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DART approves 2017 budget with money for downtown and suburban rail
September 28th, 2016
September 27, 2016 - Dallas Morning News -
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board on Tuesday approved a $976 million budget for 2017 that includes funding for two projects that have led to a clash between Dallas and its neighbors.
DART allotted $3.5...
3 North TX mayors: We need new DART line downtown and in N suburbs
September 23rd, 2016
September 22, 2016 - Dallas Morning News -
By Todd Meier, Harry LaRosiliere and Paul Voelker -
The original vision for a regional transportation system, when the Dallas Area Rapid Transit was first conceived, was a collaborative plan that would benefit 13...
Why North Texas needs the Cotton Belt commuter train line
September 15th, 2016
September 13, 2016 - Dallas Morning News -
Lee M. Kleinman - Dallas City Council -
The Cotton Belt is good for Dallas.
The proposed east-west commuter line that would connect Dallas, Richardson and Plano with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and, ultimately,...
DART's Gary Thomas Named Outstanding Public Transit Manager
September 3rd, 2016
September 2, 2016 - masstransitmag.com
Gary Thomas, president/executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, has been named Outstanding Public Transportation Manager of the Year by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
"I am honored to be recognized for doing what I love,"...
DART's Cotton Belt rail line on fast track for 2022?
September 1st, 2016
September 2, 2016 - TRA Newswire -
In a series of public meetings that concluded yesterday Dallas Area Rapid Transit previewed what could be fast-tracking for a rail project that has been in consideration for over 30 years. The Cotton Belt...
Community Meetings held in August for Cotton Belt Corridor
August 25th, 2016
August 17, 2016 - KXAS.com -
There is renewed pushback about plans to build a new Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail line in North Texas.
The Cotton Belt Corridor runs east and west between Plano and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
The railroad hasn't...
Downtown Dallas Subway May Be More Popular and Possible Than We Think
August 17th, 2016
Jim Schutze - Dallas Observer - August 4, 2016
Psst. Hey. Downtown property-owners and major institutions. I’m talking to you. This is between us, OK? That subway idea might be more popular and more feasible than you think.
But you need to not...
Ironic twist: Forbes writer blasts "wasteful" Austin MetroRail same time $50M TOD project announced
August 3rd, 2016
August 3, 2016 - TRA Comment
Somedays you just have to admire the irony.
Forbes magazine stringer Scott Beyer, in a July 29 posting on the Forbes.com site charged that "Austin's Commuter Rail Is A Monument to Government Waste."
The article described Beyer...
Cross-Rail Cotton Belt line a decade early? Some hurdles remain
July 26th, 2016
Updated July 28, 2016 - Dallas Morning News compilation of two stories this week on potential service on the long-delayed Cotton Belt cross-county passenger rail service in Northern Dallas and suburbs.
Getting Cotton Belt rail service a decade early could come with...
Editorial: Praise DART rail for 20 years of progress; the next 20 may be even tougher
July 7th, 2016
By Dallas Morning News Editorial newsfeedback+editorial@dallasnews.com
July 7, 2016
Twenty years ago, Dallas Area Rapid Transit opened 11 miles of service on the Blue and Red lines, a first step toward developing the largest light-rail network in America. By this fall, more...