Title: Light Rail Transit in Texas
1Briefing for State Representative Jim
Pitts Chair, House Appropriations Committee
July 28, 2010
2DART Member Cities
Plano
Addison
Carrollton
Farmers Branch
Richardson
Rowlett
Garland
University Park
Irving
Highland Park
Dallas
Cockrell Hill
Glenn Heights
3Monthly Riders
May 2010
1,431,960
4,352,750
3,144,059
72,000
177,021
63,514
4DART Rail
5Green 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
6Orange 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
7Bachman Station Green Line/Orange Line (July
2010)
8Orange Line Curving East To Green Line (April
2010)
9Blue 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
10Economic 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
118 Billion in Existing and Future
Transit-Oriented Development
Downtown Plano
Galatyn
Victory
Mockingbird
Cedars
12Convention 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
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15DFW Connection - Phased Approach
Future LRT Phase
Terminal A
Terminal B