From the article: Texas Cities Want Millennials Living Downtown; So Why Does The State Keep Building Highways To The Suburbs?
Since the Dallas North Tollway has expanded farther north into Collin County, once sleepy farm towns have ballooned in population and turned into suburbs that draw major employers. Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas TribuneDallas-North-Tollway
As young, educated professionals push away old ideas about how to move around Texas cities, transportation planners’ vision for the future is still largely influenced by the past.