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I don't think we have an Orange Line specific thread anymore, so I'll just put this here... DART has awarded a contract to build the Hidden Ridge Station in Irving. $11.6m and slated to be completed by December. Woohoo! Any idea if Pioneer has built the necessary infrastructure on their side to pro...

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And let's not forget the Engineering by Mob that happened with D2 - a whole lot of urban Dallasites had no problem putting on their NIMBY hats and demanding expensive changes to the routing because...they didn't want "noisy" trains passing by their houses! And rather than fronting the cas...

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It does. It was made the terminus of D-Link when it switched to electric buses, and now is the terminus of route 749, which now uses the ex-D-Link buses. The requisite investment in a bus charging station is also probably part of why they want to find ways to continue using the electrics. I did not...

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Found an interesting nugget in a board briefing on some miscellaneous bus service changes - in addition to discussing the elimination of FLEX routes and making route 706 permanent, slide 7 of this presentation (https://dart.org/about/board/boardagendas/wholeitem16_14jan20.pdf) states that they want ...

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Let's just look at the Red Line for simplicity sake to verify my point of view. One could add stations at: RL Thorton, S. Lamar, Blackburn, Henderson, NW. Highway, Royal Ln., Beltline, and Cotton Belt Junction; and not effect the ridership at the existing stations. Adding stations would make the DA...

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And Id also like to add that far north Dallas is basically a suburb and we shouldn't stick to this labeling of entire cities as urban and suburuban and approach everything in terms of density. I agree, but it's not the only suburb. Lakewood, Lake Highlands, Preston Hollow, Kessler, and North Dallas...

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Meanwhile the residents of urban Dallas are begging for more stations and transit options and these people don't even want the train up in their suburban neighborhoods. I still don't believe in this line and would rather have diverted this money to D2 and opening up more urban stations. But that's ...

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Let's all keep in mind that it is entirely possible that these complaints are coming from people who voluntarily chose (under no duress!) to live on a street called "Spanky Branch Ct". Haha! In all seriousness, the elevated structure is a necessity due to the access and drainage impacts o...

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I'd love to have some home grown tech companies simply for bragging rights... But from a real world perspective, most of these start ups hemorrhage millions of dollars for several years before making a profit, and few of them ever do. If at the point they need to make cash flow to appease the share...

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98,582 in January 2019, which was not even a full month of operations. I don't think that number tells us much, other than that it was (a) free and (b) new. Interesting question about the effect on TRE traffic. In January 2019, TRE total ridership dropped 7.69% from the previous year. Thanks for th...

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TNWE, I think that that's all well-spoken and well thought-out. I mostly haven't participated in this debate, but isn't it also correct to say this? The level of pent-up pre-leasing demand to finance Plaza-of-the-Americas-scale monsterpieces, like Spire wants to build, is not the same as -- to the ...

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February 2019 ridership: 32,998 March 2019: 39,093 April 2019: 33,589 May 2019: 35,878 June 2019: 39,154 July 2019: 41,818 August 2019: 42,637 September 2019: 43,757 October 2019: 41,943 November 2019: 44,741 (1,491 per day; about 21 people per train) December 2019: 51,217 (per the FTW Star Telegra...

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Random George Bush Turnpike question here... I've been curious ever since moving here many years ago... There are a set of on/off ramps along PGBTP between Beltline and Valley View Lane that have never been in service. Does anybody know what the original intent for these ramps was? Best I can figur...

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Stay with me here... Was doing some digging around today and came up with something that could be cool or nothing at all. I mentioned before about soil samples being taken at the defunct Northshore property. So, I decided to jump on DCAD and see who currently owned those properties. I was pretty su...

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So there is nothing I can do? It seems ridiculous to live on a street with a bus stop and a school and no sidewalk. There has to be something I can do. Welcome to Dallas, where the powers that be overlook small but important public works in favor of wasteful "signature" projects. On top o...

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I think if the removal is to go forward, they need to do a better job of this. They basically magically erased I345's footprint and put developments where a road that could handle better traffic should be. That's just the thing, though- The DMag/Coalition for a New Dallas crowd doesn't CARE about w...

