The Dallas region is the latest to update its transit system on a high-frequency grid with on-demand transit service to fill in the gaps.
Alanna Quillen and Ken Kalthoff report for NBC DFW that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) on January 24 launched a complete system redesign, dubbed DARTzoom.
According to Quillen and Kalthoff, the DARTzoom redesign affects transit service in all 13 DART cities in the Dallas region. "Many bus stops changed locations or closed and some routes were eliminated," according to the article. DART officials are suggesting that riders use the newly expanded GoLink to fill gaps in the new system with on-demand transit service.
The DART website provides a comprehensive list of service changes.
For more news on the DARTzoom plan, an article by Alex Cruz for WFAA from September 2021, when DART announced the redesign, focuses more on the desired benefits of the redesign, including more direct bus routes and fewer stops—another example of the high frequency grid approach to transit system planning that has gained popularity in recent years.
"Through the new plan, DART officials said 74% of service area residents will have access to bus services within walking distance, which is a 6% increase from the current design," reports Criz in September. DART officials also touted the DARTzoom's increased access to jobs. "The DARTzoom Bus Network Redesign will increase the number of jobs that an average resident of the DART service area can reach in one hour by 34% compared to the existing bus network," according to a statement from DART officials included in Cruz's article.
Yet another article, this one by William C. Wadsack for Community Impact published in January, focuses on the DARTzoom changes planned for the city of Plano.
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