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})}, onShareButtonClicked: goToCommentBox }; gigya.services.socialize.showShareBarUI(conf_6861,params_6861); </script> <div class="story-body sbd"><div id="attachment_6862" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/01/DMNBUILDING.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-6862" title="Metro Central" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/01/DMNBUILDING.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="618"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Dallas Morning News building at 508 Young Street was designed by famed architect George Dahl and opened in 1949.</p></div> <p>Two of Dallas’ high-profile media outfits could be finding new offices if <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://www.dart.org/">Dallas Area Rapid Transit</a></strong>’s visions for the southwest corner of downtown Dallas come to fruition.</p> <p>But there are a lot of big maybes. And everyone involved said such a monumental real estate upheaval is all just speculation right now.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/01/DARTDowntownExpansion.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6864" title="DMN#DMN_Main#NEWS_B04_News#11-11-2014#State#1#B#4#TypeSetGrey#11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/01/DARTDowntownExpansion-239x300.jpg" alt="" width="239" height="300"/></a>As <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/20141110-dallas-officials-back-darts-dramatic-downtown-expansion-plans.ece">discussed in November</a>, DART identified <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://www.dallasnews.com/"><em><strong>The Dallas Morning News</strong></em> </a>and WFAA-TV (Channel 8) buildings on Young Street as prime location for new transit-oriented development. The agency wants to add a second downtown light-rail line in the area, which would tie into existing service at Union Station, the soon-to-open Oak Cliff street car line and <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://texascentral.com/">Texas Central Railway</a></strong>’s potential downtown terminus for a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/20141022-proposed-routes-for-dallas-houston-high-speed-rail-revealed.ece">bullet train that would get people to Houston in 90 minutes</a>.</p> <p>Of course, everyone involved says there are no talks about land sales going on. And TCR has said they haven’t even picked a location for their high-speed rail station. Hopes that the company would pick that part of downtown is spurring DART’s ambitious plans in the first place.</p> <p>Still, an executive with <em>The DMN</em>’s parent company said the media organization won’t “stand in the way of progress” and could “explore options for the possible redevelopment of our portion of the site.”</p> <p>“That could mean we would continue to office there or we could move to another location downtown,” said Dan Blizzard, <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://www.ahbelo.com/">A.H. Belo</a></strong>’s senior vice president and secretary. “We would not leave downtown.”</p> <p>WFAA president and general manager Mike Devlin said neither the TV station nor its parent company have been in talks about selling its building. Like Blizzard, he said his company was not aware that DART had identified it as a good place to put transit-oriented development when the agency labeled it as such in November.</p> <p>Devlin said he couldn’t comment about whether the TV station would consider selling if the high-speed train and area transit plans go through because he can’t “answer a hypothetical.”</p> <p>Meanwhile, Blizzard said that redeveloping The DMN’s property would be very costly and difficult given complex infrastructure at the site. The paper has been there for decades. Part of the site used to be where the paper was printed. Blizzard said infrastructure built for that would present a complicated scenario for anyone wanting to do something vastly different with the site.</p> <p>“It would be very expensive to adapt,” he said in November.</p> <div id="attachment_6863" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/01/ROCKOFTRUTH.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-6863" title="Metro Central" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/01/ROCKOFTRUTH-300x175.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="175"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The journalism mission statement on the front of The Dallas Morning News building is known as "The Rock of Truth" and is photographed daily by passersby.</p></div> <p>There’s also the matter of the building’s prominence. It was designed by famed Dallas architect George Dahl. The paper’s home is famous for its “Rock of Truth,” a massive mission statement carved several stories high above the building’s main entrance.</p> <p>“You would have to find a way to save the façade,” Blizzard said.</p> <p>Those factors could make redeveloping the site cost-prohibitive to a developer only looking to turn that piece of land into something new, like apartments or offices or retail. But, he said, a developer using the paper’s land as a small piece of a much larger project could make redevelopment financially feasible.</p> <p>“Those are all things that a larger scale developer could work with,” he said.</p> </div><div class="OUTBRAIN ArticleOutbrainThumb" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350oe_/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/" data-widget-id="AR_6" data-ob-template="dallasnews"></div> <div class="OUTBRAIN ArticleOutbrainList" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350oe_/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/" data-widget-id="AR_7" data-ob-template="dallasnews"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350js_/http://widgets.outbrain.com/outbrain.js"></script><h3 class="tf1f3 r5 sbd groupHeadline simple-separator-top">Top Picks</h3><div style="clear:both;"></div><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350js_/http://www.dallasnews.com/?widgetName=topPicks&contentId=1079301&js"></script>  </article> <script type="text/javascript">jqLoad.push(function(){contextlyInit();});</script>  <div id="comments"> <h2 id="comments-title"> 43 thoughts on “<span>Could The DMN and its ‘Rock of Truth’ be moving?</span>” </h2> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15007"> <article id="comment-15007" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15007"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T12:51:37+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 12:51 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p> Hey, it would also be a good location for the new home of the Texas Rangers. But I also hope we get the bullet train to Houston and then later to Austin and San Antonio. Only makes sense to put the station at the nexus of the DART light rail system.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15008"> <article id="comment-15008" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15008"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T12:58:17+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 12:58 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>As a wise man once said, “Give me a big enough lever and I can move the world”. If somebody balences a lever on a big enough stack of benjamins, the DMNs rock will roll! </p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15009"> <article id="comment-15009" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15009"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T13:29:23+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 1:29 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>I wholeheartedly agree with your Rangers point.