{"id":222866,"date":"2026-03-27T09:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222866\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:46:13","slug":"wfaa-reports-that-smu-crosswalk-in-university-park-will-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222866\/","title":{"rendered":"WFAA reports that SMU crosswalk in University Park will remain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, both rainbow and Black Lives Matter crosswalks were erased per Gov. Abbott\u2019s directive meant to \u201cprioritize uniformity and predictability in traffic control devices statewide.\u201d However, one has been allowed to remain. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasvoice.com\/if-its-about-safety-why-does-the-mustang-get-to-stay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University Park\u2019s intersection that depicts the SMU Mustang<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/university-park-smu-crosswalk-rainbow-black-lives-matter\/287-608c09ec-ec7b-4a54-b001-a5eec864bcb7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday\u2019s report by WFAA\u2019s Rachel Behrndt<\/a> sidesteps the issue. <\/p>\n<p>From WFAA: <\/p>\n<p>University Park said in a statement that an intersection featuring the SMU mustang formed with decorative bricks does not violate the directive that prompted Dallas and other cities to remove their decorative crosswalks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mustang intersection was installed last year at Hillcrest near Snider Plaza in partnership with SMU.<\/p>\n<p>University Park said it believes the intersection complies with the state directive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter review of the TxDOT documents, we believe all intersections within the City are in compliance with the Governor\u2019s order,\u201d University Park said in a statement. \u201cThis determination was shared with TxDOT, and no further action was requested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dallas had appealed TxDOT\u2019s directive to remove the pavement markings, the city said, but TxDOT rejected the appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">\u2013From staff reports<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, both rainbow and Black Lives Matter crosswalks were erased per Gov. Abbott\u2019s directive meant to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[663,102,104,103,86713,5469],"class_list":["post-222866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-crosswalks","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-smu-mustang-crosswalk","tag-university-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}