Government
One City's Long, Ongoing Struggle to Launch a Transit System
Arlington, Texas, recently got its first bus line — but it's hardly a comprehensive approach to public transportation.
Last month Arlington, Texas, shed its undesirable distinction as the largest U.S. city without public transportation. The new Metro ArlingtonXpress bus, known as MAX, connects downtown Arlington with Dallas and Fort Worth (and DFW airport) via the region's TRE commuter rail. Arlington officials cheered MAX — with mayor pro tem Kathryn Wilemon saying the city "has needed this for so long."
Lost in the celebration and media coverage of Arlington's first transit line was the fact that the city still doesn't really have a transit system.