DART president Gary ThomasTomorrow, Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and exec director Gary Thomas will be in Washington, D.C., to talk -- what else? -- transportation. Specifically, he's been invited to appear before a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee, chaired by Chris Dodd, to address the Federal Transit Administration's so-called New Starts program, which is how DART partially funded the $1.8-billion Green Line expansion scheduled to get rolling come fall. And by
As mentioned yesterday, Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and exec director Gary Thomas testified today in front of a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing concerning Federal Transit Administration grants and oversight. For those who might have missed it -- and I'll assume that's every single one of you, and I don't blame you, really -- here's a link to his prepared testimony, which many of the Friends will find interesting, as it deals with the funding of the Gre
