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Your Cost of Driving vs. Riding DART

DART Bus and DART Rail at Walnut Hill Station

Do your share for cleaner air.

Since an estimated 55 percent of air pollution in North Texas is caused by emissions from vehicles such as cars and trucks, the most important thing any North Texan can do to improve air quality is to drive less. (View more air quality resource links)

Riding DART can save you money and help you do your share for cleaner air.

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* Estimate provided by the AAA publication, Your Driving Costs, updated by AAA every spring. In coming up with the estimate of 58.5 cents above, AAA figures in average fuel, routine maintenance, tires, insurance, license and registration, loan finance charges and depreciation costs for an automobile that is driven 15,000 miles per year. Excludes loan payment. Fuel prices are based on late-2010 national average gas price of $2.880 per gallon. This estimate is provided by AAA.

Your estimated monthly cost of driving calculation does not include the average fuel price of $2.880 per gallon provided by AAA in order to allow for a current gas price calculation to be performed.
[58.5¢ - 12.34¢ = 46.16¢. For the purposes of this estimate, number used for adjusted average cost per-mile is 46¢. Please see page 6-7 of 2011 Your Driving Costs PDF for more information about the AAA estimate.]

AAA has been conducting this annual analysis since 1950. That year, driving a car 10,000 miles annually cost 9 cents a mile, and gasoline sold for 27 cents per gallon.

• A $65 Local Monthly Pass or a $650 Local Annual Pass includes local buses, DART Rail and FLEX service along local service route.

• A $100 System Monthly Pass or a $1,000 System Annual Pass includes local and express buses, DART Rail, DART On-Call and FLEX service plus service on the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station.

• A $120 Regional Monthly Pass or a $1,200 Regional Annual Pass includes local and express buses, DART Rail, DART On-Call and FLEX service, all TRE service plus The T buses in Fort Worth and DCTA buses in Denton County.

Find out how to get your monthly or annual pass today! Participating employers get discounted rates for their employees with DART's Corporate Pass Programs.

Additional DART Information:
» Bicycle Commuter Information
» Purchase DART Monthly Passes Online
» DART Pass Outlet Locations

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Air Quality Resource Links:
» Air North Texas
Go Green, Breathe Clean. A Campaign for Clean Air.
» Try Parking It
» Working for Clean Air™

Best Workplaces for Commuters
» Drive Clean Across Texas
» AirCheck Texas
» North Central Texas Council of Governments Air Quality Information
» Carbon Calculator (Link courtesy of TerraPass. DART is not affliated with this organization.)

It's up to each of us to take responsibility for the air we breathe.
On Thursday, July 7, 2011, North Texans joined together in committing to each do at least one thing that will enable us to breathe cleaner air.

Sustain Momentum From 7.7 - Continue Choosing Clean Air

Hopefully 7.7 is just the start. Increasing the number and frequency of clean air choices each of us incorporates in day-to-day activities will ensure continued air quality improvement.

To sustain momentum: