by With over 4 million people predicted to move into the area over the next 25 years, North Texas officials are developing a strategy to enhance transit alternatives.
At a meeting on August 7, the Regional Transportation Council authorized the creation of a transit subcommittee. Comprising 45 elected and appointed representatives from 12 counties, RTC is an autonomous policy body of the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
The subcommittee’s job is to examine proposals that may influence the region’s $217 billion in public transportation expenditures through 2050.
The subcommittee will be chaired by Stephen Mason, the mayor of Cedar Hill, and vice-chaired by Jill Jester, a member of the Denton City Council. Members of the Transportation Council have until August 21 to let Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey, the chair of the RTC, know if they would like to be on the subcommittee.
According to Michael Morris, the council of governments’ director of transportation, our road and transit systems must work in tandem to ensure increased safety and efficiency as the population surges to over 12 million people by 2050.
The Transit 2.0 initiative, which the RTC is working on, is looking at how public transportation may help meet that expansion.
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Carlos Flores, a member of the Fort Worth City Council and the Regional Transportation Council, stated that other transit strategies had to be investigated.
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“We must keep that in mind,” he remarked.
The panel will decide what suggestions can be made to the transportation council, member cities, nonmember cities, and transit authorities.
It is anticipated that the subcommittee will begin convening in September.
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