She wrote to DART, pleading her case to save the 541 running next to her South Oak Cliff apartment. DART’s new plan refocuses its buses around core high-frequency routes, which it believes will be more reliable but will sometimes require a longer walk after a transfer.īut in a city as unfriendly to pedestrians as Dallas, what does 10 minutes of walking distance really mean, especially for someone taking their elderly mother to the doctor’s office? What about somebody who is already burdened to traverse to the stop that is across the street from him? What does it mean to walk a little farther in a city where even the most expensive and well-developed neighborhoods are dotted with pedestrian hazards?įor Barbara Jordan, 64, it means more time in the morning darkness as she catches the bus to make it to work by 7 a.m.

The agency polled North Texans who live within the agency’s service area and found that most people would rather travel a longer distance by foot to a bus stop if it means buses will run more frequently. Under its new bus network plan, DART calculates that as many as 75 percent of people within DART’s service area will be within walking distance of a bus stop, about a 6 percent increase from the current arrangement.

If we were not in Dallas, the phrase “walk a little farther” might produce no additional stress for residents who use public transportation every day.

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