Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Forging Ahead || Powered by People Dallas Area Rapid Transit 2006 ANNUAL REPORT

• FY 2006 DART Facts at a Glance • Our region's riding on DART • Propelled by a Vision In a historic year when North Texans celebrated the 10th anniversary of one of the nation's youngest and most successful light rail systems, DART and its constituents looked forward more than backward. • Power to the People It's been said that DART runs on "people power." And amid the escalating gas prices of 2006, the agency mounted a pocketbook-oriented campaign to win and retain new customers. • Empowering People Businesses rise and fall on the shoulders of their employees, and during 2006, DART took this human equation to heart as it strived for ever-higher levels of service excellence. • Board of Directors • Going the Extra Mile A Year in Review • Financial and Operating Highlights • Management's Discussion and Analysis & Financials (893KB PDF file opens in a new window) • Current and Future Services Map • Annual Report Credits

FY 2006 DART Facts at a Glance Annual Operating Budget ('06) $323.9 million Total Employees 3,286 Systemwide Ridership 102.9 million passenger trips Total Revenue Miles (Bus & Rail) 33.8 million Service Area 700 square miles 13 cities 2.36 million people Bus Service 673 buses 15 transit centers 2 transfer locations 742 bus shelters 11,961 bus stops 121 routes 1,419 route miles

DART Rail Service (Red/Blue lines) 115 light rail cars 35 stations 45 miles of track Trinity Railway Express (commuter rail service) 13 rail diesel cars 6 locomotives 10 coaches 7 bi-level cab cars 10 stations 34 miles of track Paratransit 99 lift-equipped vans; 76 sedans High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes 31 freeway miles 36.1 million passenger trips Customer Service Calls 2.7 million

(FY 2006 DART Facts at a Glance - PDF Format)

Our region's riding on DART

Truly great cities are more than just big population centers; they have safe neighborhoods, quality jobs and services, rich cultural attractions, plentiful parks, excellent schools and well-planned infrastructure. Most of all, they have efficient public transit systems.

With an explosive growth forecast through 2030, Dallas/Fort Worth - now the nation's fourth largest metro and fifth most popular business mecca - has reached a turning point. We can sit back and allow our auto-centric ways to further congest our highways and choke the air of anticipation out of the future. Or, we can move thoughtfully and quickly to prepare our region to make a grand and graceful entrance onto tomorrow's world stage.

Transit and urban planning experts alike know DFW's future is riding on DART. That's why the Federal Transit Administration last year chose our agency to receive the second largest full funding grant agreement for rail expansion in the country. And it didn't hurt to have a successful 10-year track record, $3.3 billion in transit-oriented development, and a new movement to allow more cities to join our ranks.

By 2013, our new Green and Orange lines will double the DART Rail System and combine with bus, high occupancy vehicle lane, and intelligent transportation systems to make it easier and faster for more people to get more places.

When you think about it, people-power actually created DART and brought us this far. Now we're counting on it to take us the rest of the way.

Fiscal Year 2006 Board of Directors Mark C. Enoch Chairman (Farmers Branch, Garland, Rowlett) Joyce Foreman Vice Chairman (Dallas) Angie Chen Button Secretary (Garland) Lynn Flint Shaw Assistant Secretary (Dallas) Terri A.G. Adkisson (Dallas) Jerry Allen (Dallas) Scott Carlson (Dallas) Randall Chrisman (Carrollton, Irving) John Carter Danish (Irving) Huelon A. Harrison (Dallas) Beatrice Martinez (Dallas) Raymond Noah (Addison, Highland Park, Richardson, University Park) Robert W. Pope (Plano) William Velasco, II (Dallas) Faye Wilkins (Dallas, Plano, Glenn Heights, Cockrell Hill)

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Propelled by a Vision