Citywide Comprehensive & Land Use Plans

ForwardDallas 2.0 (September 2024)
ForwardDallas 2.0 is a comprehensive land use plan that lays out a long-term future land use vision for the city. Its purpose is to guide future development and infrastructure investment in an intentional, equitable and sustainable manner. ForwardDallas 2.0 is an update to the 2006 forwardDallas! plan.

forwardDallas! Comprehensive Plan  (June 2006)
forwardDallas! was Dallas' first citywide comprehensive plan. It has been updated by ForwardDallas 2.0. 

Dallas Zoning Map 
The Dallas zoning map establishes uniform land use and development regulations based on division of all land in the city into districts, to control the type and amount of development that is allowed.  The zoning map is continually amended on a biweekly basis by City Council through a public hearing process. The Zoning Map is managed by the Planning & Development. 

Transportation Plans

Connect Dallas (April 2021)
Connect Dallas  is the City's first-ever Strategic Mobility Plan. Connect Dallas represents a bold new way of thinking about transportation. Because funding is limited, the plan creates a framework for investing and responding to 21st century problems in a way that best achieves broader city goals, or Driving Principles, and a preferred vision for transportation in Dallas. The plan is intended to guide the modernization of our transportation project selection process, programs, and policies over the next five years.
This Plan is managed by the Transportation Department.

Complete Streets Design Manual (January 2016) 
The Dallas Complete Design Streets manual focuses on improving the way the City of Dallas designs and builds streets and is intended to update the forwardDallas! Transportation Element. The Dallas Complete Streets Vision is to build streets that are safe and comfortable for all users – young and old, pedestrians and wheel chair users, motorists and bicyclists, bus and train riders alike.  The Complete Street Manual is managed by the Transportation Department on their Complete Streets information page. 

Dallas Bikeway Plan (May 2025)
On May 28, 2025, Dallas City Council passed the updated Dallas Bike Plan. This new bicycle master plan lays out future bicycle and roadway improvements needed for Dallas and  focused on building connected bicycle routes that help you safely get from your home to your work, school, parks, and other destinations. Initial Bike Plan adopted in 2011.

Thoroughfare Plan (1991)
The Thoroughfare Plan establishes a roadway hierarchy system and classifies Dallas roadways according to this system to prescribe minimum regulatory standards for each type of roadway. The Thoroughfare Plan is periodically amended by the City Council to address changes to individual roadways through a public hearing process . 
This Plan is managed by the Transportation Department.

Citywide Economic Development Plans

Economic Development Policy (Jan 2023)
https://www.dallasecodev.org/639/Economic-Development-Policy-and-Incentiv
The Economic Development Plan fosters economic growth and social progress for all residents. The Policy pillars focus on expanding the tax base South of I-30 and South of the Trinity River. It is a powerful and proactive mechanism that supports hyper-local investments, new job creation, corporate relocation, and is the tool needed to foster resilient and prosperous communities. The Policy will begin with a one-year transition period by which the City of Dallas will put in place processes and infrastructure to support the decade-long Policy implementation.
This plan is managed by the Office of Economic Development.

Citywide Park & Recreation Plans

Dallas Park and Recreation Department Master Plans (January 2016)
This Park and Recreation Comprehensive Plan establishes the mission for the Park & Recreation Department to champion lifelong recreation and serve as a responsible steward of the city’s parks, trails and open spaces.  The plan establishes thirteen strategic directions to focus on over the next decade and lays out a strategic plan for getting there.
This plan is managed by the Park & Recreation Department.

Dallas Park and Recreation Master Plan (January 2016)
The Park and Recreation Master Plan offers an in-depth perspective of recreation program offerings, and helps identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, core program gaps, system-wide areas for improvement, and future programs and services for residents.
This plan is managed by the Park & Recreation Department.

Miscellaneous Citywide Plans

Comprehensive Environmental & Climate Action Plan (CECAP) (April 2020)
The CECAP is a comprehensive roadmap that outlines the activities that the City will undertake to improve quality of life, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to prepare for the impacts of climate change and to create a healthier and more prosperous community.
This plan is managed by the Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability.