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- 14 Oct 2019 23:52
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
Also, DART isn't ever happy with focusing on Dallas. Having NTCOG take over a commuter line would leave DART confused on what its job is. They only know how to chase the suburban office worker. Plus DARTs current trains are commuter trains. They focus primarily on getting suburbanites into Downtown...
- 07 Oct 2019 05:17
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
Come on guys and gals, this thread is suppose to be about Trinity Metro’s TexRail - not DART’s Orange Line.
- 30 Sep 2019 09:25
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Dallas Trail System
- Replies: 94
- Views: 88803
Re: Dallas Trail System
Money Questions Pop Up in Dallas’ Bond-Funded Plan to Add a 50-Mile Trail Loop https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.13.34-AM1-677x451.png https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/02/money-questions-pop-up-in-dallas-bond-funded-plan-to-add-a-50-mile...
- 30 Sep 2019 02:31
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 429760
Re: Silver Line
So, after the Silver Line is built, what, do you feel, is the next step for DART? This is why I struggle with the Silver Line because it just seems like a short sighted expansion. I get that people live in the suburbs and they all want rail, I'm just not sure how to feasibly provide it to them. Per...
- 20 Aug 2019 12:27
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: Southwest Airlines
- Replies: 32
- Views: 40817
Re: Southwest Airlines
Southwest dropping nonstop flights from Dallas Love Field to OKC, San Francisco and Jacksonville https://www.dallasnews.com/business/southwest-airlines/2019/08/16/southwest-dropping-nonstop-flights-dallas-love-field-okc-san-francisco-jacksonville One or two stop flights are likely between Love Fiel...
- 29 Jul 2019 08:36
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
The same could be said for DART itself... It's fare structure essentially benefits long distance commuters the most, while penalizing the short haul. For example, commuting from cityline to Victory Park would cost the same as commuting from Pearl Arts station to Victory Park. As such, you end up di...
- 28 Jul 2019 11:56
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: DART: Bus system
- Replies: 105
- Views: 116448
Re: DART: Bus system
Our million-dollar bus doesn't add up. We did the math https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2019/07/22/million-dollar-bus-doesnt-add-math The busses are overpriced and we should have done better... but this article is very poorly researched and written. It goes on to factor 'upkeep' of the...
- 15 Jul 2019 10:53
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
Sorry, double post.
- 15 Jul 2019 10:45
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
It's also a matter of cost of living. Land on the outskirts is cheaper. So long as the city, county and state builds and widens the highway and adds the utility lines, this will continue. Which it will. Other large metropolitan areas in the USA have geological obstacles for outward growth spreads, ...
- 10 Jul 2019 19:55
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 409517
Re: DART D2 Subway
cowboyeagle05 wrote:All I remember about the original route is when the Mayor decreed it needed to go by the City Owned Hotel and everyone pointed out how that was a no go but he insisted.
Thankfully, DART is controlled by its own board of directors and not by the mayor of Dallas.
- 10 Jun 2019 13:15
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART Generated $7 Billion In TOD
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21930
Re: DART Generated $7 Billion In TOD
The fell crane in East Dallas over the weekend was located just two or three blocks away from DART’s Deep Ellum or St. Paul stations. Whether or not this neighborhood would be redeveloping because of DART could be argumentative, but not the mixed used, transit friendly development being built. It ma...
- 08 Jun 2019 09:09
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 431672
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
I can't be the only person that finds it a bit ridiculous that DART's headquarters downtown, right next to akard station, has a private underground parking garage ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/EtZWogQ5mySt5quv5 ). I get it's likely there due to parking minimums; but not only is the irony palpable, it a...
- 07 Jun 2019 08:26
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 429760
Re: Silver Line
itsjrd1964 wrote:That auto-cottect, it's a killer....
Whether it is auto-correct or auto-cottect, it also slays me too.
- 05 Jun 2019 02:13
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 429760
Re: Silver Line
Redblock wrote:DART has ordered 8 FLIRT Emus from Stadler.
https://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1402
They will be DMUs, not EMUs.
- 16 May 2019 09:57
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
^I do not disagree with you, electricron, not in the least. The trains from downtown Plano to Dallas may always be more local than express, only raising the importance of an additional passenger train route from Frisco built to handle local and express trains. How many times do I have to state that...
- 16 May 2019 01:23
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: US 75-N. Central Expwy.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16533
Re: US 75-N. Central Expwy.
I commented just this weekend on how great NCX was looking. Finally, perhaps, we have a landscape that will survive those horrid conditions. Speaking of horrid conditions - I know NorthPark has nothing to do with NCX service roads, but the northbound exit at NorthPark/Park Lane is just disgusting. ...
- 11 May 2019 01:14
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
Well, when DART was just beginning to plan this system, I guess they could not have anticipated the need for express trains. It's expensive to fix mistakes, and in the case of CitiPlace and potential Knox-Henderson subway stations, the mistake is likely too expensive to be worth it. Should the Dall...
- 10 May 2019 08:29
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
^word I'm wondering why Southwest doesn't pay for a swift, convenient people mover from their Corporate HQ & Train Station to the airport. SW employees would be the primary users, afterall; the company could easily work out $60-100 million people mover across a few budget cycles and gain the go...