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15011"> <article id="comment-15011" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15011"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T13:55:56+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 1:55 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Seeing nothings really going on at WFAA recently, I say move them all to victory park, as theres plenty of commercial space ;)</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15013"> <article id="comment-15013" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15013"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T13:56:56+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 1:56 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>high speed rail will never work in Texas, just like Amtrak, unless the State and the cities treat it the same way as airports. lots of overnight/long term parking, onsite eateries, taxi stands, rent car facilities and etc.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15010"> <article id="comment-15010" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15010"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T13:59:29+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>According to Elon Musk, bullet trains are obsolete. Vacuum tube/magnetic trains are the current technology generation. The people who want to build bullet trains 1) want you and me pay for it with tax dollars 2) stand to make a fortune on various aspects of the program 3) don’t care whether it will be self sustaining or not. <div></div> <div>High speed ground transportation makes a lot of sense in highly developed areas with severe traffic congestion. The wide open spaces between Houston and Dallas are not the qualifying criteria for a project like this. This will not be any faster than driving, when all things are considered – transportation to the terminal, check in, security, delays, etc. a 1 hour flight takes about six hours when all things are considered. It only takes about 4-5 hours to drive with the higher speed limits, door to door. If anything, add a high-speed Lane to i45. </div> <div></div> <div>This is a major boondoggle that needs to be delayed until the new technology can be put into place. I guarantee that the proponents of this are not willing to let that happen.</div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15012"> <article id="comment-15012" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15012"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T14:03:42+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 2:03 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>So, there will be one station (according to the diagram) for the high speed rail, and Union Station will be for light rail and Amtrak? Seems like it would make more sense to have on central station for all rail downtown for transfers between high speed rail and DART.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15014"> <article id="comment-15014" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15014"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T14:04:28+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 2:04 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><div> <div>So, there will be one station (according to the diagram) for the high speed rail, and Union Station will be for light rail and Amtrak? Seems like it would make more sense to have one central station for all rail downtown for transfers between high speed rail and DART.</div> <div></div> </div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15015"> <article id="comment-15015" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15015"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T14:13:40+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 2:13 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>This is being paid for with private investments. No tax dollars. </p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15016"> <article id="comment-15016" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15016"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T14:59:52+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Not true. The corporation will try to use private investments, but with a $10B cost, that will be hard, if not impossible, to do. That cost assumes that the operation will be profitable from day one – an unlikely scenario. <div></div> <div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/texas-central-sees-90-minute-dallas-houston-commute-at-205-mph-107392.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/texas-central-sees-90-minute-dallas-houston-commute-at-205-mph-107392.html</a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15018"> <article id="comment-15018" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15018"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:07:17+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:07 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Being a 1949 building, I imagine the asbestos abatement is going to be very expensive.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15017"> <article id="comment-15017" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15017"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:12:34+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:12 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Tear it down. George Dealey wouldn’t recognize the paper as it is today, and out-of-town Gannett owns WFAA.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15019"> <article id="comment-15019" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15019"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:13:13+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:13 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Too bad media outlets do not stand by that Journalism Mission Statement.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15020"> <article id="comment-15020" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15020"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:22:16+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:22 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>No, there’s not. </p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15021"> <article id="comment-15021" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15021"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:39:38+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:39 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><div>Start working at home with Google! It’s by-far the best job I’ve had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this – 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. 