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Entries tagged with 'transit'After 26 years, has DART been worth it?It's a good question, and you'll find the context and a discussion over on the Transportation Blog. Click over and see what you think. My blog partner there, transportation writer Michael Lindenberger of the news department, asked the question... DART Green Line: Baylor station a model of what light rail can do to a neighborhoodI've blogged in recent days about the other three new DART stations that open up on Monday: The MLK station is great, but the surrounding area is not set up to capitalize on it. The Deep Ellum station is... DART thinks too smallTwin cities the size of Dallas and Fort Worth deserve a circular metro line with connecting spokes in sync with our population. When are we going to grow out of the restricted DART mentality? My native country is India. I... Wanted: tips from public on transit barriersOver on the Transportation Blog, I've asked for information from transit users on obstacles they see to public transportation, be it train or bus. Saturday's editorial page has an editorial saying nice things about new hike and bike trails, sidewalks... On downtown transit: Streetcars better than buses?" class="mt-image-right" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" />Re: "Bring back the Hop-a-Bus," by Susan Chizeck, Wednesday Letters. Why spend $80 million on streetcars that only tourists and retirees will ride (even when it's free -- see McKinney... Easing tax burden was goalRe: "Harper-Brown sank transit bill," by Mike Moore, June 11 Letters. Harper-Brown did what we asked her to do. She listened to the taxpayers in North Texas who hated this bill because it would have raised taxes on families struggling... Harper-Brown sank transit billIsn't it ironic that the one Texas legislator most responsible for the transportation bill fiasco was Irving Republican and state Rep. Linda Harper-Brown? For eight years, The Dallas Morning News has enthusiastically praised and recommended her because of her expertise... Texas GOP lobbies hard for dirty air and traffic congestionWow, check out this bucket of half-truths and comical spin from the Texas GOP: The legislature is STILL considering raising YOUR gas taxes. The local option gas tax that had apparently died with HB 855 slipped out of its crypt... Eye on Dallas roads and railHere is my final nose count among North Texas sentaors on John Carona's local-option transportation bill (SB 855): Carona -- voted yes, in committee last week Florence Shapiro -- voted yes, in committee Wendy Davis -- voted yes, in... Eye on Dallas roads & railUpdate on where North Texas senators stand on John Carona's local-option transportation bill (SB 855), which could reach the floor next week: I await only Cris Harris of Arlington, as I have been all week. His office promises me a... Eye on Dallas roads & railMorning update on the positions that North Texas senators are taking on John Carona's local-option transportation bill (SB 855), which could reach the floor in the next few days: Carona -- voted yes, in committee last week Florence Shapiro --... Keith Self called out on his clumsy anti-tax rantingsOn the new Transportation Blog, Michael Lindenberger reports a throw-down between Sen. John Carona and Collin County Judge Keith Self. Mr. Self has been running a blog and sending e-mails decrying a "tax increase" -- deliberately mischaracterising the work of... Eye on Dallas roads & rail... blogging to improve the way we move This newspaper published an editorial on Monday referencing the results of a telephone survey that butressed the case for a local-option improvements for transportation funding. (The Star-Telegram published an edit, too.) I've... Eye on Dallas roads & rail... blogging to improve the way we move A different cast of characters in the rail scrum at the Capitol this session: OUT - So far, at least, is Phil Ritter, formerly of Texas Instruments. Phil was a very effective... Eye on Dallas roads & rail... blogging to improve the way we move. It looks like North Texas' push in Austin for regional rail has got a worthy opponent on the case. Er, a couple of them. 1) The Texas Pubic Policy Foundation, a conservative... All aboard for the green routeRe: "Easy riders -- Kick back and chat as Texas Eagle rolls toward San Antonio," Sunday Travel. This article will do more to improve the Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas traffic congestion, pollution and economic problems than most of the initiatives... On the LBJ overhaul: Why not add two free lanes?Re: "What exactly do we get?" by Steve Coffman, Monday Letters. Why don't these guys simply add two lanes on each side of the freeway for free? We paid for it already. Why stick all these people up in the... Clamoring for better transportationAnother metro area spawns a move to solve traffic problems by raising money locally. San Antonio has two bills to rally around -- one from Rep. Mike Villareal (HB 1674) and one from Sen. Jeff Wentworth (SB 942). DFW is... What exactly do we get?Re: "LBJ overhaul to cost you," Friday news story. The overhaul to LBJ Freeway will cost taxpayers $445 million and investors $1.5 billion. For that $445 million, we get four free lanes in each direction. We already have that. We... Disputing HOV numbersRe: "HOV Headaches -- Best PR for carpool lanes? Satisfied customers," Monday Editorials. I had just read the editorial on the HOV lanes when I left for an appointment on Walnut Hill Lane. I was disturbed to see the HOV... |