- 27 Apr 2019 01:39
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 409517
Re: DART D2 Subway
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 ...
- 18 Apr 2019 02:22
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 409517
Re: DART D2 Subway
While the streetcars can run over DART's light rail tracks, why would you want to do so?Their floor heights are different, so all the platforms' heights will have to be changed again to allow level boarding. The streetcars have a much slower maximum speed, which could affect train scheduling, as the...
- 13 Apr 2019 00:17
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 429760
Re: Silver Line
They should have saved the SilverLine designation for a train that ran up US75 to that casino just across the Oklahoma border. While DART owns the railroad corridor paralleling US75 as far north as Sherman, why do you think DART will ever build light rail line up that far? Not one city north of Pla...
- 07 Feb 2019 01:33
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 431672
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
The DART light rail system would work great as a commuter system. However, that would require a transition of infrastructure from light rail to heavy rail such as Tex Rail or DCTA A Train. It would also require removing several stations along the lines in order to speed up the train schedule. DART ...
- 11 Jan 2019 01:16
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Autonomous Vehicle Thread
- Replies: 75
- Views: 77992
Re: Autonomous Vehicle Thread
Autonomous flying vehicles will never be approved by the FAA which is staffed, funded, and controlled by pilots. Watch some Aviation 101 youtube videos to find out how professional flying is - even for private pilots in small airplanes. The idea that Billy Bob from anywhere Texas is going to be allo...
- 09 Jan 2019 10:41
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: Lakewood-White Rock: Garland Rd./Grand/Gaston intersection
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23319
Re: Lakewood-White Rock: Garland Rd./Grand/Gaston intersection
White Rock Lake residents might have influence over city staffers, but apparently their power over state staffers is not as high. While I do not have anything at stake and really do not care, it is nice to see for once the iperferred choice following an actual-real traffic study chosen.
- 03 Jan 2019 22:27
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
Not unlike the Knox-Henderson station that didn't happen because it was unwanted (until after the dust settled and the light rail proved popular), and the same with Corinth along the DCTA A-Train. Oh well, more transit and trains for the rest of us.... Whether the citizens of Corinth wanted a train...
- 02 Jan 2019 11:47
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
John McCain Road @ Colleyville Road? If the community favored the large scale mixed use development, that would be a great eventual location for the next big variation of the corporate processing/training/tech consolidation along the lines of State Farm/Deloitte/Schwab.... tailored to the multinati...
- 02 Jan 2019 00:56
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
I still don't understand why Collyville rejected a station. Collyville did not wish to pay for a train station. Where in Collyville would you place it? There was not, is not, will never be a great place for a train station in Collyville! Few streets cross the tracks where potential riders could get...
- 28 Dec 2018 22:37
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: Highway lighting outages in construction zones
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9603
Re: Highway lighting outages in construction zones
FWIW... The DFW Connector project, which completed four and half years ago and links 121, 114, and 635 North of DFW airport, has NEVER had working lights. Perhaps the fact that they couldn't go with their standard high-mast lighting due to airport proximity made the lighting more 'complex' than it ...
- 14 Dec 2018 20:29
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 431672
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Lol well that took an unexpected turn. But yes, holiday trains are dumb. Particularly if they're thought of as a ridership driver. Real-talk though, the unwillingness of US transit operators to look overseas for best practices (real, operational best practices, not these kind of gimmicks) is a sign...
- 12 Dec 2018 06:50
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 431672
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Every holiday season, the CTA has a holiday train that runs on different lines up until Christmas that has a Santa car and an elves workshop car. It would be cool to see DART do something similar to help boost some holiday season ridership "Today the cost to the CTA to run the train is minimal...
- 03 Dec 2018 07:44
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: Dallas Love Field Airport
- Replies: 98
- Views: 101143
Re: Dallas Love Field Airport
gawh The only reasonable answer to this deal is another 20 gates, 12 domestic and 8 international. DFW can at least add another terminal and encourage the development of a dual hub, Love Field can double and add international, and Meacham Field in Fort Worth can get going again --- the regional gro...
- 24 Nov 2018 21:54
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: Collin County Transportation
- Replies: 60
- Views: 63076
Re: Collin County Transportation
OMG, duh We couldn't possibly collect taxes to pay for what is necessary, could we? It's great that Texans have a very low overall tax burden, but truth be told, it's too low. Top notch infrastructure and public education are requirements for indefinite economic and quality of life growth. State le...
- 22 Nov 2018 00:12
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DCTA (Denton Co. Transportation Authority)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27459
Re: DCTA (Denton Co. Transportation Authority)
IMO... The whole "1/4 mile" threshold needs to be reconsidered. DART tries to get service to as many people in the service area based on being within 1/4 mile of a bus stop. Because of how spread out many areas of the service are is, you end up thinning out your service to provide 'more' ...
- 19 Nov 2018 08:09
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Star Transit
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7759
Re: Star Transit
One size doesn't fit everywhere, and the multitudes of transit agencies in and around DFW metroplex prove it. Each has its own revenues sources from different taxes, different allocations, and different rates. Each does its' very best to maximize the services provided while retaining a balanced budg...
