Trash cans are seen on the alley between Bowman Boulevard and Chireno Street, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Dallas. (Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer) On a Friday morning, just off Walnut Hill ...

“We love our neighborhood, we want our dumpsters in our alley put back so we can walk out our back gate and put our trash in; we shouldn’t have to put it in our cars and take it to the corner ...

If a 10-foot-wide concrete paved alley has an additional 5 feet of right-of-way, the city said automated side-loading trucks that can navigate safely could maintain trash pick up in those alleys.

“There is a big war that's going to come down on the council members, and the community says, ‘I got the alley. I want my trash can picked up from the alley,’” Atkins said at the tim ...