CONNECTIVITY | TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY Major Transportation Highway Transportation Construction

construction | Infrastructure Projects projects DENTON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE Dallas-Fort Worth’s vast transportation McKINNEY infrastructure connects residents and The transportation sector is essential to Texas’ future. businesses. The freeway system provides easily ALLEN accessible corridors to employment centers FRISCO The movement of goods and people in an efficient and personal trip destinations for residents. PLANO LEWISVILLE Mass transit options, including the Dallas Area manner ensures the economy WYLIE remains competitive and Rapid Transit (DART) system, the Fort Worth T, FLOWER MOUND economically prosperous. Trinity Railway Express (TRE), the Denton County CARROLTON GRAPEVINE RICHARDSON GARLAND North Texas continues to Transit Authority’s (DCTA) A Train, and the newly ROWLETT launched intermodal TEXRail offer convenient experience tremendous alternatives for getting around the region. population growth, which BEDFORD EULESS IRVING DFW’s robust interstate infrastructure Dallas places increased demand on includes critical segments along the USMCA the region’s transportation Alliance Airport corridor, linking Mexico to Canada and to East Fort Worth infrastructure. Billions of MESQUITE dollars are being invested and West Coast destinations in the U.S. This GRAND ARLINGTON PRAIRIE makes it an important intermodal center for the to maintain existing distribution of air, rail, and truck freight. The Commercial Airports infrastructure, prevent nation’s two largest railroads, Fort Worth–based congestion, and ensure Dallas Fort Worth Dallas Love Field Alliance Airport LANCASTER mobility and safety by Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific, DESOTO CEDAR International Airport (DAL) (AFW) HILL relieving chokepoints and have major operation nodes in the region MANSFIELD (DFW) Number of runways: 2 Number of runways: 2 offering business-efficient access to other key expanding critical corridors. Number of runways: 7 Lengths of runways (feet): Lengths of runways (feet): ports and distribution centers across the United Dozens of projects are Lengths of runways (feet): 7,752; 8,800 11,000; 11,010 currently underway, with States and into Mexico. 8,500; 9,000; 9,300; 2020 Total operations: 2020 Total operations: many more planned for the Also, DFW offers many options for regional 11,400 (3); 13,400 170,162 62,368 future. and international air travel, including Dallas 2020 Total operations: 2019 Total operations: 2019 Total operations: Fort Worth International Airport (the 4th busiest 514,702 231,879 127,332 airport in the world), the workhorse Dallas Love 2019 Total operations: Field, and the first major U.S. industrial airport, 720,007 Source: Air Traffic Activity Data System (ATADS), Federal Aviation Administration Alliance.

1 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Construction underway or begins soon 8 Construction begins within 4 years 5 2 Dallas Love Field CURRENT EXPRESS/HOV Airports Construction begins in 5-10 years & NEW MANAGED LANES 3 Fort Worth Alliance Airport Corridor studies, construction in 10+ years Current express/ 4 Addison Airport HOV lanes 5 McKinney National Airport New TEXpress managed lanes 15 6 Dallas Executive Airport Transitional 7 Fort Worth Meacham International high-occupancy 3 vehicle lane 4 8 Denton Enterprise CurrentMajor Express/HOV roadways

HUNT & New Managed Lanes 9 9 Ralph M Hall/Rockwall Municipal WISE COLLIN DENTON The DFW region has the most managed 16 10 NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base open 2017 1 lanes of any metro in the U.S. The 11 Fort Worth Spinks area’s regional transportation planning 2 segment 3C open 2015 open 2014 12 Arlington Municipal Transportation of Department Texas Source: opening 2021 agency has created a program to use 7 HOT conversion managed lanes to ensure that critical 17 13 Lancaster Regional Airport open october 2016 10 14 transportation modes, such as buses, 14 Mesquite Metro segment 3B open 2018 fall 2017 ROCKWALL are able to maintain 50-70 mph speeds open 2014

15 Northwest Regional PARKER in order to reliably arrive on-time.

6 Helicopters And Vertical Take-Off segments 3A 12 open 2018 And Landing Aircraft Only: Current express/HOV lanes

segments 1 & 2W open august 2016 New TEXpress managed lanes 18 16 DFW Heloplex/Heliport open 2014 KAUFMAN Transitional HOV lane 13 17 Dallas CBD Vertiport 11 TARRANT DALLAS Major roadways 18 DeSoto Heliport

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