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^thank you, I did a search like that and saw much of the same thing. I should have already know that. I guess I'm proud of my own personal habit with regard to recycling, generating the least possible trash, consuming locally produced whatever as much as possible.... just didn't even think to learn...

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The people we have in charge of DART have designed the system like "How do we get people halfway across the metroplex on a train" and do not focus on intra-urban transit. Our current system is INTER-urban transit, much like the interurban trains that used to run from places like Plano to ...

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Exactly! And guess what, it is becoming more and more onerous and expensive! Not NYC levels, but with every company moving in and every multifamily building going up, it gets worse. I have been living in the core for a long time and can't believe how congested the streets are getting with traffic. ...

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I also don't think it's a culture thing, it's just human nature to do what is easiest. In DFW, the easiest way to get around is by car. If someone from DFW were to move to New York, they would most likely ditch their car and use public transportation, and, then same would be true if someone from Ne...

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This is truly the strangest hobbyhorse of the Dallas urbanism crowd- There's plenty of "prime real estate" in the form of surface parking lots and dirt fields that should be developed before we start talking about tearing down existing civic infrastructure that brings a not-insignificant ...

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I'd be happy if they trained their baggers to put more than one item in a bag, tho now that they have self-scanners at my local store, I can put stuff directly into reusable bags in my cart and not have to bother with the checkout line. I assume they're planning to offer paper instead? I can't imagi...

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You’re not going to be able to eliminate all street traffic off Bryan. To the north you have the over $100 million Plaza of the America’s complex with two 25 story and a third 26 story towers, with a historic 13 story atrium. To the south you have the “historic” Dallas High School now being used by...

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Not to mention, it may even make the city consider tearing down parts of our uselessly oversized convention center that are not needed and taking up prime real estate. This is truly the strangest hobbyhorse of the Dallas urbanism crowd- There's plenty of "prime real estate" in the form of...

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I still think they will pick a top 2 or 3 and then milk the incentives and go where they get the most. Yes and to play this game to get the most out of the incentives when you can buy and sell a small country is a little disturbing. I am not opposed to incentives but also think they serve a purpose...

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Yes, it could be done - but DART would have to add crossovers and pocket track near or at the stations they would turn around at. There are already Orange Line trains that only run up the Red Line to LBJ Central station and stop, and come back through downtown as 'Out of Service'. Operationally, it...

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Low ridership = higher fares...that'll definitely get more people on! For the AM/PM commuter, sure, it goes up a buck. The big change in the fare structure is that people no longer have to decide in advance whether they need a day pass or single ride. Plus, the PM pass (at $3) costs a little more t...

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SWA has two employee shuttles that run to each side of headquarters. It is a very popular shuttle since it allows employees to park for free when they travel. This doesn't include the large buses of people who fly in for new hire training there. The shuttles are well known to always be late and can...

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I've not been able to find anything online, including on the DFW Freeways website. I assume there was some initial plan to do at least a partial set of direct ramps between 114 and the Bush Turnpike, but maybe it was postponed/cancelled due to funding at the time. My uneducated guess. I've not hear...

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Yeah, if the station truly is already "dug out" and just needs finishing and elevators and such, it shouldn't be too much. There's no need to make it fancy. It it's a concrete shell, commission artists to make it interesting on the cheap. Murals, neon, sculpture, etc. Maybe a water featur...

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Very cool to finally see video of the Knox/Henderson station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=KssAvjXtGDw Saw that earlier. Kind of amazing how much digging was done down there, and the way the DART spokesman kept describing it as an "unused station" [IIRC] and not a p...

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Wonderful. Another bridge with unnecessary arches. Probably not even functional. Won't these idiots ever learn? Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot. It's just the taxpayer's money. I don't see anything in the document specifying arches (functional or otherwise) beyond a couple of thumbnail concept renderings, ...

