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Everything is explained in the legend. The Orange Line to DFW will be huge IMO. Dart rail is IMO much like Metro in DC only that DART is LRT and DC Metro is HRT. Houston's metro is more like an urban transit system.
Here is DART's 2018 plan, including expansions south on the Blue Line, a new subway loop in the CBD, the nearly opened Orange Line station at DFW Int'l Airport, and a Burgundy Line that extends from SW Fort Worth to DFW Int'l Airport.
Also under construction is a 100+ year planned streetcar connecting Dallas' CBD with Oak Cliff, an up-and-coming neighborhood. The trolley line is being constructed across a 100+ year old bridge.
Finally, MATA is finishing up a trolley loop that is intermingled with the Arts District:
DFW Int'l Airport Burgundy/Orange Line Station:
It's really exciting to see Dallas be so forward thinking when it comes to transit. Things are moving fast down here.
Most of that money was just wasted in DC. Anacostia line has been running for a year now, well on it's way towards 23,000 riders a day. H Street opened up earlier this year too and is doing quite well.
Of course, that's a nice story. In reality Anacostia was started and mothballed and has no real plans for ever being completed today. H Street might open this fall. You don't always get a whole lot for having unlimited budgets, too many fingers in DC mean not much actually gets done.
"The District is already spending tens of millions of dollars on the streetcar system and has budgeted an additional $400 million during the next 6 years."
“We’ve got a 22 mile RFQ for street cars. So we are looking for firms to come in and be a part of this great project, 22 miles of streetcars in Washington, D.C. So far, all local money. The only federal money we have in the project is $1 million for consultative analysis to run the streetcar from Benning Road to Georgetown. The community has basically said that they want to move this project,” said Bellamy.
As for the Purple Line, Maryland is covering the same amount that every other transportation project in the nation is covering, more than 50%.
Great. PA is doing the same thing, to the tune of $2.5 billion annually (with any luck). I support infrastructure, so if my auto gas bill increases $10 a month I'm OK with that. There are lots of good plans in Philadelphia and other cities that can't seem to get any Federal funding.
Great. PA is doing the same thing, to the tune of $2.5 billion annually (with any luck). I support infrastructure, so if my auto gas bill increases $10 a month I'm OK with that. There are lots of good plans in Philadelphia and other cities that can't seem to get any Federal funding.
We know, we haven't got funding for much in a while either. D.C. is putting its own tax dollars up to build its streetcar system and getting a Chinese company to fund the rest privately. Maryland is joining in a public-private partnership for the purple line as well and using the gas tax to pay for a huge chunk as well. Is Philly trying any public-private partnerships? That is what you have to do these days as well as putting up most of the money from local revenue.
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