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DART officials tell Irving leaders they are studying governance changes and local investment tools
Summary
Dallas Area Rapid Transit leaders updated the Irving City Council on a multi-city outreach to expand local service, explore use of sales-tax increment for economic development, and consider governance changes including board-seat allocation and supermajority voting rules.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officials told the Irving City Council they have been meeting with member cities to identify service improvements, governance changes and ways to use DART resources for local economic development.
The update, presented by DART board members and senior staff including Chair Gary Slagle, Nadine Lee and Mark Enoch, said DART staff visited the 13 service-area cities four times since October to collect feedback and test ideas. "Generally, the cities have said, if you're going to give money back to one city, you need to give money back to all cities," Slagle said, describing one recurring theme.
DART said its planning work emphasizes two near-term service elements: fixed-route circulators to move people across neighborhoods and…
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