The Longest Light Rail in the U.S. is in Texas - DART: Ep. 71

Today, we're talking about the longest light rail system in the United States, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. We'll talk about the Metroplex's delightfully extensive and incredibly strange rail system and what it needs to become the nation's finest after The News. Links and stuffs Merch:https://shop.trlpod.com/ Twitter:@TheRedLine_pod YouTube channel:The Red Line Podcast Spotify:The Red Line Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theredlinepodcasters Email:[email protected] Website:https://www.trlpod.com/ Timestamps 24:50 SeeDART rail map 38:28 SeeDART system map References & notes [1]Mass Transit: Valley Metro celebrates opening of Northwest Phase II extension [2]WHYY: Shapiro to propose multi-million dollar plan to save SEPTA [3]Regulations.gov: Proposed Nonavailability Waiver of Buy America Requirements: Nevada Department of Transportation to Purchase Certain High-Speed Rail Components [4]Alan Fisher Extras: Brightline West HSR is Potentially Delayed if this Waiver is Blocked [5]Wikipedia: Dallas Streetcar [6]Wikipedia: DART Light Rail § History [7]Wikipedia: Dallas Area Rapid Transit [8]Wikipedia: Trinity Metro [9]Wikipedia: TEXRail [10]Wikipedia: Trinity Railway Express [11]Wikipedia: A-train (Texas) [12]Wikipedia: Denton County Transportation Authority [13]Wikipedia: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex [14]Wikipedia: M-Line Trolley [15]Wikipedia: Knox–Henderson station [16]Wikipedia: D2 Subway [17]Wikipedia: Silver Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) [18]Wikipedia: Cityplace/Uptown station [19]Trinity Metro: System Map (Sept. 2023) [20]Trinity Metro: Routes & Schedules [21]Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Streetcar operators once thrived in Fort Worth. And then buses and cars came along. [22]Dallas Area Rapid Transit - 2019 Annual Agency Profile [23]American Public Transportation Association: Public Transportation Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter 2019 [24]McKinney Avenue Transit Authority: History Corner: End of the Original Dallas Streetcars [25]DCTA: A-train [26]DART: Silver Line Project [27]CBS Texas: North Texans seeing more DART Silver Line construction as completion date nears [28]D Magazine: Dallas Public Transit Was Better in 1919 Than It Is in 2019 [29]DART: DART History - 40 Years Going Strong [30]DART: DART Rail Lines Map and Schedule [31]DART: Schedules and Maps [32]Vanishing Underground: Dallas' Light Rail & Commuter Rail Network Evolution [33]OpenRailwayMap