Editing Dallas (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:DART passing Reunion Tower, February 2017.jpg|thumb|[[DART light rail]] passing [[Reunion Tower]] in Downtown Dallas]]
[[File:High Five.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=High Five Interchange in Dallas|The [[Central Expressway (Dallas)|Central Expressway]] and I-635 interchange, commonly known as the [[High Five Interchange]]]]
{{Main|Transportation in Dallas}}

Like many other major cities in the United States, the automobile is the primary mode of local transportation, though efforts have been made to increase the availability of alternative modes of transportation, including the construction of light rail lines, biking and walking paths, wide sidewalks, a trolley system, and buses.

In 2009, 78.5% of Dallas (city) commuters drive to work alone. The 2009 [[modal share|mode share]] for Dallas (city) commuters are 10.7% for carpooling, 3.9% for transit, 1.9% for walking, and .1% for cycling.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yonah Freemark|url=https://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/10/13/transit-mode-share-trends-looking-steady-rail-appears-to-encourage-non-automobile-commutes/|access-date=October 31, 2017|date= October 13, 2010|title=Transit Mode Share Trends Looking Steady; Rail Appears to Encourage Non-Automobile Commutes|website=Transport Politic}}</ref> In 2015, the American Community Survey estimated modal shares for Dallas (city) commuters of 75.4% for driving alone, 12.8% for carpooling, 3.5% for riding transit, 1.9% for walking, and .2% for cycling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|series=American Fact Finder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=October 31, 2017|title=2015 American Community Survey, 1-year estimates: Commuting Characteristics by Sex}}</ref>

The city of Dallas has a higher than average percentage of households without a car. In 2015, 10.2 percent of Dallas households lacked a car, decreased to 9.1 percent in 2016 and to 8.7 percent in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |website=United States Census Bureau |title=B08201 Household size by vehicles available |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B08201?q=Transportation&g=160XX00US4819000}}</ref> The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Dallas averaged 1.59 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>

===Highways===
Dallas is at the confluence of four major [[interstate highway system|interstate highways]]—Interstates [[Interstate 20 in Texas|20]], [[Interstate 30|30]], [[Interstate 35E (Texas)|35E]], and [[Interstate 45|45]]. The Dallas area freeway system is set up in the popular [[Spoke-hub distribution paradigm|hub-and-spoke]] system, shaped much like a wagon wheel. Starting from the center of the city, a small freeway loop surrounds Downtown, followed by the [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|I-635]] loop about {{convert|10|mi|0}} outside Downtown, and ultimately the tolled [[President George Bush Turnpike]].

Inside these freeway loops are other [[boulevard]]- and [[parkway]]-style loops, including [[Texas State Highway Loop 12|Loop 12]] and [[Belt Line Road (Texas)|Belt Line Road]]. Another beltway around the city upwards of {{convert|45|mi|km|0}} from Downtown is under plan in Collin County.

Radiating out of Downtown Dallas's freeway loop are the spokes of the area's highway system—Interstates 30, 35E, and 45, [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|US 75]], [[U.S. Route 77 in Texas|US 77]], [[U.S. Route 175|US 175]], [[Texas State Highway Spur 366|SH Spur 366]], the [[Dallas North Tollway]], [[Texas State Highway 114|SH 114]], [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|US 80]], and [[U.S. Route 67 in Texas|US 67]]. Other major highways around the city include [[Texas State Highway 183|SH 183]] and [[Texas State Highway Spur 408|Spur 408]].

The recently completed interchange at the intersection of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway ([[Interstate 635 (Texas)|I-635]]) and the [[Central Expressway (Dallas)|Central Expressway]] (US 75) has five stacks and is aptly called the [[High Five Interchange]]. It is one of the few five-level interchanges in Dallas and is one of the largest freeway interchanges in the United States.