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And it is beyond high time that someone stand up to the FAA's height restrictions over areas that do not have a flight path directly over it! The local FAA office that approves Dallas building heights is based in Ft. Worth ... not accusing Ft. Worth of jealousy or anything but one has to wonder if ...

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A commuter rail network managed by NCTCOG makes perfect sense and would be great to see one day. I've always said that having a commuter network for the area is hugely important for creating a viable transit system, and having it operated by NCTCOG will allow DART to focus more specifically on impr...

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Yikes. They want to get this boondoggle operational quickly. Can't wait for the 20/20 feature story on "The Train to Nowhere." Why don't you go tell the UTD student/staff population that you don't think they deserve rail service because they live in the middle of "nowhere?". Nev...

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Any particular reason why were seeing growth? Does anyone know if companies are providing passes to employees? This certainly is an encouraging trend. And in the meantime, DARTS orange line train to and from DFW is virtually empty at all times, which is very discouraging. 95% of the people I talk t...

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Thanks for sharing! Great summary of how much the area will change in the next couple of years. My only complaint is that there isn't a single condo tower on that list. I really don't get it, what is it going to take for developers to build more condos (preferably ones that are not super high-end l...

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A few notes from Water Street... 1. Was riding my bike yesterday and decided to peek in the window to see how progress was going on the new Pax & Beneficia Coffee spot. There were 2 guys inside who saw me peeking in the window and waived me in. Turns out it was the 2 owners. They gave me a litt...

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Looks like this sign is an admittance that the platform "improvements" are taking longer than originally advertised. 20190805_091123.jpg The original banner signs that say August are still displayed, but I saw the pictured sign in the last week at the Walnut Hill Red/Orange line station. ...

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Texrail has announced their increased schedule to begin Sunday, July 28. A simplified description: 30 minute headway will leave Fort Worth T&P Station between 4:43 and 10:43 am and between 3:43 and 7:43 pm. Midday and after 7:43 pm will hourly headway. The one-way schedule has been lengthened b...

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Tnexster wrote:Where is Clean Juice?

Next to Bread Zepplin on Elm

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https://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1405 "At DFW Airport, the project will connect to the TEXRail Regional Rail Line to Fort Worth and provide access to the DFW Airport Skylink. The Silver Line will interface with three DART light rail lines: The Red/Orange Lines in Richardson/Plano, the Gre...

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Is the D2 alignment still proceeding? https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/06/25/plans-downtown-dallas-subway-still-track-no-easy-answers?fbclid=IwAR1Y16-Ru5gKBYvrA6qbdzqguWF8Fg4W6rZkDFO0hP67bdOtKxVO1UZAmKU This also mentions extension of the streetcar to Knox Henderson. Anyone else r...

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More on the DART Bus System Optimization- Stop consolidations are being considered for Routes 24, 31, 36, 81/82 (itself a new core frequency route), 111, and 592. Looks like they've released a list of potential stops to be consolidated and have posted signs at all those stops seeking comments. A cur...

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Hannibal Lecter wrote:
mcrdal15 wrote:Absolutely disgusting

lakewoodhobo wrote:Bummer

Let me guess...neither of you actually live or work in Deep Ellum. Right?

Hey! You're not allowed to disagree with anything the "Urbanists" say! This is an Urban Development forum!

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I have very high hopes that Southwest will turn their side of Love Field into a fantastic corporate-everything center and leading edged of aerotropolis development in this country. Hopefully the region's transit agencies will be able to function as a single entity sooner rather than later, we need ...

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Matt777: "Finishes are irrelevant to apartment rents" Me: "Every complex I've ever lived in has charged more for an identical floorplan that has nicer finishes" Oh my gosh your facts are now that 'renovations' aren't given away for free? Thanks for the tip. Are you sure you thoug...

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I'm curious though... While the asking prices for many of these new products are no doubt 'luxury', how much of the product itself really is? Based on materials and build quality, I suspect the true cost of many of these buildings falls more in the mid range anyway. So, while many of them will see ...

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I'm curious though... While the asking prices for many of these new products are no doubt 'luxury', how much of the product itself really is? Based on materials and build quality, I suspect the true cost of many of these buildings falls more in the mid range anyway. So, while many of them will see ...

