OUR 4-step process
Step 1: Stop Building, Reroute Away or Tunnel the Train in Far North Dallas
- Take UBER – Less expensive per ride & over 2-3x quicker
- Technology – Change is good, ex: autonomous cars. Bad idea, 30 year old rail idea.
- DART will subsidize over $17,000 per year for a worker to take it during work-week
- The cost to build Cotton Belt $1.1 billion is as expensive as Cowboys Texas Stadium
- More people will visit Cowboys 8 Home Games than Ride Cotton Belt entire year
- Lower MPG rating per rider than Cadillac Escalade on Highway with 1 Person
- Residents will Subsidize “Freight” since the rail will not have enough Riders
Step 2: Create comprehensive plan to increase Ridership, Lower Subsidy Per Passenger and Improve Safety
- Repair DART – Since 2008, Ridership is down 8% while costs +50% or $230 million.
- Bus ridership is down 30%
- Debt at DART is up $1.4 billion to $3.6 billion.
Step 3: Change Management compensation
Focus on Ridership, Reduce Subsidy per Ride, Safety. Keep it simple and install new management if cannot adhere to this policy
Step 4: Forecasts should be reasonable
DART posted huge misses on 2018 budget ridership but prides themselves on 20 year forecast.