ABSTRACT
The Dallas Metroplex includes the city of Dallas (“the Big D”) and the suburbs directly surrounding it. According to the 2000 census, 1,188,580 people live in the city of Dallas and 5,221,801 live in the entire Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Like other Southwestern cities, Dallas has intense urban sprawl; it is challenging to get from one place to another without a car, and the heavy automobile use has caused a pollution crisis. There is a public transportation system, but it is inadequate and frustrates the many poor and workingclass people who rely on it on a daily basis.
