Light Rail Transit in Texas

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