The city voted to ‘fully fund’ its rapid transit system, but northern suburbs are moving to reduce funding.
The Dallas City Council voted to support full funding for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system, avoiding potential cuts to the network.
According to an article by Pablo Arauz Peña for KERA News, representatives of the city of Dallas hold eight of the DART board of directors’ 15 seats, but not all cities in the region feel they are receiving the benefits of the system. “Several member cities including Plano, Rowlett and Irving have passed resolutions in recent months to support reducing their funding for the transit agency. Each member city contributes one penny per sales tax dollar to fund DART’s services.”
The decision nullified a competing proposal that would have called for a restructuring of the city’s sales tax contributions to DART.
FULL STORY: Dallas city leaders vote to support full funding for DART
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