Talk:Denton County Transportation Authority

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Requested information added. Wyv 09:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:DCTA Downtown Denton Station Rendering.PNG

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Requested, mindlessly-pedantic information added. U 08:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Budget Issues section POV, uncited "facts"

This section is blatantly POV, and passes out uncited numbers and "facts" like candy, using weasel words like "circa", "unlikely", "approximate", and "insignificant". I removed it.

DCTA's May 2008 board meeting documents (available online at the DCTA website) reveal a total revenue budget of circa $21 million. Circa $15 million dollars comes from sales tax revenue, primarily from a half-cent tax levied in the cities that are members of DCTA. Another $3 million comes from Federal subsidies, which of course represent additional tax payer support. Approximately $2.5 million comes from contract payments, primarily from the University of North Texas, for bus service provided to students, with only $420,000 (approximate) coming from fares paid by users. When the City of Highland Village voted to join DCTA, retail sales were almost non-existent in the City. Within the past two years, however, two major shopping centers have been completed, and business is booming. Citizens of Highland Village are now questioning whether the sales tax revenue being sent to DCTA could be better used for infrastructure improvements within the City, or rolled back to provide Highland Village retailers with a competitive advantage over near-by Flower Mound, Texas, retailers. In view of the insignificant revenue from passengers, Highland Village citizens are expected to push for withdrawal from DCTA in an upcoming petition drive. A taxpayer subsidy of $55 per ride on DCTA buses is clearly not sustainable, and unlikely to survive taxpayer scrutiny when citizens have an opportunity to vote on the matter.

There are plenty of forums where you can bash public transit. This isn't one of them. At least pretend to understand NPOV. --Robertb-dc (talk) 03:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

The assertion that this is unsupported POV ignores the facts that the budget numbers are public record information available on the DCTA website. The commentary by Robertb-dc regarding this post reflects and ideological position in favor of taxpayer supported public transportation, rather than a rational response to the issues raised by this post, and by the Dallas Morning News article, which cited the same information from DCTA's own public records. If Robertb-dc has facts that refute the information in this post, he should present them, and cite the sources that make them verifiable, rather than bashing those who use the freedom of the press to question wasteful and environmentally unsound public transit programs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Free Texas (talk • contribs) 22:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Nobody asserted that it was an unsupported point of view, only that it was a point of view...which renders it unsuitable for wikipedia. You may reword it to include the stats, but exclude lines like ""clearly not sustainable" (opinion), or "unlikely to survive taxpayer scrutiny" (speculation), and your contribution will be more likely to stand. --Icowrich (talk) 02:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Awards

I just love this: "DCTA was honored to accept this award for its cooperative regional efforts." Denton is great and all, but can we PLEASE keep it encyclopedic? 209.55.81.128 (talk) 00:05, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. As your comment has stood for 8 months without challenge, I take it everyone else agrees, too, so I deleted it. --Icowrich (talk) 02:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)