Zooming Toward a New Bus Network Zooming Toward a New Bus Network8 Continued from page 2 DART Current and Future Rail Services System redesign strives Camp Wisdom Station Express bus routes and site-specific Increased frequency is key to ridership- DART has placed information on buses Map Legend shuttles – like the partnerships with area focused bus service because it reduces and trains, and utilized social and digital to increase ridership, NW PLANO Blue Line universities and employers – will have wait times, thus speeding up trips, media, advertising and news coverage to PARK & RIDE protect coverage PLANO only minor adjustments. especially when transfers are involved. distribute information. A series of virtual Red Line PARKER ROAD Roughly half of DART’s customers community meetings will culminate in a To Denton Green Line JACK HATCHELL DOWNTOWN PLANO TRANSIT CTR. Currently, a lot of short feeder routes transfer at least once to complete their public hearing in June. Preside SHILOH nt Orange Line In just eight months, DART expects to G 12TH STREET ROAD take people to a rail station or bus transit journey. Frequency also increases job e sh Turnpike o r Bu implement the work of the DARTzoom: g e Orange Line center. In the new bus network, DART access because it expands the job Based on the comments and feedback Dallas North Tollway CITYLINE/BUSH A New Bus Network project. Unlike NORTH CARROLLTON/FRANKFORD UT DALLAS Weekdays Peak Only will combine many of these short routes opportunities that a person might reach received, staff will update the bus service GALATYN PARK Trinity Railway Express past bus planning that adjusted routes to (No Sunday Service) into longer ones with more crosstown in a reasonable amount of time while plan as needed. The DART Board is TRINITY MILLS serve new rail lines or developments, this CARROLLTON TEXRail (Trinity Metro) functionality, while still getting riders to traveling by DART. scheduled to review and approve the ADDISON KNOLL TRAIL new five-year bus service plan is a RICHARDSON ARAPAHO CENTER transit hubs. final plan in August. A-Train (DCTA) DOWNTOWN CARROLLTON ADDISON complete redesign of the bus network. M-Line Trolley Public input shapes local service mix CYPRESS WATERS TRANSIT CTR. Combined with restored light rail DFW (DALLAS) SPRING VALLEY Inset Map The key characteristic of the new plan is Planning staff, assisted by transit The agency will need the following four To Fort Worth AIRPORT FARMERS Dallas Streetcar NORTH BRANCH frequency, these changes will improve DOWNTOWN improved frequency on more bus routes. planning consultants from Jarrett months to complete the implementation GARLAND Transit Center or FARMERS BRANCH GARLAND Park & Ride service and impact approximately 90% LBJ/CENTRAL DART has proposed increasing the Walker + Associates, presented the activities required to convert the plan DFW DFW DOWNTOWN of our riders. “I can say that 100% of the bus routes will be affected in some way.” ROWLETT number of high-frequency routes – draft bus service plan to the DART into reality by January and educate riders AIRPORT AIRPORT FOREST LANE FOREST/JUPITER – Rob Smith, Interim Vice President of Planning and Development Terminal B Terminal A which have 15-minute peak and Board in March. The public input on the new service plan. ROYAL LANE LBJ/SKILLMAN Downtown Dallas BELT LINE HIDDEN ROWLETT The DART Board of Directors reached ROUTH RIDGE WALNUT LAKE HIGHLANDS M-Line Trolley 20-minute midday frequencies like phase is underway with a mix of DFW WALNUT HILL/DENTON HILL to CityPlace/ a key decision in November 2020 when IRVING CONVENTION Uptown Station CENTER NORTH PEARL light rail – from seven to 22. A larger socially distanced tactics to gather PARK LANE Lake Ray CEDAR SPRINGS OLIVE NORTH LAKE Hubbard MCKINNEY LIVE OAK LAS COLINAS S. GARLAND Victory Station it unanimously adopted a board policy The new five-year bus service plan, which will be implemented in January 2022, is a complete 8 Learn more: COLLEGE TRANSIT