DART and its member cities have been meeting for months and are still trying to resolve differences, even after some cities set elections to withdraw from the agency.
CBS News Texas has learned that DART and its 13 member cities have been meeting for months to work out their differences, even before various cities have called for citizen elections in May to withdraw from the transit agency.
Key issues: taxes, services, and governance
Even as the cities of Plano, Irving, Farmers Branch, and Highland Park are considering leaving DART, they are still talking with the transit agency and other cities that want to remain. They are discussing changing how much money they send to DART, the services they receive, and how the transit agency is governed.
In an interview with CBS News Texas, North Texas Commission President and CEO Chris Wallace and the new Executive Director of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, Todd Little, said they thought it was crucial to start the conversations months ago…