Comments on: Dallas Evaluates Proposed Transit Connections to DFW Airport http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/03/08/dallas-evaluates-proposed-transit-connections-to-dfw-airport/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:43:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BruceMcF http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/03/08/dallas-evaluates-proposed-transit-connections-to-dfw-airport/#comment-618 BruceMcF Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:36:45 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=1588#comment-618 One thing it would take would be a change in the FAA funding of fixed guideway access to airports to permit funding through lines. The last time I checked, they only funded terminating lines. One thing it would take would be a change in the FAA funding of fixed guideway access to airports to permit funding through lines. The last time I checked, they only funded terminating lines.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/03/08/dallas-evaluates-proposed-transit-connections-to-dfw-airport/#comment-619 Cap'n Transit Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:58:19 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.com/?p=1588#comment-619 What I'm missing in this discussion is what it would take to combine the SW2NE and Cotton Belt DMU lines into a single DMU line that passes through the airport. The Orange Line could also terminate at the airport. Alternatively, what about having the Orange Line pass through the airport to a transfer station with the Cotton Belt/SW2NE, instead of building a separate people mover? What I’m missing in this discussion is what it would take to combine the SW2NE and Cotton Belt DMU lines into a single DMU line that passes through the airport. The Orange Line could also terminate at the airport.

Alternatively, what about having the Orange Line pass through the airport to a transfer station with the Cotton Belt/SW2NE, instead of building a separate people mover?

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