The Longest Light Rail in the U.S. is in Texas - DART: Ep. 71

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Today, we're talking about the longest light rail system in the United States, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. We'll talk about the Metroplex's delightfully extensive and incredibly strange rail system and what it needs to become the nation's finest after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Mass Transit: Valley Metro celebrates opening of Northwest Phase II extension
  2. [2] WHYY: Shapiro to propose multi-million dollar plan to save SEPTA
  3. [3] Regulations.gov: Proposed Nonavailability Waiver of Buy America Requirements: Nevada Department of Transportation to Purchase Certain High-Speed Rail Components
  4. [4] Alan Fisher Extras: Brightline West HSR is Potentially Delayed if this Waiver is Blocked
  5. [5] Wikipedia: Dallas Streetcar
  6. [6] Wikipedia: DART Light Rail § History
  7. [7] Wikipedia: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
  8. [8] Wikipedia: Trinity Metro
  9. [9] Wikipedia: TEXRail
  10. [10] Wikipedia: Trinity Railway Express
  11. [11] Wikipedia: A-train (Texas)
  12. [12] Wikipedia: Denton County Transportation Authority
  13. [13] Wikipedia: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
  14. [14] Wikipedia: M-Line Trolley
  15. [15] Wikipedia: Knox–Henderson station
  16. [16] Wikipedia: D2 Subway
  17. [17] Wikipedia: Silver Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
  18. [18] Wikipedia: Cityplace/Uptown station
  19. [19] Trinity Metro: System Map (Sept. 2023)
  20. [20] Trinity Metro: Routes & Schedules
  21. [21] Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Streetcar operators once thrived in Fort Worth. And then buses and cars came along.
  22. [22] Dallas Area Rapid Transit - 2019 Annual Agency Profile
  23. [23] American Public Transportation Association: Public Transportation Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter 2019
  24. [24] McKinney Avenue Transit Authority: History Corner: End of the Original Dallas Streetcars
  25. [25] DCTA: A-train
  26. [26] DART: Silver Line Project
  27. [27] CBS Texas: North Texans seeing more DART Silver Line construction as completion date nears
  28. [28] D Magazine: Dallas Public Transit Was Better in 1919 Than It Is in 2019
  29. [29] DART: DART History - 40 Years Going Strong
  30. [30] DART: DART Rail Lines Map and Schedule
  31. [31] DART: Schedules and Maps
  32. [32] Vanishing Underground: Dallas' Light Rail & Commuter Rail Network Evolution
  33. [33] OpenRailwayMap