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Lots of DART parking used by out-of-system users
How many of those hard-to-come-by spots at DART parking lots are being used by residents of cities that don’t belong to DART? Lots and lots. More on that on the jump, but first, one tidbit about the...
View ArticleDART's Red Line right on time this a.m. -- 8 minutes late
I need to get used to the type of commute I had today on DART’s southbound Red Line, judging from the transit system’s forecast of continued rail traffic snarls for the foreseeable future. Here’s the...
View ArticleDART names Plano transit center after officeholder
Folks, we’ve gotten word that DART has named a transit center in southern Plano after Jack Hatchell, a former Collin County commissioner who died of cancer last year. We’ve posted more details on the...
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Transit-oriented development: a failed promise?
Advocates of DART’s aggressive rail expansion, which it calls the most ambitious in North America, argue the theory that development will cluster along rail lines because people want to live nearby,...
View ArticleDART parking revisited -- the 'Plano problem'
We published an editorial today slamming DART’s plan to charge non-residents for parking at select lots. The rationale is that DART’s ridership is slipping, and the parking plan will push the numbers...
View ArticleShould DART post its checkbook register online?
That’s just what Austin’s transit agency, Cap Metro, has done, according to the American-Statesman. It was an outgrowth of recommendations from the Sunset Advisory Commission in Austin, which picks...
View ArticleTOD's slow development around DART light rail
The most difficult promise for DART cities to fulfill is the one of transit-oriented development. That is, transit supporters argue that one main benefit of investing in DART rail is stimulation of...
View ArticleWhere is Plano headed with DART frustration?
One answer to that question came in an email to me from Plano resident Charles Gillett, who’s been engaged in the transportation scene there. He attended a city meeting last week and sent in his...
View ArticleIs Mesquite, and NOT Plano, the sucker re new DART shuttle?
That’s the take from one transit consultant who’s been watching the hue and cry about DART’s first contract bus service to a non-DART city, Mesquite. Interesting points here, in an email that came in...
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NTTA hopes you'll be an MFFL with its new Mavericks TollTag
Source: NTTA Are you such the Dallas Mavericks that you’ll fork over $19.99 for an official Dallas Mavericks TollTag? That’s what the North Texas Tollway Authority is hoping. The … [visit site to read...
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