Switching to small canopies would prevent this; thus why they were used at Lake Highlands. I haven't seen any new renderings of the station, but I have to imagine they won't be using the old parts. That's for the best anyway. The barrel canopies are awful. They're so high they provide little protec...
Hidden Ridge Station is finally rolling. Apparently the city of Irving had agreed to fund it. That must have been the reason for the delay. https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/coppell-valley-ranch-las-colinas/transportation/2020/01/29/irving039s-116m-hidden-ridge-transit-station-to-open-in...
Walker is going to be keynoting a transit symposium loftily named "The Death and Life of Dallas Transit," hosted by Coalition for a New Dallas. Among other things, he and others will be talking about the Dallas bus system redesign. Hopefully we will get some real info on the plan. https://...
I worked on some of the design work for this project. I assume you worked on the engineering design aspect, not the transit planning aspect, but do you know any specific reasons that station was added to the plans in the first place? Transferring at Bush instead of 12th Street would only add someth...
Great explanation, thanks. I hadn't really thought about freight traffic or scheduling, nor was I aware of the lobbying for the Stadler factory to be built in DFW.
https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/dart-awards-stadlers-first-us-maintenance-contract/55511.article DART has picked Stadler, the Silver Line rolling stock manufacturer, to handle rolling stock maintenance on the Silver Line. This is Stadler's first U.S. maintenance contract. S...
A 33% growth in ridership in less than eight months of service! With no context, that sounds like great news, but I don't know what the projections were. I wonder if it has had an impact on bus ridership one way or the other. BTW, Google Maps has finally made it visible on the transit layer. Screens...
At the latest D2 subway meeting, I asked about the Hidden Ridge DART station, the one adjacent to PNR on which construction still hasn't started. I was told that the cost estimates for the project had increased and DART was having trouble procuring the extra funding or something like that. Updated E...
I'm wondering why they chose to reduce the number of exits for a couple of the stations though, that seems like a step back. Also, I didn’t realize what a large structure they had planned for the Metro center station. 1) I'm thinking the exits at the south end of Metro Center may have been scratche...
Nov. 13 D2 meeting recap: Metro Center Station: The exits on Elm have been eliminated. The only ones left are the ones at West TC, in Rosa Parks Plaza, and across Griffin from West TC. The headhouses (aboveground structures) are now much bigger as well. I heard someone ask about possible connections...
Dear Friend, (...) ...and join the thousands of Texans who want a seat on the Texas Train! For Texas, Holly Reed I've read the reports on this, but most of them are just copy-pastes of the press release. I still don't understand how this fits into the FRA approval process or how it represents a tan...
Looking Good! The only error I can find is that on the future transit map, you didn't put the 1700 Pacific station in the right spot (...at 1700 Pacific). Thanks! And oops, fixed :lol: To be honest, I've been meaning to eventually get around to making a thread like this, although my maps are usuall...
Google Maps' built-in transit layer was never really enough for me. So over the past few months, I've built a few detailed Dallas rail transit maps. I thought you guys might enjoy them and that they might complement the excellent urban development maps maintained by some of the people here. Feel fre...
I knew I wasn't the only person who's noticed the suspiciously slow speeds in the areas along the Orange Line with deferred stations! Carpenter Ranch and South Las Colinas in particular are excruciatingly slow to ride through. Though to be honest, all of the newer sections of DART seem to be slower...
And takes all of about 5 minutes to traverse. There are also awnings and space for bus stops, although nothing stops there now except for service interruption buses. It would be nice if they could have stops for direct shuttles to Terminals C, D, and E, rather than relying on the current Terminal L...