If we had these same "leaders" with these same ideas back in the 1960s, we never would have built DFW International Airport.
I say, screw 'em, swallow our pride and merge The T with DART.
I have thought the same before, but refrained from posting. Now is the time for leaders of Fort Worth and surrounding cities to approach DART about joining. Fort Worth might be able to keep a separate bus system, but it would need to operate in the same mode as Dallas' system, which (from my admittedly limited experience with it) seems to work much better than the T. It would be nice to ask DART to change its name to reflect a more regional service area, but we would be very late getting aboard and would have to settle for whatever the DART Board might decide to do. A regional system with less need for changing trains would make more sense than several incompatible platforms. As much as I might hate to admit it, Dallas has been successful in implementing sustainable transportation and Fort Worth hasn't. Fort Worth will need this sort of system, but appears unable to get the ball rolling. It is time to join with a winner. (ducking)