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I signed up for the Tap Card beta testing program. My card should arrive by the 24th they tell me. I currently use the app to buy an $80.00 monthly pass. I will be curious if this tap card is better for me than using that. I am always around an electrical outlet so my phone is never running out of ...

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Last two rides on the train I noticed that ticket checking was happining much more often than usual. I hope DART can keep up this level of verifying tickets to riders. The GoPass Tap trial period is supposed to begin soon- I saw someone post about in on facebook...I wonder if they're stepping up fa...

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^ I just checked the travel time from Deep Ellum to the intersection of DNT and Oak Lawn Avenue, using Google maps. Three minutes faster using 366-35E-DNT than surface streets. So it's 3 minutes faster in the best case (using highways is always going to take longer than surface streets at AM/PM rus...

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lol all because you had an obnoxious cop in JAX doesn't mean it's the same everywhere. Never had a problem at any other airport, even at super aggressive MCI cops or the overcrowded DAL drop off/pick up zones. I'm actually really surprised DFW still let you loiter at an airport entrance. That's my ...

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One little known part of this project: The entrance from northbound 35E to the DNT will be moved south of Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers). There will no longer be direct freeway access from westbound 366 to the DNT -- you'll have to cut through Uptown on Pearl or Griffin. I didn't realize that before. T...

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Starting in September, DFW will not allow those picking up passengers to idle or wait at curbs in front of a terminal. There will be special 1-hour and 2-hour spaces in nearby parking areas available for those waiting for passengers. Anything curbside will become loading/unloading zones. Oh joy, no...

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Unlike MT or Blue Ciel, Townhomes, and the relatively small stock of 'affordable' condos has been killin' it for the last several years in Dallas. As mentioned earlier, most of these are in the Oak Lawn, Knox/Henderson, and East Dallas areas. They have performed so well, that the townhomes in the F...

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I guess I should have prefaced my comment with /s... However, since you decided to make an attempt at the comment I will at least respond a little more seriously. Explain to me how the roadways listed are considered "last mile". "Last mile" is completed on internal streets that ...

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Passenger rail service in densely populated cities should be as much of a funding priority to the State as highways for cars in rural communities. Allowing a handful of cities to collect an extra tax on residents is not creditworthy. At the very least, the State should match construction funding. T...

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I think it has more to do with the battle of Dallas VS the burbs. Somewhere along the way, DART got more concerned with getting Plano and Addison to DFW Airport. The Dallas city council saw the D2 segment getting pushed further and further down the line and didn't want to wait another 20 years for ...

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The DART board wouldn't have to fly to Portland or Denver to see how a street level LRT can work. There's the mall downtown right outside DART's headquarters building, there's Lancaster Road Blue Line segments, and there's the Orange Line segment in Irving's Las Colinas area where DART runs light r...

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Yet now it will never happen because to build it would mean shutting down the red and blue lines for months to build out the station. The neighborhood and developers wish it was there now though. For DART and the neighborhood, it makes more sense to fund the streetcar extension to Knox Henderson th...

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Cool plan, and conceptually it covers all of the hot spots. My main concern is the portion through lower Greenville- it's only one lane each way through there, so what happens if a car accident blocks the streetcar from running? Since LRT *crossing* streets at grade is a non-starter with most of the...

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As long as Drafthouse and Grimaldi's stay open, I really don't care too much about any of the other businesses. The popsicle place is really good, so I'd be disappointed to see them go. Yeah, the whole Big Beat area struck me as a contrivance, and when there's a concert at the pavilion, the level o...

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Good catch, Lakewoodhobo. It also looks like there would be a significant realignment at Bryan Street. Since they're getting rid of the station there perhaps they don't have to be in the middle of the street, and it simplifies things to be on one side, especially the switches -- they no longer have...

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You waaaay underestimate drive times between those two points, especially at rush hour with numerous school zones along the way on the surface streets. 20 minutes is a best-case scenario, but any route - highway or surface street - can hit 45 minutes at worst. Even if I am, there are another 22 hou...

