What's Happening in Dallas Texas: The Collin County Outer Loop and BILLION Dollar Plano Project

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

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[@mikedsjr]

Thanks for the update.

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Thanks for watching!

[@matthewconley7381]

This is the time that we need to invest in a strong commuter rail system. The interurban railway used to go through a lot of the cities back in the day.

[@davidfw190]

All this makes me want to leave the Dallas area,Too big now

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

When did you feel it was smaller?

[@davidfw190]

@@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas Grew up here. was more pleasant in the 70's. Too crowded now

[@ryanwalton301]

No amount of new roads or highway widenings can get traffic “under control”. How have people not figured this out by now?

[@gushernandez25]

They don't want to solve the problem, they want more money. All they need to do is provide passenger trains/street trains, and subways.

[@daveb2280]

@@gushernandez25 Roads are cheaper. Mass transit projects like trains and lightrail are expensive to acquire land and build out.

[@mikedsjr]

So you’re telling me the rails are packed all day going to the areas currently in existent? I think a rail system would be awesome but it would have to be master planned into a development. Suburbanites are jumping on a train to head to the store without reasons. Buses were a flop, always riding empty. I’ll take a train from NRH to downtown Dallas or to DFW Airport. But I do that once in a blue moon. Give me reasons besides build it and people will use it. That’s a lie. Maybe 1% will use it in the suburbs without purpose and convenience that their car can’t really offer. I’ll from FW to Plano and back every day rather than and back rather than get on a rail because car is way faster.

[@gushernandez25]

@mikedsjr just because you want to be stuck in traffic doesn't mean most of us would. You still have to park your vehicle, and you still have to waste more time trying to keep up with a vehicle.

[@flyhigh5056]

Sounds like it just encourages more development.

[@russmitchellmovement]

The Texas Triangle is EXPLODING as other parts of the country's poor governance sends company after company here. Most of us hate it, but the choice is either develop more or watch rents quadruple over the next two decades. So with all respect for people who want Texas to look like The Netherlands, this is happening. (TIF plans can help individual cities grow nicely, but the growth is inevitable so long as IL, NY, MI, CA can't get their governance acts together).

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

New roads usually do.

[@billyhorton5779]

DFW will extend all the way to the Red River, so much for "progress"

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

You’re not a fan of expansion?

[@dantousignant5374]

Traffic sucks in dallas and outer areas

[@thetexanladd]

1:27 - I hope to god I heard that wrong, because did you really just say 50 YEARS?! There is no reason why it should take THAT long to built this fully. You're just asking for the area to be quite unlivable by that point (not like it already is since you're forced to drive EVERYWHERE, and these cities are too lazy on having plans for public transit and good pedestrian infrastructure). Again, I hope I just misheard you, because that is just ludicrous, and doesn't make sense.

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

You heard correctly 😬

[@statwizard]

😂 Half the population will not be here when it is finished. Including the bad planners. Not money well spent.

[@daveb2280]

@@statwizard Great job security for the planners. They will long be retired before we see the end of it.

[@bhenley2081]

Celina real estate prices are going to rocket the next 5 years

[@jaioxung]

You'll never get DFW traffic under control by expanding ever outward, only building low-density single family homes, and not GREATLY expanding light rail.

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Do you use the rail now?

[@sergeantrandomusmc]

A co worker just moved to New York (city). He’s less than 20 miles from the office, takes light rail, still takes an hour and a half to get to work…

[@trisha1989]

⁠@@sergeantrandomusmc20 miles in NYC 😂

[@sergeantrandomusmc]

@@trisha1989 yeah - some suburbs near NYC…. Has to go into the city for work. But the light rail system isn’t really any faster there than driving in Dallas

[@doglegjake6788]

lots of section 8 housing going up in that area North of 635 ...

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Which area in particular are you talking about?

[@williamreyes468]

0:32 ...get Dallas traffic under control... 🤣😂🤣🤣😂 Dallas people love to hate Los Angeles and yet work so hard to duplicate Los Angeles traffic problems. Go Dallas go!

[@dm_grant]

This is dumb. This is where rail would have been a much smarter investment. Who wants to drive from Celina to Downtown? Crazy people.

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Where would you position it? Along 75 to connect at Plano?

[@Mr_I_Buy_Houses]

Dallas people that have nice cars and trucks dont like riding trains or rails, thats why they drive 75,000 cars and trucks.

[@saxmanb777]

There’s already a rail line right of way that extends from Plano to Sherman.

[@narutofanz85]

Before anything they need to fix the water and electricity issues. Damn bills are sky high and dumb electric companies stealing our money. Make electric like Gas n make water more affordable

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Have you thought about solar?

[@ablejohnson]

Vote.for.democrats they will lower the cost.of everything?

[@david33mtrb]

It’s not as quite as forward looking as you might think. It does not include any plans for rail mass transit. Highways will never be the end-all-be-all solution to transportation problems in a large urban environment.

[@user-Jamie218]

DART silver line opening in 2026 will be a much needed East/West line that connects stations in Plano, Carrollton and others in Colin county to the airport and best of all it’ll be the Stadler flirt heavy rail trains similar to the Texrail trains which are really nicer trains than the light rail

[@edmartinez6946]

People in Collin County don't need mass transportation.

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Dallas loves its highways! Is there demand for mass transit around collin county?

[@johnandjuliegrant3661]

I don't think that DFW has the population density that makes other areas better for mass-transit. Though there are many people in the DFW, they are more spread out than in other cities where mass transit works well (like Hong Kong and Tokyo).

[@jaioxung]

Exactly. The propensity for zoning mostly for low-density single family homes that start at $550,000 will never mesh well with public transportation. The culture in the US, sculpted by the auto industry, is one of sprawl and excessively large homes. The only places you see density is where the geography makes it necessary (i.e. Manhattan). If you want good public transport you have to leave Texas...and the US.

[@guythomas9977]

Segment between Ana and Melissa definitely not complete... Only the north service rd from 75 to 121 is done... nothing else at all..

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Thanks for sharing!

[@stevenpollard5171]

I live in Hunt County and travel to Dallas area and LBJ around to north Ft. Worth once a month or two. I went through beautiful Josephine recently as a different route. I read recently it is growing with new homes. And now the new loop will go through there? What a shame to that beautiful little country community to have a multi-lane loop go through it.

[@kurtdorr8080]

Just stupid no rail

[@pamelahaltmeyer.1288]

Exactly. The Outer Loop should include lanes for mass transit or else it will eventually move like 380. "Eventually" has a way of becoming "Oh, dear. It's here!".

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

That could very much be the case. As soon as they finish, they will begin restructuring it! 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

Celina is pronounced Se-leenah like the singer.

[@US380Updates]

He said it correctly at least for this region, this is what we call this city. Sa-line-uh

[@rickreed]

"You're not from around here, are you?"

[@WhatsHappeningInDallasTexas]

Where do you live?

[@SuperMonster62]

That’s a new one “Nevada” lol Texas pronunciation at its best lol