CTR. HARWOOD Deep URBAN CENTER ST. PAUL Pearl/Arts percentage of routes will have input from riders. VICTORY Ellum WHITE ROCK ERVAY GOOD LATIMER governing the balance of ridership redesign of the bus network. UNIVERSITY District Station BACHMAN PARK LOVERS Station 30-minute or 40-minute headways. DARTzoom.org UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS LANE FIELD East and coverage. LAMAR Transfer GASTON LOVE FIELD White Rock VIA BUS 524 HIGHLAND LAKE RAY WOODALL RODGERS FWY ROSS FEDERAL Center Lake LOOP 12 BURBANK PARK HUBBARD CONTINENTAL West Akard LIVE OAK (future) INWOOD/LOVE FIELD SMU/MOCKINGBIRD TRANSIT CTR. Transfer Station St. Paul PACIFIC Center Station IRVING West End The policy directed the project team Rob Smith, Interim Vice President of Major route changes ahead SOUTHWESTERN ELM Station CESA Spring Valley Station MEDICAL DISTRICT/ MAIN GOOD LATIMER R to develop a draft final bus network Planning and Development. According to Smith, most of DART’s PARKLAND DALLAS COMMERCE CHAVEZ BLVD. MESQUITE Rosa ParksPlaza To Fort Worth CENTREPORT/ WEST IRVING DOWNTOWN IRVING/ MEDICAL/ MARKET JACKSON CANTON CENTER WOOD with 70%-75% of the service focused regular, local, fixed-route bus service will DFW AIRPORT HERITAGE CROSSING MARKET CENTER W. COMMERCE CITYPLACE/UPTOWN YOUNG HARWOOD FIELD ST. PAUL DEEP ELLUM GRIFFIN MARILLA ERVAY on high-ridership corridors. The The agency’s goal is to restore service to be noticeably different. LAMAR EBJ Union MARKET AKARD PEAR HOUSTON VICTORY ST. PAUL BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Station AKARD remaining 25%-30% of resources is 100% of pre-pandemic levels on both WEST END L FAIR PARK /ARTS DISTRICT EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON MLK, JR. Convention Center Station allocated for services that maximize bus and rail during the January 2022 “I can say that 100% of the bus T r UNION STATION rinity Rive CONVENTION CENTER LAWNVIEW coverage. This hybrid approach will service change. Service levels – which routes will be affected in some way,” CEDARS HATCHER include both fixed bus routes and are defined by the number of operating Smith said. COCKRELL HILL 8TH & CORINTH greatly expanded GoLink service. hours, vehicle miles traveled, and costs DALLAS ZOO LAKE JUNE Future Services associated in providing those services – With the planned changes, more than TYLER/VERNON MORRELL HAMPTON DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY DART’s long-term goal is to develop a will be determined by the funding 74% of service-area residents will live ILLINOIS BUCKNER WESTMORELAND Silver Line (2023) transit system that can grow ridership allocated in DART’s 20-Year Financial within a half-mile of service, versus KIEST PLANNING/DESIGN UNDERWAY over time by making the bus network Plan and associated operating budgets. 68% for the current system. D2 Subway (Inset Map) more useful and reliable, while VA MEDICAL CENTER RED BIRD LEDBETTER maintaining coverage for those who Staff also are creating a second version Customers will see bus routes that serve TRANSIT CTR. need access to public transit because of the bus service plan that includes new destinations, operate more hours, or TRE and TEXRail to Fort Worth CAMP WISDOM they have no other means of even greater frequency and broader have improved frequency. GoLink will transportation available. coverage options. If additional cover new areas and/or replace fixed- UNT DALLAS BELL resources become available within the route service that isn’t performing well. RICHLAND HILLS GLENN HEIGHTS “This mix allows DART to meet its plan’s five-year lifespan, the agency will GLENN HEIGHTS PARK & RIDE FORT WORTH social responsibility while also trying to add service. The key characteristic of the new bus service plan is improved frequency on more bus routes, which reduces wait times and speeds up trips, especially FORT WORTH CENTRAL STATION increase use of the system,” said Continued on Page 4 8 when transfers are involved. FORT WORTH T&P STATION 2 4 5.