One-way streets in downtown Dallas: Who do these guys think they're kidding

I was captivated by the headline on this story that said "Dallas drivers are closer to having it both ways on downtown streets." The story said the reasoning behind one-way streets in downtown was "During the 1970s, while stores and people were fleeing to the suburbs, the reigning philosophy among traffic engineers was that the faster you could move people into the city at 9 a.m. and back out at 5 p.m., the better." Then the story listed the streets up for conversion from one way to two way:

• Akard Street from Pacific Street to Commerce Street
• Federal Street from Field Street to Ervay Street
• Field Street from Elm Street to Wood Street
• Patterson Street from Field to Akard

Get serious. Were these routes that quickly moved workers in an out of downtown Dallas? I don't think so.

Another part of the story said "Two-way streets encourage people to linger by allowing easier access to retail businesses and expediting valet parking to bars and restaurants." Are there really that many retail businesses, bars and restaurants on those four above-mentioned street segments?

The only serious one-way streets anyone cares about in downtown Dallas are Elm and Commerce streets. Those are the ones on which are located establishments people will want to linger over. If the city is really serious about their motives, those are the streets they will convert. Otherwise, these planners are just jerking us around.