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Title: Light Rail Transit in Texas


1
Briefing for State Representative Jim
Pitts Chair, House Appropriations Committee
July 28, 2010
2
DART Member Cities
Plano
Addison
Carrollton
Farmers Branch
Richardson
Rowlett
Garland
University Park
Irving
Highland Park
Dallas
Cockrell Hill
Glenn Heights
3
Monthly Riders
May 2010
1,431,960
4,352,750
3,144,059
72,000
177,021
63,514
4
DART Rail
5
Green Line
  • 28-mile, 1.8 billion dollar light rail project
    largest in North America
  • 2,200 construction-related jobs created due to
    Green Line build-out
  • Will provide access to employment centers along
    Stemmons Corridor, Dallas Market Center,
    Southwestern Medical District Parkland
    Hospital, and Dallas Love Field Airport
  • Revenue service will begin Dec. 6, 2010

Rail Build-out
6
Orange Line
  • 14-mile light rail project
  • Phase I, from the Green Lines Bachman Station
    to Las Colinas Urban Center, opens mid-2012
  • Phase II, to Belt Line Road, opens for revenue
    service December 2012
  • Phase III, to Terminal A of DFW Airport pending
    additional funding sources

Rail Build-out
7
Bachman Station Green Line/Orange Line (July
2010)
8
Orange Line Curving East To Green Line (April
2010)
9
Blue Line Extension
  • 4.5 mile Blue Line extension from Downtown
    Garland Station to Downtown Rowlett
  • On schedule for a December 2012 opening

Rail Build-out
10
Economic Impact of DART Rail Build-out
  • Green Line Construction
  • Generating 1.5B in Regional Economic Activity

Rail Build-out
  • Orange Line Construction
  • Generating 2B in Regional Economic Activity
  • Blue Line Extension Construction
  • Generating 500M in Regional Economic Activity

Total Regional Economic Impact of Current
DART Rail Build-out (Green, Orange Blue Lines)
4B
Source Dr. Terry Clower Dr. Bernard
Weinstein, University of North Texas, June 2009
study
11
8 Billion in Existing and Future
Transit-Oriented Development
Downtown Plano
Galatyn
Victory
Mockingbird
Cedars
12
Convention Center Station
Las Colinas Station
Future Multi-Modal Station
13
DART Light Rail Expansion Program Recently
Designated as a Project of Excellence by the
U.S. Office of Management Budget
Rail Build-out
14
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15
DFW Connection - Phased Approach
Future LRT Phase
Terminal A
Terminal B
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