Dallas (DART) Light Rail Expansion:
Transit Use Declines (Passenger Miles)

PASSENGER BOARDINGS      
  Last Full Year Before Rail Expansion Latest Year Data Available Change: 2001 to Latest Year  
  2001 2005   % Change
Light Rail 11,809 17,596 5,787 49.0%
Bus 46,575 41,134 (5,441) -11.7%
         
Total 58,384 58,730 346 0.6%
Boardings x 1,000        
         
Data from American Public Transportation Association  
         
PASSENGER MILES        
  Last Full Year Before Rail Expansion Latest Year Data Available    
  2001 2004 Change: 2001 to Latest Year % Change
Light Rail 61,072 122,621 61,549 100.8%
Bus 317,209 218,457 (98,752) -31.1%
         
Total 378,281 341,078 (37,203) -9.8%
         
Passenger miles x 1,000      
Data from Federal Transit Administration    
         
Note: Light Rail routes increased from 20 to 44 miles in 2002.  
         
Note: From 2001 to 2003, roadway use increased 3.1 percent in the Dallas-Fort Worth urban area

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