- 01 Nov 2018 15:18
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DCTA (Denton Co. Transportation Authority)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27459
Re: DCTA (Denton Co. Transportation Authority)
Despite Mass Transit Push, Ridership Continues to Lag The amount of people using DCTA trains and buses is lower by 17%. A new CEO is in place as of recent weeks. He wants to find solutions, which may end up including lower fares. https://www.dcta.net/ https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Despite-Mass-...
- 28 Oct 2018 02:59
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 409517
Re: DART D2 Subway
Too many NIMBYs in the "rich" area would never allow such an extension. On another hand, the Katy Trail should be re-purposed as a commuter rail route that could serve the neighborhoods. I believe there's a federal clause that says rails to trails can always be returned to rail service if...
- 24 Oct 2018 20:14
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 409517
Re: DART D2 Subway
Why do anti-transit people not realized that an EFFECTIVE public transit system will benefit them in their Tahoes and Suburbans too? It seems like Dallas will keep adding people, but there will be a breaking point on how many personal automobiles the city can add. Do you want total gridlock? Anothe...
- 24 Oct 2018 09:23
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 409517
Re: DART D2 Subway
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly are the advantages of heavy rail over light rail? I'm trying to remember how the PR campaign 'illuminated' the light rail advantages back in the day, but that dose of advertising slips my mind. Something along the lines of quieter, more reliable and zippier sta...
- 21 Oct 2018 01:16
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
- Replies: 556
- Views: 463974
Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
tamtagon wrote:A law that says the state is forbidden from contributing to HSR construction is political maneuvering plain and simple.
Sure it is, but what else do you expect politicians to do but play at politics?
If and when the majority of legislators want TXDOT to invest in HSR, they will change the law.
- 20 Oct 2018 01:38
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
- Replies: 556
- Views: 463974
Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Texas has had plenty of laws put in place only to have them removed in the daylight of reality. Every legislature can rewrite the laws of Texas every two years. That's true of every democracy. Nothing is set in stone. Even the US Constitution can be amended as the needs arise, as long as you got a ...
- 13 Oct 2018 02:22
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
- Replies: 556
- Views: 463974
Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
While the state has studied expanding intercity passenger rail service in Texas, it has yet to commit any funding for them. In fact, in just the last session the Texas Legislature passed laws prohibiting TXDOT funding HSR. Per https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Texas-lawmakers-didn-t-sto...
- 12 Oct 2018 12:00
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
- Replies: 556
- Views: 463974
Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
It's hard for me to think about the Dallas to Houston trains without including the rest of the triangle, so.... I'm okay with a state funding contribution to get San Antonio and Austin hooked-up. Neither probably has the traffic potential yet, and are too far apart (distance and existence) for a co...
- 12 Oct 2018 08:44
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: TexRail
- Replies: 178
- Views: 176706
Re: TexRail
While I am really happy that DFW is now connected to both cities, still a little bummed they couldn't figure out the engineering needed to make the trains pull in through the same station. We need to make public transport more convenient. Even if they pulled into the same station, they could not sh...
- 03 Oct 2018 09:07
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
10 years is also a long time where we could have had a better rail system serving Love Field directly. Again, the tunnel to the airport would not have increased the total amount of federal dollars that were already awarded to the Green Line project. It's disingenuous to suggest otherwise. The local...
- 01 Oct 2018 21:55
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
As you can probably tell I'm still not over this :P It just seems so shortsighted and even cruel to deny the city such a key connection, especially when they raised the funds and didn't ask for more federal money. One can only wonder if the same result would've occurred under another administration...
- 28 Sep 2018 20:18
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
I agree, that would be ideal, but I think it would be over double the length of the "spur" idea and prohibitively expensive. With the spur, it's about the same amount of digging as a people mover but of course would likely cost more to lay rail than lay a moving sidewalk. However, the cos...
- 28 Sep 2018 09:25
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
I think in that case it would make more sense to just reroute both the orange and green lines through Love Field to a subway station underneath the terminal as was originally envisioned, before returning to the surface and connecting to the current Burbank and Inwood stations at the northern and so...
- 26 Sep 2018 15:01
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Love Field People Mover
- Replies: 63
- Views: 69299
Re: Dallas Love Field People Mover
Idea dump..... if they are exploring digging underground for a people mover to connect the terminal to the DART Orange Line..... why not just create it as a single track "spur" off of the Orange Line where a train spurs off from somewhere to the orange line underground to the terminal, dr...
- 14 Sep 2018 12:26
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 429760
Re: the Cotton Belt line
I really wish the stretch of Addison along Belt Line rd were more walkable. Addison is kinda the 'anti-urban' suburb. It seems that they are built around the automobile and have little interest in getting away from that. I know some may say that its because they don't have rail, but I don't buy tha...
- 05 Sep 2018 21:45
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 429760
Re: the Cotton Belt line
What a terrible thing to suggest, having more victims to prey upon doesn’t increase crime. Having more greedy criminals is the major reason for increasing crime rates, imho.