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Public transit can prevent DWIs

On New Year's Eve, Clayton McLeskey at the Dallas News Opinion Blog offered this astute observation about the Dallas transit system:Did you hear the news?! The DART trains are running until 2 a.m. tonight! I hate to break it to the friendly folks over at DART, but 2 a.m. ain't that late. Take a look at the public transit systems in places with world-famous nightlife, like Berlin, where trains and trams runs through the night. In Munich trains run until about 3 or 4 in the morning. That's standard in European cities. It's the key to a vibrant nightlife. You can go out, eat, drink, make merry and then take the train home. So, whose brilliant idea was it to have the DART trains shut down at the exact same time the bars close on New Years Eve, the night on which even the boring people go crazy? DART should at least keep trains running until 3, so that partyers can catch the train after last call...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).