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That isn't a new rider, but someone who lives in Addison and works at Cityline is (and if they're no longer spending money on gas & tolls every day, they may spend that windfall on other taxable goods and services in DART member cities - including Dallas - as a result). Nobody is going to take ...

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As a transit agency, it is DART's duty to move people in its service area. One of these lines moves more people than the other. Well, yeah. D2 moves way more people than CB.. Not only in terms of people using the stations, but there’s also the through-rides that CB doesn’t have. DART's biggest shor...

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Ultimately good transit costs money, cheaping out on it gets you the situation we currently have at Love Field where it was deemed necessary to build yet another parking garage because of exploding demand even after a costly renovation, something that would have been greatly relieved with a direct ...

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^ So you want to spend a billion dollars to add redundancy for the few hours a year the line is blocked? So would you support converting Greenville Avenue into an 8 lane freeway for when NCX is blocked? In addition to redundancy, doesn't it also increase the frequency of trains as well. For me, it'...

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Putting it underground is effective transit design, meaning it will increase capacity for the system while minimizing traffic obstruction on the surface streets. The cotton belt line, and the idea of another surface level light rail line Downtown is just "Look at Dallas we have a transit line&...

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They got full funding for both the D2 and Cotton Belt, so i'm guessing they are going to be built at the same time No they didn't. They submitted an LPA for D2 but still need to do environmental review. DART is anticipating a decision on D2 in Sep 2019 and a full funding agreement (roughly when con...

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Easily foiled as there is no authentication process and could be faked by simply showing a video at full screen to drivers who don't have time to fiddle with checking. I imagine I may have to start tapping just so they can authenticate my ticket and track usage data which would be much better for D...

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I think the exposure from Alamo Draft House will help significantly. That will easily bring in crowds that otherwise wouldn't know about Big Beat. They were also working hard yesterday (I walked thru at lunch time) to build out those two outdoor bars that interact with the main stage. Texans love t...

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Rumor mill says that we (SWA) have to pay DART fees to use the air above the DART tracks. The bridges are also oddly angled because they have to cross the tracks at 90 degree angles. I don't know about DART, but there's a lease paid to the City of Dallas for the air rights over Denton Drive. The od...

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Also its a game of who gets their project built first. TXDOT will take into account the likelihood that DART will get D2 built before TXDOT gets funding for a highway rebuild. Certain Parties were pushing for D2 to be subway in the vicinity of 345 so it would effectively poison the well against any...

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Do you expect them to take a poll of all the passengers on the plane to see where the majority of them parked? No of course not, but flight pairs to specific airports (for example LAX) could take off and land from the same terminal. Would that really be that difficult to implement? In all probabili...

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If they are considering places like Boston, NYC, San Francisco, I honestly don't think Texas has a chance. I guess it comes down to what they want. Texas can provide a lot of economical advantages, but if they are looking to be in the heart of a big city, then most of those other cities would be a ...

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You NEVER return to the same terminal you left from. NEVER. I have before and returned to the same terminal actually, but fair enough. A quick check shows it's about 10% into the same terminal - mine was a unicorn. I think that would be better fixed by changing AA procedures to be more customer fri...

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There's enough land to have both, right? Americans airport infrastructure has fallen a generation behind the rest of the world, so it could be exceptionally AAdvantageous to repurpose one or parts of more of the terminals into shopping mall, office, meeting, luxury resort spa.... and a new terminal...

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Is this (potentially) the tallest residential tower in Dallas? I think The Drever and Gables Republic are both taller. Gables republic is shorter if you don't include the spire. It has 35 floors, I believe. Not to start an argument over total height vs. habitable height :P The Drever is taller than...

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The current three options are new(ish), only coming around in the last year or so, since the big dust-up about financing D2 and The Cotton Belt. Before that, there were six to eight options... a new Convention Center stop, Farmer's Market. These plans studied for a couple years, put in hibernation ...

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