Naysayers are wrong: TEX Rail a boon for Tarrant
April 5th, 2016
DART rail service has brought billions to Dallas economy
Spur development, get people to work and save precious time
TEX Rail will open in 2018 with more than 9,000 daily riders
BY KATHY INGLE AND JEFF DAVIS
April 5, 2016 - Special to the Star-Telegram
In a Jan. 28 commentary (“TEX Rail is moving full-speed ahead, but should it be stopped?”), state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyille, criticized the TEX Rail commuter rail projectscheduled to open in 2018 between downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport.
Our Dallas neighbors opened its DART rail service to DFW last year, serving Dallas County residents and the 60,000 employees at DFW.
Since DART opened rail service in 1996, it has been an economic development tour de force in Dallas County.
DART’s capital spending since 2003 produced total regional economic activity approaching $8.8 billion, boosting labor income by $3.9 billion and supporting an average 4,250 jobs, according to a recent UNT Center for Economic Development and Research study.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article70134722.html#storylink=cpy
Spur development, get people to work and save precious time
TEX Rail will open in 2018 with more than 9,000 daily riders
BY KATHY INGLE AND JEFF DAVIS
April 5, 2016 - Special to the Star-Telegram
In a Jan. 28 commentary (“TEX Rail is moving full-speed ahead, but should it be stopped?”), state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyille, criticized the TEX Rail commuter rail projectscheduled to open in 2018 between downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport.
Our Dallas neighbors opened its DART rail service to DFW last year, serving Dallas County residents and the 60,000 employees at DFW.
Since DART opened rail service in 1996, it has been an economic development tour de force in Dallas County.
DART’s capital spending since 2003 produced total regional economic activity approaching $8.8 billion, boosting labor income by $3.9 billion and supporting an average 4,250 jobs, according to a recent UNT Center for Economic Development and Research study.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article70134722.html#storylink=cpy