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Citizens of 15 area cities had voted to levy a 1% sales tax to join the system by the time it began transit services in 1984 (though the formal acquisition of the Dallas Transit System wouldn't be complete until 1988). [6] [7] In 1985, member cities Carrollton and Farmers Branch held elections to pull out of DART, though the measures failed.
It is owned and operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). The system opened June 14, 1996 and serves 65 stations and four lines, covering 93 miles (149.7 km): the Blue Line, the Red Line, the Green Line, and the Orange Line. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 21,380,900, or about 63,200 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is the Dallas area public transportation authority, providing bus and rail service. DART began operating the first light rail system in the Southwest United States in 1996 and continues to expand its coverage. Currently, four light rail lines are in service.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit operates numerous bus routes across 13 cities in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with varying levels of frequency, including express and shuttle services. In 2023, the service had a ridership of 28,202,400, or about 94,000 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
System Transit agency City/area served Annual ridership 2023 [1] Avg. ridership weekdays, Q3 2024 [2] System length Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q3 2024 Opened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway: NYCTA [note 1] New York City: 2,027,286,000 5,955,000 248 mi (399 km) [3] 24,012 1904 [4] 472 [4] 26 [4] 2 Washington Metro: WMATA: Washington ...
First mooted in the 1960s, the construction of a modern mass transit system became vital as Delhi’s population doubled between 1981 and 1998, creating intolerable congestion and air pollution.
In 1976 Vought was awarded a $7 million contract by the Urban Mass Transit Administration to study modifications needed to produce a version of Airtrans suitable for mass transit applications. Changes were aimed primarily at increasing the speed from 17 to 30 mph, along with changes to reduce capital costs of implementing systems.
DART's 2030 Transit System Plan, approved in October 2006, calls for the Blue Line to be extended south beyond Ledbetter to the University of North Texas at Dallas, as well as a branch along Bonnie View road to Interstate 20 and the SouthPort Intermodal Terminal.