Several North Texas cities will hold meetings next week to debate withdrawing from DART transit services.
Plano, Farmers Branch and Highland Park each pay one cent of their local sales tax to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. Each will hold council meetings next week to consider withdrawing from DART or exploring alternative transit options.
The biggest question city leaders hope to answer at the meetings: Is the money contributed to DART worth the services each city receives?
Plano
Plano said an independent study conducted by Ernst & Young Associates showed a “clear disparity in spending: in 2023, Plano taxpayers contributed $109 million to DART, while only $44 million was spent within our city.”…