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NWPETA on September 12, 2006 - 6:18pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
There are really only two cities in Texas. Dallas: and Houston:
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CliffDweller on September 13, 2006 - 9:57am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I've done some "scouting" in the northeast Dallas area and saw the DART (althought I didn't get the chance to ride it). Considering their expansion plan, it looks very impressive, although I was told that the Trinity Express to Ft. Worth is very under-utilized (perhaps unnecessary?).

You can't beat the fares, at least compared to NYC/LI.

I wonder how "long" the DART planners' vision is. As some point, I think the needs develops to travel around the ring, rather than in and out of it.

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NWPETA on September 13, 2006 - 11:04am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
You saw the Garland line, which opened in 2002.  It's supposed to be extended several miles to Rowlett in 2012.

The 27½-mile southeast-northeast line opens in 2010.  Another northwest line, actually west-northwest, should start running in 2011 and be completed in 2013.  

I don't know of any city that has a regional peripheral rail transit line.  Certainly not New York, Chicago or LA.  The only place I can think of where something like this is being built is the Petite Ceinture tramway around Paris.  The French are further ahead than anyone on transit development.

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crzwdjk on September 13, 2006 - 9:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
London has the North London Line which, while not technically rapid transit, has a level of service close to it with electric commuter trains running every 15 minutes or so. LA has a "suburb to suburb" commuter rail line, the Inland Empire-Orange County line of Metrolink, which is reasonably popular, for a commuter rail line anyway. And Washington is looking to build a suburb to suburb link between two rapid transit lines. And LA also has the Green Line, which is a fully grade separated rail line going from Norwalk to Redondo Beach, not passing through downtown, so I guess that can count as peripheral too.
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