Who says DART lacks direction?

Michael Lindenberger over on the Dallas Morning News' Transportation Bog was talking about the options for another DART light rail line through downtown Dallas and about how the route favored by the Dallas City Council, which would run past the new Convention Center Hotel as well as City Hall, costs more than DART can afford. In the entry, Lindenberger made this observation:

"But who is going to pay for the more expensive option? Probably not DART, given that spending more on a Dallas preference would inevitably take money out of the plan for suburban improvements in the suburbs."

Yessirree, Bob, got hand it to DART or Lindenberger or someone because if you're going to make "suburban improvements," the place to make them is definitely "in the suburbs."