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Originally Posted by Novacek
So yes, for the red line's age* and original cheap construction, it's been amazingly successful.
*transit-supporting density at stations is only now really starting up. MLK station, Plaza Saltillo, Crestview, Highland.
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It's a Hobson Choice scenario, bad if you build rail before there is density, and bad if you wait for density to build the rail. The developers have the opposite Hobson Choice, bad if you build the TOD before the rail, and bad to build the TOD years after the rail.
DART had many TOD projects announced during construction, but only a few were built prior to the opening of the stations. There.has been completed (work, live, play) TOd projects completed near DART stations, and there's more coming.
Here's a list of stations with completed TOD projects:
Downtown Carrolton, Farmers Branch, Inwood/Love Field, Medical District/Parkland, Deep Ellum, Baylor Medical Center, Cityplace/Uptown, Mockingbird, Lake Highlands, Downtown Garland, Downtown Rowlette, Park Lane, Spring Valley, Galatyn Park, CityLine/Bush, Downtown Plano, and Las Colinas Urban Center.
Other projects are being planned and will be built in the future. When you are discussing developments owned, financed, and built by private developers, each project is implemented at its own pace, not all will be implemented fast. This is near light rail. Lines with peak hours head ways every 10 minutes. Austin's Red Line peak hours head ways are every 20 to 30 minutes, twice the head ways of DART. With less rail traffic, developments near train stations will happen slower in Austin.