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She has been </div> <div>out of work for 5 months but last month her pay was $16453 just working on the internet for a few hours. </div> <div>Visit this website >>>>>>>>>>>>****>>>>> WWW.USA-REVIEW.COM</div> <div></div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15022"> <article id="comment-15022" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15022"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:48:16+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:48 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><div>Sean . I see what you mean… Debbie `s storry is terrific… last tuesday I bought a gorgeous Lotus Esprit from bringing in $7909 this-past/month and-also, ten thousand last munth . this is definitely the coolest job Ive had . I began this five months/ago and pretty much straight away started bringing in minimum $71 per hour . take a look at the site here……………</div> <div>➜➜➜➜➜ www.Usa-Review.com</div> <div></div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15025"> <article id="comment-15025" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15025"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T15:49:01+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 3:49 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><div>My best friend’s mother-in-law makes $85 /hour on the internet . She has been </div> <div>out of work for 5 months but last month her pay was $16453 just working on the internet for a few hours. </div> <div>Visit this website >>>>>>>>>>>></div> <div>ＷＷＷ.usa-review.ＣＯＭ</div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15026"> <article id="comment-15026" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15026"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:00:52+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:00 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>I find this article very confusing. Is DART proposing the site for the new stations and transit connectors mentioned in the article, or as a location that a private developer should building a TOD? If the later, what say would DART have over private investment? Why would a reporter even ask the DMN or WFAA if they would move over such a hypothetical statement that DART has no jurisdiction over?</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15028"> <article id="comment-15028" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15028"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:06:54+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:06 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Also, anyone else find it concerning that this newspaper’s coverage seems to be more concerned with their parent company’s real estate profits than actually covering the news in an unbiased manner?</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15029"> <article id="comment-15029" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15029"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:11:15+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:11 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Really, all this bullet train project IS is an attempt to sell debt paper to private equity firms and individuals. It’s being financed by the Japanese firm that makes the train parts. But the LAND it’s going to be built on will have to be purchased or acquired through eminent domain from private property owners, some of whom may not want to see their land used in this way, especially since it will not benefit their location (no stops from Dallas to Houston). I call that a forced investment on their part, and the probably won’t even get a tax abatement!</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15027"> <article id="comment-15027" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15027"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:11:32+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:11 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Sounds like A.H. Belo’s trying to get into the real estate business. First, they push for the toll road with onramps favorable to their land holdings. Now, they’re trying to drum up interest saying that DART has somehow identified their HQ as a redevelopment site. I’m guessing eventually they’ll put out some renderings for a shiny new development that includes an office building the DMN can live in until they go out of business in a decade or so.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15030"> <article id="comment-15030" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15030"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:19:33+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:19 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Financially it just doesn’t make sense. Ridership would have to be enormous for this to operate in the black, and that doesn’t pay back the initial investments. Therefore, public tax funds have to be involved. <div></div> <div>Another theory is that the owners would benefit from excess profits on their land holdings, but even that is shaky because there are no stops between the two cities.</div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15031"> <article id="comment-15031" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15031"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:28:54+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:28 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>When you consider that this bullet train project is not expected to come online until around 2030, you would also have to consider that by then, unless they are opposed by special interests, we should have self-driving cars on the road. How much easier would it be to simply program a car to go from Dallas to Houston using a dedicated highway lane? And once you get there, you would already HAVE a car to get around in. As I understand it, the bullet train only has train cars for passengers, no flat cars for automobiles. So, if you ride the train to Houston, you walk, rent a car, or ride public transportation. Makes taking the train real attractive, right? The Bullet Train is twentieth century technology being flogged to twenty first century customers! I call that a bad business plan!</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15032"> <article id="comment-15032" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15032"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T16:37:24+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 4:37 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>That’s precisely what’s wrong with your argument: it makes too much sense.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15033"> <article id="comment-15033" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15033"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T17:02:44+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 5:02 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>I’ve heard that the printing shop of the DMN is perhaps toxic from all those years of ink. Who pays to have that cleaned up? I would think that it would be like any other toxic material found in buildings….very expensive to have removed. </p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15034"> <article id="comment-15034" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15034"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T17:10:40+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 5:10 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Watch…it’s accidently going to burn down or something……</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15035"> <article id="comment-15035" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15035"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:07:02+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:07 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Plans do call for a single stop in the Bryan-College Station area.