Dallas Pedestrian Network

[1] The system connects buildings, garages and parks through tunnels and above-ground skybridges.

The network contains an underground city of shops, restaurants and offices during weekday business hours.

[2] Hotels: Office Buildings: Parks Residential Buildings Other In 2005, then-mayor Laura Miller told the New York Times the system of tunnels was "the worst urban planning decision that Dallas has ever made ... if I could take a cement mixer and pour cement in and clog up the tunnels, I would do it today".

[3] The Dallas Pedestrian Network is targeted for de-emphasis by the Downtown Dallas 360 initiative, in an effort to bring more focus on street-level activity.

While initial plans had called for a more direct shutdown, a report in April 2012 concluded that a series of measures discouraging further growth or unnecessary maintenance of the system were all that were called for; Downtown Dallas Inc. CEO John Crawford concluded, "[The underground tunnels] aren't much of an issue anymore."