7151 Library Ln, Dallas, TX 75232The third public meeting of this city-initiated zoning review for the Wheatland-Danieldale area (southern Dallas). Staff will share the initial draft zoning recommendation, shaped by community feedback from prior meetings. Bilingual (English/Spanish).
More info · Staff contact: Duy Nguyen, Duy.Nguyen1@dallas.gov, 214-670-6959
Friday, October 23 | “2026 Transportation Summit: Moving Forward, Connecting Communities, Commerce and Opportunity”
Host: Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce
When: Check-in / breakfast 8:00 AM
Where: Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Hitt Auditorium, 221 W Colorado Blvd, DallasAn annual summit on transportation, connectivity, and economic opportunity; covers the MPO’s vision for DFW, the future of North Texas transit, and TxDOT’s 2027 legislative outlook, with the Regional Transportation Council, DART, Texas Transportation Commission, and TxDOT Dallas leadership represented. Get your tickets.
Saturday, October 24 | Be My Neighbor Block Party: Tenth Street Historic District
Host: Dallas Housing Coalition + Better Block
When: 12:00–4:00 PM
Where: Tenth Street Historic District, DallasDallas is rewriting its zoning code for the first time since the 1980s, and public comments are open through the fall before a second draft lands in spring 2027.
DHC’s Be My Neighbor campaign is asking people to weigh in on what the new code should do, including letting pre-1945 buildings be converted inside without a hearing, and striking the Jim Crow era deed restriction references still sitting in the code.
In Tenth Street, residents have also asked that the historic district not be shrunk or weakened, and for lower maximum building heights in their district 12
More info
Saturday, October 24 | “DATA October General Meeting”
Host: Dallas Area Transit Alliance
When: 1:00-3:45 PM
Where: Dallas Public Library, Classroom E, 6th FloorDATA’s monthly general meeting for transit advocates and riders.
oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2022/03/where-is-tenth-street/
www.dallasobserver.com/news/rule-that-has-caused-destruction-in-dallas-to-get-repealed-this-month-18571303/