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15036"> <article id="comment-15036" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15036"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:11:15+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:11 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>If you want a car when you fly to Houston you have to rent it, so what’s the difference? If anything, for business travelers going between one downtown to the other, the train would be faster than flying, and you wouldn’t need a car if arriving downtown to do business downtown. Both downtowns have LRT as well as buses.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15037"> <article id="comment-15037" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15037"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:14:14+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:14 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>HSR won’t be competing with cars. It will be competing with LUV for business class travelers. For those moving between the downtowns to do business, time is money, and LRT makes sense.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15038"> <article id="comment-15038" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15038"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:15:54+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:15 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>We’ll have all of that, and the giant, unused parking structure behind Belo that was built for Reunion Arena is still in place.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15039"> <article id="comment-15039" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15039"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:17:47+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:17 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>You’re correct, though some of the lines may need to pass underground to fit. DART has already thought of this. There are conceptual drawings at DART HQ.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15040"> <article id="comment-15040" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15040"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:39:33+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:39 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Exactly how would it take less time, door to door? All of the time factors such as security, boarding, etc. are the same, but the HSR takes 30 minutes longer than flying, gate to gate. <div></div> <div>Few business people live closer to downtown than Love Field, so that’s not a plus. You still have to deal with parking, transportation, check in and everything else. Love and Hobby are just as convenient as downtown stations. </div> <div></div> <div>Rail is just not the future. Maybe vacuum and magnetic is. We will see. </div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15041"> <article id="comment-15041" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15041"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T18:47:26+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 6:47 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>By the way, every time the DMN puts a story about this online, you are there defending it mightily. Are you an investor? </p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15042"> <article id="comment-15042" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15042"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T19:11:01+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 7:11 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>So, this was basically just a real estate advertisement for Belo’s property. </p> <p>Is this why you guys are so serious about that stupid toll road?</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15043"> <article id="comment-15043" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15043"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-13T19:59:55+00:00">January 13, 2015 at 7:59 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Since City Hall has its own reporting wing <div>and Belo is getting more and more into every business except journalism / reporting the news</div> <div>and the government moves the goalposts ( uh, crime is down)</div> <div>and the stated goal of Belo /DMN is to </div> <div>“bridge the gap” between south and north dallas</div> <div></div> <div>I’d say</div> <div></div> <div>the train has already left the building </div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15044"> <article id="comment-15044" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15044"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-14T17:52:54+00:00">January 14, 2015 at 5:52 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>No. But I’ve been fortunate to travel and live in other places, both in this country and other countries. I’ve seen enough to know what works and what doesn’t.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15045"> <article id="comment-15045" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15045"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-14T17:53:55+00:00">January 14, 2015 at 5:53 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Fair enough. Thanks.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15046"> <article id="comment-15046" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15046"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-14T18:02:48+00:00">January 14, 2015 at 6:02 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Public funds ought to be involved. They’re involved in air transportation and highway transportation. Why leave out the only segment that can operate in all weather and with the highest rate of safety?</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15047"> <article id="comment-15047" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15047"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-15T01:51:35+00:00">January 15, 2015 at 1:51 am</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Don’t forget their lobbying for the taxpayer-owned convention hotel across the street.</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-15050"> <article id="comment-15050" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15050"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-15T15:11:08+00:00">January 15, 2015 at 3:11 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>If the DMN can cash out on the building will they stop pushing that stop Trinity toll road?</p> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-15051"> <article id="comment-15051" class="comment"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?d=http://res.dallasnews.com/resources/images/DMNlogoBLK.png&s=68" class="avatar avatar-68 photo avatar-default" height="68" width="68"/><span class="fn">Anonymous</span> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150615101350/http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/will-transit-expansion-bullet-train-displace-dmn-and-wfaa.html/#comment-15051"><time pubdate datetime="2015-01-15T15:12:40+00:00">January 15, 2015 at 3:12 pm</time></a> <span class="says">said:</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><div>If the DMN can cash out on the building will they stop pushing that stupid Trinity toll road?</div> </div> <div class="reply"> </div> </article> </li> 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