Legacy area residents and workers say they'd like to see more housing options and gathering spaces in the region, according to a city survey.

Plano's planning and zoning commission were presented the latest findings at a meeting Sept. 8.

The gist: 17% of respondents saw a need for new housing, with a range of requests from multi-family options to townhomes and single-family options.

Dig deeper: More than half of the survey respondents were Plano residents from outside the Legacy area, while 27% of respondents were people who work in the Legacy area. 2% of respondents live and work in the Legacy area.

Looking ahead: Zahir said the city plans to establish new goals and strategies for the Legacy area and its new subareas.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit ridership data is now available to the public through two dashboards DART launched at the end of August. This is the first time monthly ridership data is publicly available, per a news release from DART.

The gist: DART published a dashboard specifically for light rail data, as well as a system-wide dashboard that covers all ridership data for DART’s bus, commuter rail, light rail, paratransit and GoLink services. The dashboards are published and updated monthly and include data by city and service area as well as by month, day and time.

A closer look: Data shows Plano and Richardson have the fourth and fifth highest DART ridership in the system during fiscal year 2025-26.

Two candidates are running for Place 2 on the Collin Central Appraisal District Board of Directors in the Nov. 3 election.

The gist: Andrew Cook will compete against Michael G. Smith for the seat.

The background: Cook currently serves in Place 3 on the Board of Directors but chose to run for Place 2 in the upcoming election, he said.