is the dart silver line /n/ approved? it’s scheduled to open in october

>>2045787 (OP)
RIP Addison property values

>>2045787 (OP)
The name change and the general lack of PR from this project make it kinda hard to figure out whether or not it is good /n/ material/.

>>2045787 (OP)
getting a ring line is going to be huge for the network. i think the two most important things are the university and airport stops which should get consistent use by students and travelers.

>>2045899
forgot pic

>>2045787 (OP)
>light rail
>in a metro area of 8 million people
it will only be /n/ approved because there's too many americans here that will consider that a transit revolution as they can't cope with the fact their passenger rail system makes places like lagos nigeria look developed

>>2046113
I also saw that they are estimating an average speed of 26 mph, which is absolutely abysmal for a 26 mile long route with only 8 intermediate stations

>>2046114
>26 mph
Holy DOA, Batman! Are they trying to sabotage their own trolley?
>Let's see here, cars have several advantages over trains, like being more convenient, usually faster, and free from uNdesIreable GentS. But hey, trains can be faster in heavy traffic!
>Make it go school zone speeds

>>2045787 (OP)
/ck/ is having a picnic.

https://boards.4chan.org/ck/thread/21426868#top

/n/ is invited. Hopefully you guys bring a loaf of sliced bread or a 12 pack of Dr. Pepper. No /k/ brownies please.

>>2046117
allegedly their top speed is 80 mph, their maximum dwell time is one minute, and a one way full trip is 59-60 minutes. going 80 mph, you can cover 26 miles in just under 20 minutes. even if you count 3 minutes lost for every intermediate stop and 2 minutes for each terminal, you still only reach 47-48 minutes, and those numbers I used are still quite conservative. i have no clue what the fuck they were smoking when they calculated it

I’m on the texrail ama

Comfy ride to Grapevine

it will be underutilized. there’s no real reason to travel to and from these places. the University and Airport passengers will make up the bulk of riders

>>2046192
>there’s no real reason to travel to and from these places
because the exact current pattern of land use has got to stay static forever and ever?

>>2046592
what the fuck does that autistic rhetorical question even meme? real life isn’t cities: skylines where you can instantly destroy and build stuff. that being said these stations are still probably the best on that whole line since they have those mixed use areas close to the station or plan to make/expand them. nowhere in between is really that worthy of a station. i like the idea of extending the line eastwards to murphy and wylie which is a possible option by 2040 they once said.

>>2045787 (OP)
>live in plano off k
>work in addison right next to airport
im so excited bros

>>2045787 (OP)
looks like shit. not even 30mph average speed? better to take the highway

This is what they took from you

>>2049388
Interurbans must've sucked if they could be put out of business by pre-Interstate roads. Also, doesn't this help disprove the myth that people liked living in cities until Big Oil/Big Car brainwashed people into moving to the suburbs?

>>2049398
Cars really suck because you'd take hours to just get to the next town if big government didn't build xboxhueg highways.

>>2049398
You’re right about the suburb thing. Streetcars and interurbans built the suburbs and they were about land speculation as much as transportation.

>>2049388
>>2049404
F

>>2049399
Right, but even without highways the interurbans still went under, meaning they were dog-slow or at least as slow as cars on pre-Interstate roads.

>>2045787 (OP)
only 3 more months