IMPROVING MOBILITY ACROSS DFW
UT Dallas Station A 1,205
The 26-mile Dallas Area Rapid Transit Silver Line rail project will span the cities of Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and Plano. Silver Line Rail 15TH ST.
Located in a major student housing area
Estimated daily riders by 2040
14TH ST.
Connects to DART bus lines and walking trails
D
The University of Texas at Dallas Station
PLANO
A
E
K AVE.
CITY LINE BLVD.
RENDERINGS COURTESY DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT
B
US 75 bridge
WYNDHAM LN.
C
US 75 bridge B
PGBT TOLL
Cityline/ Bush Station 12th Street Station Shiloh Road Station
A
C
RENNER RD.
Construction is planned to begin this summer. This will allow the Silver Line to cross over US 75 between CityLine Drive and Renner Road. The bridge will be constructed at night to reduce disruptions to tra c.
B
SYNERGY PARK BLVD.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
D
75
E
WATERVIEW PKWY.
RICHARDSON
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M
R D
The Silver Line’s estimated travel time to each station.
Travel time
Cityline/Bush Station C
Surrounded by apartments and dining options 1,240 Estimated daily riders by 2040
Nearly 1,200 parking spaces around the station Connects to DART Red Line, Orange Line and buses
A
44 minutes to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
7 minutes
C
4 minutes
D
5 minutes
E
Silver Lineproject toaddnew mobilityoptions for Richardson
west end of the 26-mile line will end at DFW Airport Terminal B, and the east end will stop in Plano. DARTwill build 10 new stations with two in Richardson. The CityLine/Bush Station will be located at 1300 E. President George Bush Turnpike and will be connected to the Red Line station there. CityLine is Richardson’s 186-acre mixed-use development, home to a variety of apartments, restaurants, retail centers and corporate campuses. The other Richardson stop will be The University of Texas at Dallas Station, located at 3416 Waterview Parkway. Both stations should be com- pleted later this year, Shattles said. Added bene ts With the new stations, a bridge is being built to facilitate the line cross- ing US 75 just south of the President
George Bush Turnpike. Chris Tarango, a DART community engagement rep- resentative, said during the agency’s Feb. 9 meeting that the bridge will include an arch design to highlight the corridor as a gateway. “It is going to be a very nice feature that will really serve as a monument for the city,” Tarango said. DART o cials said construction over the highway should start this summer and will be done at night to avoid a ecting tra c. Richardson Deputy City Manager Don Magner said the new stations will improve mobility for residents while being an important tool for development. “The connection it provides to DFW Airport will be essential in our eco- nomic development strategy,” Magner said. “We continue to try to grow the international business presence here.”
BY ERICK PIRAYESH
Richardson. The Silver Line is mostly paid for through a $908 million fed- eral loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation and some capital nancing programs by DART. The project was originally planned to be complete this year, but DART announced last summer it would be delayed until late 2024. Complications from the COVID-19 pandemic and issues in acquiring land were cited as factors by DART. “The biggest concern we had was [COVID-19],” DART spokesperson Gor- don Shattles said. The line follows the route of the old Cotton Belt Railroad freight line. The
As North Texas tra c continues to become more congested, regional transportation leaders look to projects such as Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Sil- ver Line as the future of transportation across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Silver Line is a $1.89 billion commuter rail line being built by DART that will connect Richardson travelers to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with an estimated travel time of 51 minutes or less, according to g- ures released by the transit agency. DART is funded by a $0.01 sales tax from the 13 Dallas-area cities that make up its service area, including
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