Call Me When DART’s Orange Line Gets to the Airport

DART already had the longest light rail system in the country before the $1.3 billion Orange Line added another three stations and several miles with its debut this morning. Sure, DART’s soon-to-be 90 miles of track are dwarfed by the subway system in New York City, the L in Chicago,…

Former Cop Wants DART to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits

Offering benefits to the partners of LGBT workers is gradually becoming a standard thing for large public employers in North Texas. The city of Dallas included domestic partner benefits in 2004, DFW Airport in 2010 and Parkland this year. Dallas County is poised to follow suit at the first of…

If You’re Into Biking, Just Go Ahead and Move to Fort Worth

Dallas and Fort Worth are similar. They’re both in Texas, both have oversized conceptions of themselves, and both came of age in the automobile era. The cities also developed similar bike plans, involving miles of designated bike lanes, at about the same time. And that’s where, transit-wise at least, the…

Wi-Fi Will Return to Trinity Railway Express. Eventually.

Five years ago, the Trinity Railway Express signed a deal with 4G Metro “to provide the nation’s first comprehensive wireless broadband solution spanning the entire length of a major public railway.” Impressive, right? But by last year, it had become not so impressive. “The contractor wasn’t able to generate enough…