Molson Hart

I don't see how developers can do better than they are.

It’s by metro areas, so while the majority of multifamily in Dallas proper may be happening near transit, there are still the huge # of multifamily projects in the northern suburbs that are missing the key component of transit that gets their residents reliably around the region.

1. That's on city government not developers imho 2. Dallas has a pretty expansive light rail network that no one uses. It goes out to the suburbs and from what I've seen it does attract more multifamily than areas without it

Point 1 we agree on, the failure is on a regional level to provide transit to support walkable urbanism. Point 2 is precisely an example of this problem, DART is expansive but only works as a hub & spoke so that its branches become further apart the further out you go 1/2

meaning that reaching the suburbs is irrelevant bc it doesn’t connect btwn the suburban employment districts that have the most new multifamily apartments. The DART system doesn’t acknowledge that the DFW metroplex is a multi-nodal employment region & therefore few use it 2/2

Your hub-spoke point is a good one. Notwithstanding the cost, I'd like to see a line that is basically a concentric circle around the suburbs. That said, I don't think that's the only reason why people don't use the dart.

Given the current density of Dallas and high cost and time involved in building rail, BRT would more than likely be a better investment.

The mode should probably be dictated by compatibility with the existing system. If a route aligns w/ an existing rail corridor, then rail might be the best option. In other places a BRT corridor shared by multiple bus routes might be best.