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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.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [a] is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties. Its historically dominant core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. [5]
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.
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 ...
New Jersey Transit is the mass transit agency that has recovered best from the pandemic, ... The largest system in the U.S., the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, in the New York City ...
The Silver Line, also known as the Cotton Belt Rail Line, is an under construction 26-mile (42 km) hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line traversing Tarrant, Dallas, and Collin counties and in the U.S. state of Texas operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).