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Old Posted Feb 7, 2016, 10:57 PM
R1070 R1070 is offline
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Great coverage.

Some information on this:

Contrary to popular belief "Dallas doesn't have heavy rail". The TRE is a heavy commuter rail line with higher speed double-decker trains.

There is a second commuter rail line from Denton (The A Train) that connects to the DART green line. And commuter rail lines from FW to DFW and McKinney to DFW are in planning now.

The modern streetcar line expansion is under construction to the Bishop Arts District. This will increase useage a lot.

With the downtown loop completed for the trolley line, the frequency and size of cars has increased. We should see this pick up even more. Planning is in place for it to be extended up to Knox District which would be awesome! Riding the old trolleys is so fun and add so much character to the neighborhood. And it's free entertainment.

Each DART light rail color comes about every 15 minutes during the week. Weekends, the train cars are reduced and frequencey reduced. Most people use the rail for commuting and not day to day stuff. I ride the train to work every day. I love it.

Dallas has a very optimistic vision for biking, but implementation has been slow to take off. The best bike lanes are probably the new ones in Victory Park that connects downtown to the Katy Trail. The new Santiago Calatrava bike bridges over the Trinity River next to I-30 will be top notch when they open!
The bike lanes and bike sharing plan in the city is expanding and I think we will continue to see it grow in popularity. I do see a lot more bikers than I had in the past. Dallas a an impressive collection of biking/jogging trails that it's connecting to one another. The Summer climate isn't the best for biking here though.
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