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Unintended consequences in Dallas
The Dallas Observer has a fascinating article about unintended consequences of putting four rails lines through downtown Dallas on the same street. Already with just three of those lines operational, the article says, 46 to 47 light rail trains an hour pass through downtown on Pacific Avenue, and every one of them has a signal preemption device that stops cross traffic.
To be fair, Austin at this point has no comparable rail plan. We would have a single streetcar system running downtown, although there would be trains running in each direction. But it’s still interesting to explore what a train line can mean for existing modes of transportation.
Here’s the article.
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By Michael
October 12, 2009 12:44 PM | Link to this
DART messed up by not making a downtown Dallas subway a top priority.
By jesse james
October 13, 2009 5:39 PM | Link to this
Dallas needs FRED