达拉斯地区过境计划给予所有城市同等票数,退还43 400万美元税收,并避免在3月18日前批准后可能削减服务。 Dallas-area transit plan gives all cities equal votes, returns $434M in tax revenue, and averts potential service cuts if approved by March 18.

达拉斯市议会批准了一项重组DART治理的计划,给予所有13个成员城市平等代表权,并将达拉斯的投票权从60%降至45%,目的是防止6个城市在5月的选举中退出。 Dallas city council approved a plan to restructure DART’s governance, giving all 13 member cities equal representation and reducing Dallas’s voting power to 45% from 60%, aiming to prevent six cities from exiting in May elections. 该提案包括将DART销售税收入的25%在六年内返还成员城市,高于5%,并可以返还4.348亿美元。 The proposal includes returning 25% of DART’s sales tax revenue to member cities over six years, up from 5%, and could return $434.8 million. 该计划得到DART官员的14-1支持,需要得到2月24日的最后批准,并取决于3月18日之前各城市接受条件。 The plan, backed 14-1 by DART officials, requires final approval by Feb. 24 and hinges on cities accepting terms before March 18. Plano, Irving, 和其他人可以取消 退出投票 如果交易维持不变。 Plano, Irving, and others may cancel withdrawal votes if the deal holds. DART警告退出投票可能会引发即时削减服务。 DART warns exit votes could trigger immediate service cuts.