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Hello, Dallas! DART Light Rail is here

Highwaymen

San Antonio conservatives and a professional road warrior try to hijack a DART rail election

Letters

Duncan snuffs the pests; Road warrior; Wichita Falls murders; Corrections

Buzz

Digging in

Best Place to Get Wet

Oak Point Center

Best Sign That We're a Big City Now

The Opening of DART's CityPlace Light Rail Stop

Kiddies Tanking

Have a Day Out With Thomas in Grapevine

DART Doing Fuzzy Math

DART: What billion dollar shortfall?

Choo-Choo!

DART: What billion dollar shortfall?

The Amazing Schutzini

The plan for Dallas' future: blood in the 'hood, Mayor Hunt and the Venerable Rasansky

Letters

The plan for Dallas' future: blood in the 'hood, Mayor Hunt and the Venerable Rasansky

Slow Ride

Try getting to Toronto on DART light rail some day

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If you're young and female, New York Minute is your movie

All the Bells and Whistles

All aboard for Family Fun Day

According to UNT Profs, DART's the "Economic Engine Making Dallas a World-Class City"

Click to expland the image if you actually want to peek at DART's 2030 Transit PlanThis morning at Dallas Area Rapid Transit HQ, president Gary Thomas lauded the rail expansion as "on time and under budget," and presented a new study by professors at the University of North Texas's Center for Econom ... More >>

Tracks of My Tears, | Slumming It, | Critics’ Pick: Tool,

Click to expland the image if you actually want to peek at DART's 2030 Transit PlanThis morning at Dallas Area Rapid Transit HQ, president Gary Thomas lauded the rail expansion as "on time and under budget," and presented a new study by professors at the University of North Texas's Center for Econom ... More >>

Yet Another Argument Against a High-Speed Rail Line Connecting Dallas and Houston

​Speaking of traffic ... Megan McArdle, former Economist now at The Atlantic, is the latest to take up the issue of a hypothetical high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, which ain't on the government's to-do list but oh well it's fun to argue anyway. This morning she more or less makes t ... More >>

Railing On Transportation

​Speaking of traffic ... Megan McArdle, former Economist now at The Atlantic, is the latest to take up the issue of a hypothetical high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, which ain't on the government's to-do list but oh well it's fun to argue anyway. This morning she more or less makes t ... More >>

What To Do About Interstate 35 Now? And: When Did NYC Want to Be Like Us?

​Two transportation items of interest this morning ...First off, in a subscription-only story The Bond Buyer wonders where in the wide, wide world of sports Texas is going to get $2.2 billion for an "expansion of heavily traveled Interstate 35 to six lanes from San Antonio to the Dallas-Fort Worth ... More >>

Thomas Ages Gracefully

​Two transportation items of interest this morning ...First off, in a subscription-only story The Bond Buyer wonders where in the wide, wide world of sports Texas is going to get $2.2 billion for an "expansion of heavily traveled Interstate 35 to six lanes from San Antonio to the Dallas-Fort Worth ... More >>

From OKC to Fort Worth, Heartland Flyer's Cow Fat Test Run Gets Nod in U.K.

​Meant to point this out last week, when I first saw the story on Salon. But now it's made its way to the U.K. -- this story of the little train that could ... run on cow fat, that is, all the way from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth every single day. (Though "with stops along the way in Norman, Purce ... More >>

All Aboard

​Meant to point this out last week, when I first saw the story on Salon. But now it's made its way to the U.K. -- this story of the little train that could ... run on cow fat, that is, all the way from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth every single day. (Though "with stops along the way in Norman, Purce ... More >>

Taco King: Our First Stop on The Taco Trail

​Welcome to the Taco Trail, dedicated to one of the favorite fixations of Dallasites, tacos in all their glorious variations. Although preference will be given to those taquerias accessible by  public transportation, be it DART rail or bus or a combination of the two, The Taco Trail will navi ... More >>

Railroad Museum in Fair Park Gets a Prized Piece, And It's Headed Straight to Frisco

​Once upon a time, the City Attorney's Office had hoped to get the Museum of the American Railroad outta Fair Park by August 1. But that was way back in February -- before the myriad court hearings and legal filings that ultimately led to Judge Martin Hoffman setting a January 2011 trial date in t ... More >>

About That Second Downtown Light-Rail Line ...

