Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

The Dorothy Spur is just sitting there waiting for somebody with a clue. Gets you from Centerpoint station to I-30, then you just need to build across the interchange and head down Road to Six Flags, you could get stops for new Rangers Ballpark, Arlington Conv center, and Jerry World, and then head ...

What is the basis for the theory that an at-grade D2 would strangle development? Did the existing at-grade DART line strangle downtown development? Yes, because I can think of just off the top of my head the following major developments either on the line or within 1 block of the line: LTV Tower Mo...

What is the technical hurdle keeping DCTA from reaching DT Carrollton? None to my knowledge. They've run several test trains down there from Trinity Mills, the tracks are basically ready. I think it is just be a matter of costs for the station, double tracking for a few hundred feet prior to the st...

I have ridden the Green (and sometimes Orange) Line into Downtown for 6 years. Ive worked downtown since before that. Have spent many a weekend night and full weekend for entertainment, dining, etc. Ive worked a in couple different buildings downtown and my main stops over the years have been every ...

DART made the right decision not nixing the Cotton Belt. I don't care how overly dramatic Kingston gets, drama doesn't trump logic. Less than 2 years ago, Dallas was great with the Young alignment, and then it became the Jackson aligment, and then it became the full subway alignment. The fact that D...

You'd also have to figure out what to do with the de-icing area, that would likely have to be moved a little East and North.

Best I can figure, from Burbank, the trolley would go North on Denton, then East on Shorecrest to Weiss. Then south on Weiss on the current north end of the airfield. A road and trolley line would have to be built that follows the East side of 13R/31L, similar to the way Herb Kelleher Way does now. ...