The biggest North Texas city yet to consider pulling out of Dallas Area Rapid Transit has taken the next step toward doing so.

Plano joins Farmers Branch and Highland Park in voting to move forward with a special election next May, letting voters decide whether to keep or drop the transit system it's been a part of for more than four decades.

More than 100 North Texans showed up to Wednesday night's meeting to address the Plano City Council.

For some, using DART saves a lot of money on their daily commute to and from work; for others, like the disabled, it's their only mode of transportation.

"I'm terrified of what's going to happen if you vote me out. And that's what it amounts to... obviously, I'm not the only one," one Plano resident said. "I've been trying to hold my tears back

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