​Last night, as expected, Dallas Area Rapid Transit's board signed off on that $1.25-billion budget and 20-year financial plan, which eliminates 150 positions and some rail service, as trains will now run every 15 minutes instead of every 10. The good news-bad news details follow for those who fol ... More >>

Unwrapping the "Lead Gift" That'll Help Move Museum of American Railroad Outta Fair Park

​At right, that's Amtrak's Texas Eagle -- or, at least, the coach car and first-class sleeping car that pulled into the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park yesterday. It's part of what the museum calls "its long-standing partnership with Amtrak to re-introduce the benefits of rail travel ... More >>

Mayor Tom: "Dallas Is At the Heart of What is Happening in the U.S. Economy Today."

Chris Heinbaugh​On the other side is the final dispatch from Chris Heinbaugh, Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, who's among the traveling party wrapping up that trade mission to Spain and France. The quote in the headline comes from the release that follows, in which Leppert says the Euros are r ... More >>

Do You Have What it Takes to Complete Dallas's Streets? Then Submit Your Bid Now!

Jason Roberts/Go Oak CliffA look at Davis during the second round of Better Block-building in Oak Cliff​Speaking of the city's Strategic Plan Update ...It's been exactly one year since City Hall hopped aboard the Complete Streets Initiative, first rolled out at the initial Ride to City Hall and th ... More >>

U.S. Department of Transpo Forks Over $5.6 Mil to Study OKC-to-DFW High-Speed Rail Line

U.S. Department of Transportation​This morning, as expected, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood passed out $2.4 billion in funding to 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states. Among the recipients: the Texas Department of Transportation, which'll take home $5.6 million intended to allow a fu ... More >>

Dallas, The Next Portland! You Too, Fort Worth!

Via.​No, seriously. Says so right here, on the DC Streetsblog site, where today they're handing out best-and-worst-of-2010 nods. Something to do with streetcars and bike lanes and Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Green Line expansion. Well, all right. To the kudos!We give our 2010 Streetsie for The Nex ... More >>

Paper, Train, Camera

Via.​No, seriously. Says so right here, on the DC Streetsblog site, where today they're handing out best-and-worst-of-2010 nods. Something to do with streetcars and bike lanes and Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Green Line expansion. Well, all right. To the kudos!We give our 2010 Streetsie for The Nex ... More >>

Get Moving! High Oil Prices Good (For Texas), More Rush-Hour Red Line ... and Streetcars

Dallas Area Rapid TransitThe Mockingbird Station along DART's Red Line, which will see expanded rush-hour service beginning April 11​Bloomberg News says this morning that higher oil prices may be bad for Texans, but are good for Texas -- especially the so-called Rainy Day Fund Gov. Rick Perry does ... More >>

Akron/Family Lets Their Freak Flag Fly High

Dallas Area Rapid TransitThe Mockingbird Station along DART's Red Line, which will see expanded rush-hour service beginning April 11​Bloomberg News says this morning that higher oil prices may be bad for Texans, but are good for Texas -- especially the so-called Rainy Day Fund Gov. Rick Perry does ... More >>

Chugga Chugga Chugga

Dallas Area Rapid TransitThe Mockingbird Station along DART's Red Line, which will see expanded rush-hour service beginning April 11​Bloomberg News says this morning that higher oil prices may be bad for Texans, but are good for Texas -- especially the so-called Rainy Day Fund Gov. Rick Perry does ... More >>

Panhandlers on DART Trains: In Your Face NYC.

