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| Dallas Apartment Locator Services : Dallas Apartments |  | Contents | |
| Transportation |
| Airports |
| Dallas is served by two commercial airports: Dallas/Fort
Worth International Airport (known as DFW International) and
Dallas Love Field. In addition, Dallas Executive Airport (formerly
Redbird Airport), is a general aviation airport located within
the city limits, and Addison Airport is another general aviation
airport located just outside the city limits in the suburb of
Addison. Two more general aviation airports are located in the
outer suburb of McKinney, and on the west side of the Metroplex,
two general aviation airports are located in Fort Worth. |
| DFW International Airport is located in the suburbs
north of and equidistant to downtown Fort Worth and downtown
Dallas. In terms of size, DFW is the largest airport in the
state, the second largest in the United States, and third largest
in the world. In terms of traffic, DFW is the busiest in the
state, fourth busiest in the United States, and sixth busiest
in the world. DFW is also home base to American Airlines, the
world's largest airline. |
| Love Field is located within the city limits of
Dallas, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of downtown, and is headquarters
to Southwest Airlines. Under the Federal "Wright Amendment"
and "Shelby Amendment" laws, no large jet air service
is allowed from Dallas Love Field to any point beyond Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Mississippi,
and Alabama. As such, Southwest and Continental Express are
the only major airlines flying out of that airport. Ongoing
efforts to relax or abandon these restrictions have not succeeded
so far. (See Love Field Airport for a history of the Wright
Amendment.) |
| Trains and Buses |
| Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is the Dallas
area public transportation company, providing buses, rail, and
HOV lanes. DART began operating the first light rail system
in Texas (and the Southwest United States) in 1996 and continues
to expand its coverage. Currently, two light rail lines are
in service. The red line goes through Oak Cliff, Downtown, Uptown,
North Dallas, Richardson, and Plano. The blue line goes through
South Dallas, Downtown, Uptown, North Dallas, and Garland. The
red and blue lines are conjoined in between 8th & Corinth
Station (In Oak Cliff) and Mockingbird Station (in North Dallas.)
The two lines service Cityplace Station, the only subway station
in the Southwest United States. Two more lines will be in service
by the end of the decade bringing the light rail transit mileage
to at least 93, the orange and purple. This will connect southeast
Dallas to far north Carrollton and LBJ Freeway to DFW Int'l
Airport; both via Dallas Love Field. The Yellow line will meet
Denton County's future commuter rail system. Further ambitions
include expanding the commuter rail network in the region to
over 250 miles; expanding the DART light rail network to over
150 miles with a downtown subway included; expanding the M-Line
streetcar; starting a modern streetcar line in Fort Worth; utilizing
the elevated Las Colinas Automated Personal Transit system with
DART rail connections. The DART light rail system remained the
only light rail system in Texas until Houston opened its starter
light rail system (one line running less than 10 miles) in 2004.
Fort Worth's smaller public transit system connects with Dallas'
via a commuter rail line (The TRE) connecting downtown Dallas
(Union Station) with downtown Fort Worth (Intermodal Transit
Center) and several points in between. The system of light rail
transit, especially through downtown, has skyrocketed land values
and has sparked a residential living boom in Downtown. Although
the system is increasingly popular, most people in the Metroplex
still choose to drive their vehicles rather than take public
transportation.
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Passengers at White Rock Station on DART's Blue Line. |
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Passengers at Union Station |
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