Summer of soccer From the cover
Added transit capacity for the World Cup
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Grapevine Main Station to Airport
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The North Central Texas Council of Governments, through its role as the metropolitan planning organization for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, plans for more than 8.5 million travelers each day. That number could reach up to 10 million a day with an in ux of visitors for the FIFA World Cup, which will play nine games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, known as Dallas Stadium for the event, between June 14 and July 24. “Transit is the backbone of this particular plan because of the magnitude of international guests we are going to have and the propensity of transit in their home country,” said Michael Morris, director of transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. NCTCOG, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Trinity Metro, the Texas Department of Transportation, Trinity Railway Express, and the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington will work to move fans. “Any major sporting event requires months of collaboration with partners across multiple sectors, including transportation,” said Monica Paul, president of the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee.
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Dynamic charter service: Additional bus capacity will get fans to matches if trains get full. Reversible managed lanes: O cials will use express lanes, which can handle eastbound or westbound tra c, to add local road capacity for getting buses to and from matches on game days. After matches, these lanes will help facilitate tra c out of Arlington toward Dallas.
SOURCES: NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, TRINITY METRO COMMUNITY IMPACT
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hospitality for our international and national guests,” said Mohamed Charkas, executive vice president of chief infrastructure and development for DFW Airport. Charkas said the airport hopes to debut nine new gates in Terminal C, a $3 billion project, as early as May 20.
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is working on numerous projects as part of the $9 billion DFW Forward project. That includes a new Terminal F, expansions to terminals A and C, and a renovation of the Rental Car Center. “DFW is not the host, but we are the vessel that brings people in, shows them the North Texas
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SOURCE: DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMMUNITY IMPACT
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