Dallas Area Rapid TransitThe Mockingbird Station along DART's Red Line, which will see expanded rush-hour service beginning April 11​Bloomberg News says this morning that higher oil prices may be bad for Texans, but are good for Texas -- especially the so-called Rainy Day Fund Gov. Rick Perry does ... More >>

A Former Public Transit Whore Gets Religion

​I used to be such a mass transit whore. I had this post-'60s idea that cars and highways are bad, which they are, so that must mean trains are good. I examine that reasoning now, and I think, "So if smoking crack is bad, does that mean meth is good?" Two days ago I had the pleasure of talkin ... More >>

TxDOT Really Wants to See That Whole Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail Line Happen

​I just stumbled across this piece out of Houston, which says the Texas Department of Transportation has submitted docs to the feds asking for around $43 million to expedite that long-discussed and even longer-debated Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail line. I called Jennifer Moczygemba, who overse ... More >>

What's Wrong with DART? The Suburbs.

​No, no, no -- not that same old crap again about how we need to get more suburbs to join Dallas Area Rapid Transit, our regional rail system. The suburbs are what's wrong with DART. Screw the suburbs. Dallas needs to quit DART and let the suburbs go build their own damn rail system. There's ... More >>

Feds Roll Out $15 Million to Begin Studying Feasibility of DFW-to-Houston High-Speed Rail

​About a month back we looked at docs the Texas Department of Transportation submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration in the hopes of landing some federal money dough for that loooooong-discussed Dallas-Fort Worth-to-Houston high-speed rail line. Long story short: The state wanted $18 mill ... More >>

Clang, Clang, Crunch: The Truth About Streetcars

Why should Dallas build a tiny, inefficient streetcar line when it's broke? Because trolleys are groovy.

"Station Domination," Paid Parking and More Money-Makers the DART Board Will Consider

Pulled up behind one of these two weeks ago. The 7-year-old in the backseat thought it was hilarious.​Last month we noted that the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board is considering selling ads for beer and wine on buses and light rail -- which, right now, is prohibited by policy just because. After t ... More >>

Transportation News is Bad, But the Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

​Straws in the wind: 1) Rick Perry, toll czar of Texas, still pushing private highways; 2) DART a dismal failure; 3) North Texas Tollway Authority still run by the good old boys. This could all be good. You know where we need to wind up with all this? A toll road from Dallas up to Lake Texoma ... More >>

With $15 Mil From Feds, TxDOT Is Seeking Bids for Dallas-to-Houston High-Speed Rail Study

​It's been quite some time since last we discussed the long-proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, which Jennifer Moczygemba, who oversees the Texas Rail Plan at the Texas Department of Transportation, called in April "definitely a priority" for TxDOT. This morning, s ... More >>

Choo-Choo Goes Boo

​It's been quite some time since last we discussed the long-proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, which Jennifer Moczygemba, who oversees the Texas Rail Plan at the Texas Department of Transportation, called in April "definitely a priority" for TxDOT. This morning, s ... More >>

Dangers on a Train: Crime Goes Down Everywhere Except on DART

​Wait a minute. The Dallas Morning News today publishes a story in which the top cop in the local transit agency gets away with blaming the economy and too much bling for a sharp increase in robberies and other crimes on the light rail system. Did anybody think to point out to DART police Chi ... More >>

Pants? They Don't Need No Stinkin' Pants to Ride Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail.

I'd forgotten all about Dylan Hollingsworth's shoulda-been classic photo taken in January 2010, during what turned out to be the First Annual No Pants! Ride on Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail. Then a Friend of Unfair Park shot me this video from yesterday's third-annual balls-out trip on a trai ... More >>

Read NCTCOG's Long Look-See at How to Fund the Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor

​At 1 today the Regional Transportation Council will discuss the doc you see below: the 132-page report finished last month as part of the so-called Cotton Belt Corridor Innovative Finance Initiative, which the North Central Texas Council of Governments touts on today's agenda as "a thorough inves ... More >>