Less Than Two Months In — And Look Where We Are
A year-end progress check from Keep DART in Plano
Less than two months ago, Keep DART in Plano was an idea, a few messages, and a lot of “are we really doing this?”
Now? It’s a movement that’s gaining traction.
📰We’re Being Talked About (Beyond Plano)
In under two months, this conversation moved well outside City Hall:
We were mentioned in D Magazine, bringing Plano’s transit debate to a broader North Texas audience
Substack writers began using Plano as a case study in transit governance, funding, and public process
📱We Just Started TikTok… and Wow
We launched our TikTok this week, with one of our first videos passing 40,000 views
Thousands of people are now seeing — and sharing — information about Plano transit, accountability, and process
People want clear, accessible explanations — and they’re not finding them through traditional channels. Short-form video helped turn a complicated civic issue into something human and understandable.
💻Transparency Didn’t Exist — So We Built It
In less than two months, we’ve:
Filed and tracked multiple public records requests
Organized agendas, timelines, and documents into digestible summaries
Compared public statements with documented actions
Shared what we found so residents didn’t have to dig through PDFs
Transparency doesn’t happen by default. It happens because people insist on it.
When Residents Said: “Please Don’t Do This Quietly.”
One of the most meaningful moments this month was when a group of residents sent a certified letter asking the City of Plano not to conduct transit dealings privately.
At the same time, we’ve repeatedly asked whether the residents most impacted by potential service changes are being directly engaged.
To date, we haven’t received a clear response. So we’ll keep asking.
We Truly Couldn’t Have Done This Without…
This work has been community-powered from day one.
💸Our Donors
You helped fund records requests, printing, tools, and community rides. Grassroots advocacy only works when people believe in it. Thank you. If you’d like to help financially, visit our Giving page.
📊DATA
Huge thanks to Dallas Area Transit Alliance for keeping facts front and center — adding regional context, reality-checking numbers, and helping turn complexity into clarity.
🚉 Transit Alliance of Plano
Thank you to Transit Alliance of Plano for being early, consistent, and rider-focused voices who showed that advocacy can be constructive and firm.
💬 Our Friends on the CCCC
To those who served on the Collin County Connects Committee — you asked hard questions, documented concerns, and brought facts into rooms that needed them. That work mattered.
🏢City of Plano Staff
We also want to acknowledge City of Plano staff for being willing to engage. Even when we disagreed or answers were incomplete, engagement still happened — and that matters.
🧑🤝🧑The Residents Who Showed Up
Riders. Seniors. Workers. Students.
Those who emailed, spoke at council, filed records, sent certified letters, and asked tough questions.
You reminded everyone that democracy isn’t passive.
🗳️Eyes on the Vote — And Beyond
Between now and Election Day, we’ll keep:
Sharing information
Encouraging civic participation
Showing up to Council
We’ll also give Plano’s new transit option a fair, good-faith try once it launches — because outcomes matter.
But our work does not end with the election.
We’re already planning what comes next:
Holding Plano to its public commitments
Measuring promises against reality
Strengthening relationships — including with DART
Keeping riders at the center, no matter the outcome
🎄 One Last Holiday Nugget
We hope you’re all able to take the Silver Line to the airport soon — suitcase rolling, stress low, holiday playlist on.
Friendly reminder:
🎅 Dallas Area Rapid Transit service hours are limited on holidays, so check schedules
🥳 Rides are FREE on New Year’s Eve night for the first 10,500 riders who redeem code COORSNYE25 in GoPass, making it easier to celebrate responsibly and get home safely
Thank you for riding with us, learning with us, and building this together.
