Bills filed to allow Arlington to join DART

[TexasTowelie]

A bill has been filed that would make it possible for Arlington to join Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

Senate Bill 1461 by state Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, would clear up confusion about what cities are eligible to join the agency, which operates more than 90 miles of light rail, co-owns the Trinity Railway Express and runs a massive bus system. The bill specifies that a city is eligible to join a transit authority if any part of the city "is located in a county that is adjacent to a county in which the authority has territory."

DART is headquartered in Dallas County, next door to Arlington in Tarrant County.

A companion bill, HB 3642, was filed in the House by state Rep. Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving. The bills were filed Thursday and Friday, just before the deadline for non-emergency and non-local bills during the legislative session.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/08/4670521/bills-filed-to-allow-arlington.html#storylink=cpy

[El Supremo]

1. Arlington's city council just voted against it.

This is ridiculous! Dallas and Ft. Worth were connected by the Interurban 80 years ago!

[Bolo Boffin]

4. I cannot understand why Arlington refuses to join public transit.

What reasons have they given for this? Of course, I own a Google machine, too...

[MicaelS]

5. Arlington is the largest city in the US without public transit,

And they want to keep it that way.

Arlington's City Council has made it quite clear on multiple occasions that they do not want a public transit system in their city. Due to the fact it would attract too many poor and working class people to their city. I'm not kidding about this. They want to be an middle class and upper class only city.

Arlington settled a lawsuit over the fact they would not keep their sidewalks in good shape for the disabled. You read between the lines, and they really didn't want to spend the money because it would encourage people to start walking, instead of driving everywhere, and this could lead to calls for mass transit.

Arlington settles lawsuit over Americans With Disabilities Act

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Arlington's joined the Big Boys Club. Hell, they're flying their own Drones, now, too!

[El Supremo]

3. Don't worry. Jerry Jones wants bodies to fill his Death Star.