Lewisville - Flower Mound - Highland Village | May 2022

TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES Denton County TransportationAuthority seeks public feedback on fares, transportation services

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ONGOING PROJECTS

SCENIC DR.

N. CLEARWATER DR.

The Denton County Transportation Authority is updating its fare and service model. The change comes to better meet transportation needs of the public and encourage multimodal trips in Denton County, according to a DCTA news release. DCTA public transit serves High- land Village, Lewisville and Denton. The goals of the updates are to redesign the xed bus routes to better serve riders and congure the GoZone ridesharing service to better integrate with xed routes, according to the release. Fare models will also be assessed, including a at fare, a distance-based fare and a hybrid fare, according to the release. Transportation authority ocials hosted a series of public meetings to collect feedback, according to the release. Feedback will also be taken

CURRENT STEP PLANNING PHASES AND BACKGROUNDMILESTONES The Denton County Transportation Authority is getting public feedback to best serve the area’s transportation needs. It falls into the authority’s long-term planning. Initial rideshare on-demand service phase Past GoZone public involvement GoZone on-demand service launch Public involvement for fare and service mode proposals Service board adoption Approved fare and service mode launch SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

HIGHLAND VILLAGE RD.

Highland Village street project continues The Highland Village 2018 Bond Streets Improvement Project Phase 4 is under construction, according to a city report. The constructor has been working on Scenic and North Clearwater drives. It has completed most of the concrete work and prepped the road base for paving. Timeline: completion by fall 2022

online at https://dctafeedback.net and by survey. Public feedback ends June 10. The public feedback comes as the DCTA works its way through its planning phases and background milestones. These phases include initial ride-hailing on-demand service, past

GoZone public involvement, GoZone on-demand service launch, and the current public involvement for fare and service model proposals phase. DCTA launched GoZone in 2021. Two more phases are slated to happen later this year: service board adoption and approved fare and service model launch.

Cost: $7.15 million total bond Funding source: 2018 bond

ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MAY 6. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT LFHNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.

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