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I modified my original post re: DART's plans for expanded transit in downtown Dallas.  I noted that most of the plans, at this point, are an unfunded wish list. The Dallas Morning News article is mostly about DART's and the City Council's wish list for expanded rail in downtown Dallas.  The list has been around for a long time.  Funding is the biggest challenge. Here is a test.  Ride the light rail line late at night.  The Red or Blue Lines will do nicely. Look closely at your fellow passengers.  Then ask yourself this question?  How many business people, arriving in Dallas on a late night high speed train from Houston, are likely to want to chance riding on public transit in Dallas, or any major American city for that matter, late at night? Or at anytime for many of them?   I lived in Uptown Dallas for more than four years.  Most of my neighbors, who for the most part were  pretty well off, did not use public transit, even though the McKinney Avenue Trolley was nearly at their doorstep.  I was a rare exception.  I rode it most days. I don't believe that a significant percentage of people arriving in Dallas, either by rail or air, are going to use public transit, at least not as long as they have better options to get around.
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