Michael Lindenberger, in The Dallas Morning News's new Transportation blog (has anyone else lost track of how many blogs the DMN has now?) reports that some neighbors don't like the idea of providing access to a new DART Lake Highlands station on the Blue Line, set to open in 2010, from White Rock Trail. "They worry that if residents can walk so easily from their neighborhoods to the station, criminals from elsewhere can do the same thing in reverse just as easily."
Let me get this straight. Some people in Lake Highlands like the idea of light rail but want to make it so that only people who own cars can use it. Walking to and from the rail station will be discouraged. I suggest DART drop the idea of a Lake Highlands station altogether and use the money saved to put a station in a community that wants it. Win-win.
Richardson will take an extra DART station for the Red Line at Belt Line Rd (Main St). It'll be a shot in the arm for redevelopment of Richardson's old downtown.
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Please tell the Lake Highland's residents to label their TVs with "property of" stickers. Then, we'll look for criminals riding out of their station with said TVs.
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Don't you hate it when you can't get a seat on a DART train because of all the television sets taking up room on the seats next to the commuting criminals?
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In all fairness to Lake Highlands residents, there is more to the story than first appears. Thanks to a citation in Advocate's "Back Talk Lake Highlands," I've learned that residents
are concerned more with parking, traffic, congestion, etc., than with commuting criminals.
All valid concerns, but don't solve these by turning your backs on the station or making it turn its back on you. A DART station is a good thing, folks. Welcome it. Integrate it. Find a way to make it more convenient for *both* the neighborhood and for the park-and-ride users.
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