By Jeff Balke, Houston Press; December 12, 2017
The Dallas versus Houston debate may be old and worn thin, but there is one area in which Dallas is the clear winner going away (no, not plastic surgery): public transportation. More specifically, rail. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system is not only larger than Houston’s METROrail (much larger, in fact), but it is a system that has been operational for 30 years.
Like so many things Houston has done, light rail, from the start, has lacked the kind of planning of our northern neighbors. Because we had staunch rail opponents, it was difficult to get any rail lines put in and expansion has been even more complicated. Politically, there was far less rancor, but there was a smarter approach as well.
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