Editing Garland, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
The city of Garland has a lower than average percentage of households without a car. In 2015, 4.6 percent of Garland households lacked a car, and that figure was virtually unchanged in 2016 (4.4 percent). The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Garland averaged 2.04 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map|journal=Governing|date=December 9, 2014|url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref> According to the American Community Survey for 2016 (five-year average), 78.8 percent of Garland residents commuted by driving alone, 13.1 carpooled, 2.5 used public transportation, and .9 percent walked. About 1.3 percent of Garland residents commuted to work by bicycle, taxi, motorcycle, or some other means, while 3.5 percent worked out of the home.<ref>{{cite web |publisher= Census Reporter |access-date= May 4, 2018 |title= Means of Transportation to Work by Age |url= https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US4819000,160%7C31000US19100&primary_geo_id=16000US4819000 }}</ref>

====Major highways====
* [[File:I-30 (TX).svg|20px]] '''[[Interstate 30 in Texas|Interstate 30]]''' is a major east–west interstate that runs through the south side of Garland. I-30 connects with [[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]] and [[Dallas]] to the west and [[Rockwall, Texas|Rockwall]] to the east.
* [[File:I-635 (TX).svg|25px]] '''[[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Interstate 635]] ([[Lyndon B. Johnson]] Freeway)''' is an [[List of auxiliary Interstate Highways|auxiliary interstate]] serving as a partial loop around Dallas and its suburbs. The interstate runs along the southwest section of Garland and serves as a border between Dallas and Garland. I-635 connects Garland with major freeways (such as [[North Central Expressway]] and [[Interstate 35E in Texas|Stemmons Freeway]]) and [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]].
* [[File:Texas 66.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 66]]''' is an east–west highway that terminates at a junction with Highway 78 in downtown Garland. East of downtown the highway connects with [[Rowlett, Texas|Rowlett]] and Rockwall.
* [[File:Texas 78.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 78]] (Garland Road, Lavon Drive)''' is a north–south highway that bisects the city of Garland and goes through the downtown area. The highway is known as Garland Road south of downtown and Lavon Drive north of downtown. In downtown Garland it transverses as a pair of roads known as Avenue D and 1st Street on the northbound section and Avenue B on the southbound section. Highway 78 connects with [[Sachse, Texas|Sachse]] and [[Wylie, Texas|Wylie]] to the north and [[East Dallas]] to the south.
* [[File:Toll Texas PGBT new.svg|25px]] '''[[President George Bush Turnpike]]''' is a [[toll road]] that serves as a loop around [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]]. George Bush Turnpike runs through the northern parts of Garland. The turnpike connects with [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]] and [[Plano, Texas|Plano]] to the west and Rowlett to the east.
* [[Belt Line Road (Texas)|Belt Line Loop (some parts are named as First Street and Broadway Blvd)]] serves as an outer loop around the Dallas suburbs.

====Trains====

A [[Kansas City Southern Railway|Kansas City Southern]] track runs parallel to [[Texas State Highway 78|State Highway 78]] (Garland Road and Lavon Drive), coming out of Dallas and heading all the way through the other side of Garland towards [[Wylie, Texas|Wylie]]. There is also a [[Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad]] line serving industries around the city.

=====Light rail=====
* '''[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit|DART]]: [[Blue Line (DART)|Blue Line]]'''
** [[Forest/Jupiter station]]
** [[Downtown Garland station]]

====Air====
The city of Garland owns the [[Garland/DFW Heloplex]].<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=T57|use=PU|own=PU|site=23925.*H}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective March 3, 2015.</ref> The facility was the first municipal [[heliport]] in Texas when it opened in November 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last=Richter |first=Marice |date=December 10, 1989 |title=Garland awaits day heliport will take off |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:DMNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0ED3D0BA45E3FE66&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1000BC63AFF86032 |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |location=[[Dallas, Texas]] |access-date=March 18, 2015 }}</ref> Located at 2559 S. Jupiter Road, the heliport is operated by SKY Helicopters Inc.,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.skyhelicopters.com/SKY/Facilities.html |title= SKY Helicopters - Facilities |publisher= SKY Helicopters |access-date= March 18, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150412001707/http://www.skyhelicopters.com/SKY/Facilities.html |archive-date= April 12, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref> which was initially awarded a lease of the facility in January 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boehm |first=Rachel |date=January 7, 1993 |title=Garland approves lease for heliport - Carrollton firm signs 5-year deal |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:DMNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0ED3D35DA2C642CB&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1000BC63AFF86032 |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |location=[[Dallas, Texas]] |access-date=March 18, 2015 }}</ref>

===Utilities===
The city of Garland operates the city's water system and waste services. Electricity for about 85% of Garland is provided by the city's municipal utility, Garland Power and Light (GP&L). Electricity for the other 15% was formerly provided by [[Energy Future Holdings|TXU]], but is now supplied by multiple companies after [[deregulation of the Texas electricity market]].

====Water and wastewater utilities====

Garland is an original member city of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD).  The vision of the city fathers in the early 1940s resulted in Garland and its companion member cities benefitting from reliable, high quality, affordable water from the water district's many reservoirs.

The effluent from Garland's wastewater treatment plant flows through a NTMWD man-made, {{convert|1840|acre|km2|adj=on}} wetland.  This provides a natural habitat for a wide variety of birds and reduces the sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus contents of the water to a drinkable level. Through the use of selected aquatic plants, this environmentally friendly project will provide millions of gallons of reusable water and reduce the environmental impact.

====Garland Power and Light====
[[File:GarlandPowerandLightLogo.png|thumb|Garland Power and Light logo]]

GP&L was founded in 1923 to provide Garland residents not-for-profit [[public utility]] services, locally controlled by its citizens. GP&L provides services to over 69,000 customers, making it the fourth-largest municipal utility in Texas and the 41st-largest in the nation.
It has two gas-fired generating plants, which combined have 640 megawatts of generation capacity.  Garland also partners with the Texas Municipal Power Agency, which operates the 462-megawatt coal-fired Gibbons Creek Power Plant. Garland's electric distribution system has {{convert|1007|mi|km|abbr=on}} of overhead lines and {{convert|1000|mi|km|abbr=on}} of underground lines. Its transmission system consists of 23 substations and {{convert|133|mi|km|abbr=on}} of transmission lines. Garland's peak load for 2007 was 483 megawatts, with annual operating revenues of nearly $238 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garlandpower-light.org/aboutus.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731173428/http://www.garlandpower-light.org/aboutus.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2012|title=Welcome To Garland Power & Light|work=garlandpower-light.org|access-date=May 4, 2015}}</ref>