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. There are too many newer/cheaper options living outside of the city and unlike other major cities, jobs are not mostly concentrated to Dallas’ urban core. True, but where exactly is the newer affordable housing at exactly? Everything new is high end. Over in the Oak Lawn thread, there are Stable ...

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You criticize us for arrogance, and yet your the one using the most aggressive language on here I never said "don't build any more apartments" but you apparently can't read or comprehend basic English. :roll: "I, Matt777 hate people poorer than me, because they get in the way of my p...

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As a part of the bus route re-org that straightens and enhances some of the core bus routes, DART ordered 41 new buses, which will notably feature USB charging outlets, in addition to the previously announced vinyl seat coverings replacing the current fabric. They say these new buses will be focused...

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^^^ That's pretty great news! Perhaps I'm blind, but I didn't see what space they were taking...? Also, I've been going to TMF pretty much weekly for a while now (mostly on Tuesdays). Seems to me that nearly every venue is doing quite well... more so since the hotel opened (as expected). Anybody el...

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The Uptown PID and the Dallas Council member requested the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan Administrator to investigate a lane reduction on Lemmon Avenue where there currently are four lanes in each direction. According to the Administrator, the reason to reduce the number of lanes from four to th...

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The most basic tenet of economics is 'ceteris paribus' - all other things being equal. If the market is made up of 10 identical houses, and you build 10 more identical houses while keeping demand the same, yes, prices will go down. But that is not the case here- all of the new houses are being buil...

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Nobody here is advocating for prices to go higher. If we do not build the new housing, keep supply at the same level, prices will increase IE San Francisco. Prices do not increase much because of granite counters or fancy pools. They increase because the market can bear those prices due to high dem...

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Dallas and DFW are vastly different than they were 10 years ago. Increases have gone up across the board in ALL areas due to the ongoing boom and in migration that has occurred. I would love to see even more towers and more luxury going into the entire core of Dallas as that would mean that it is a...

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I recently moved into a 1970s townhouse in Oak Lawn behind the gay bars, so actually I have a very applicable experience to share. I had my eye on this unit due to its attached garage and renovations. It was listed, sat on the market, dropped in price, dropped in price again, and I got it for aroun...

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I love how some of the activists think new housing being built = housing prices go up. They have no understanding of supply and demand. This development doesn't destroy any housing, it's 100% net add. Apartment rents aren't that closely coupled to supply and demand, though. Sure, if there are thous...

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I think we now know why 505 North Ervay was purchased by Todd Interest and being demolished for a parking garage. If it's a parking garage for The Drever (new name TBD) then it's too bad the tunnel connection between these two locations is closed off. Has anything happened to the tunnel sections be...

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I love how some of the activists think new housing being built = housing prices go up. They have no understanding of supply and demand. This development doesn't destroy any housing, it's 100% net add. Apartment rents aren't that closely coupled to supply and demand, though. Sure, if there are thous...

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Watch out! The activists already have their stingers out for this. They want 5 stories max. The activists may have a friend in the FAA on this one. North of Oaklawn, the tallest stuff along the Lemmon corridor is 5-6 stories, and I suspect the FAA would closely scrutinize any new highrises along th...

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But possibly more importantly, there's the criminal/homeless element the above-ground stations downtown attract. Spend 30 seconds at West End Station and you'll see what I'm talking about. I'd go as far as to say that's one of the primary reasons the West End died as a major destination in the 90s ...

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That's actually a really good picture of it. Last time I saw it in person, it looked like hell. I'm curious how much it was purchased for. I'm sure it wasn't for much at all. I know a LOT of these buildings that we see go down are acquired for extremely cheap (First Baptist purchased theirs for $1....

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Well, I guess our Mr. Wilonsky did warn us about that one. At the rate we're going, the oldest thing in Dallas will be NorthPark. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: Perhaps the developer should have gotten this building designated as an Interstate Highway...then this forum would be ecstatic about d...

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What is a "connecting flight"? You're never going to have a flight that's just connecting passengers. AA isn't going to start selling tickets marked "VOID IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS". :-) (For the record, I got an free parking pass for Christmas so personally I don't have a dog in th...

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