The following is a list of the freeways and tollways in the Dallas-Fort Worth area:
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[File:I-20 (TX).svg|20px]] '''[[Interstate 20 in Texas|I-20]]'''
* [[File:I-30 (TX).svg|20px]] '''[[Interstate 30|I-30]]'''
* [[File:I-35E (TX).svg|25px]] '''[[Interstate 35E (Texas)|I-35E]]'''
* [[File:I-35W (TX).svg|25px]] '''[[Interstate 35W (Texas)|I-35W]]'''
* [[File:I-45 (TX).svg|20px]] '''[[Interstate 45|I-45]]'''
* [[File:I-635 (TX).svg|25px]] '''[[Interstate 635 (Texas)|I-635]]'''
* [[File:I-820 (TX).svg|25px]] '''[[Interstate 820|I-820]]'''
* [[File:US 67.svg|20px]] '''[[U.S. Route 67 in Texas|US 67]]'''
* [[File:US 75.svg|20px]] '''[[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|US 75]]'''
* [[File:US 77.svg|20px]] '''[[U.S. Route 77 in Texas|US 77]]'''
* [[File:US 80.svg|20px]] '''[[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|US 80]]'''
* [[File:US 175.svg|25px]] '''[[U.S. Route 175|US 175]]'''
* [[File:US 287.svg|25px]] '''[[U.S. Route 287 in Texas|US 287]]'''
* [[File:Texas 114.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 114|SH 114]]'''
* [[File:Texas 121.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 121|SH 121]]'''
* [[File:Texas 161.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 161|SH 161]]'''
* [[File:Texas 183.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 183|SH 183]]'''
* [[File:Texas 190.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 190|SH 190]]'''
* [[File:Texas 360.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway 360|SH 360]]'''
* [[File:Texas Loop 12.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway Loop 12|Loop 12]]'''
* [[File:Texas Spur 366.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway Spur 366|Spur 366]]'''
* [[File:Texas Spur 408.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway Spur 408|Spur 408]]'''
* [[File:Texas Spur 482.svg|20px]] '''[[Texas State Highway Spur 482|Spur 482]]'''
* [[File:Toll Texas DNT new.svg|20px]] '''[[Dallas North Tollway]]'''
* [[File:Toll Texas PGBT new.svg|20px]] '''[[President George Bush Turnpike]]'''
* [[File:Toll Texas SRT new.svg|20px]] '''[[Sam Rayburn Tollway]]'''
* [[File:Toll Texas CTP new.svg|20px]] '''[[Chisholm Trail Parkway]]'''
{{div col end}}

===Airports===
[[File:DFWAirportOverview.jpg|thumb|In 2020, [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport]] was the busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-dallas-forth-worth-became-the-busiest-airport-in-the-world|title=The Pandemic Has Made This Airport the World's Busiest|date=July 30, 2020|website=Condé Nast Traveler}}</ref>]]
Two commercial airports serve Dallas: [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport]] and [[Dallas Love Field]]. In addition, [[Dallas Executive Airport]] (formerly Redbird Airport), serves as a [[general aviation]] airport for the city, and [[Addison Airport]] functions similarly just outside the city limits in the suburb of Addison. Two more general aviation airports are about {{convert|35|mi|0}} north of Dallas in [[McKinney, Texas|McKinney]], and another two are in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], on the west side of the metroplex. [[Fort Worth Alliance Airport|Alliance Airport]], in far North Fort Worth, is a cargo reliever airport to DFW Airport and general aviation facility.

DFW Airport is in the suburbs slightly north of and equidistant to Downtown Fort Worth and Downtown Dallas. In terms of size, DFW International is the largest airport in the state, the second largest in the United States, and ninth largest in the world; DFW International Airport is larger than the island of [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=DIA is the second biggest airport in the world, and that means it's bigger than Manhattan|url=https://www.9news.com/article/travel/denver-international-airport/how-big-is-dia-denver-airport/73-01b2cee0-03c4-4317-9e55-dd0537cf2239|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=KUSA.com|date=February 21, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In terms of traffic, DFW Airport is the [[List of airports in Texas#Busiest Texan airports|busiest airport in the state]], [[List of the busiest airports in the United States|fourth-busiest in the United States]], and [[List of the busiest airports|eleventh-busiest in the world]]. The headquarters of [[American Airlines]], the largest air carrier in the world ahead of [[United Airlines]] and [[Delta Air Lines]], is less than {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} from DFW Airport within Fort Worth's city limits. Similarly, Love Field is within Dallas's city limits, about {{convert|6|mi|0}} northwest of Downtown, and is headquarters to [[Southwest Airlines]], the largest domestic airline in the United States.

===Transit systems===
[[File:Dallas Area Rapid Transit New Flyer Xcelsior (50981556156).jpg|thumb|[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]]]]
[[File:Transit Station (49328548206).jpg|thumb|[[DFW Skylink]]]]
[[File:TEXRail DFW Airport Terminal B Nov 2019 2.jpg|thumb|[[TEXRail]]]]
[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] (DART) is the Dallas-area public transportation authority that provides rail, buses and [[HOV]] lanes to commuters. DART began operating the first [[light rail]] system in Texas in 1996, and it is now the largest operator of light rail in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/12/dart-becomes-nations-largest-l.html |title=DART becomes nation's largest light rail system today &#124; Irving Blog |publisher=Irvingblog.dallasnews.com |date=December 6, 2010 |access-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323110609/http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/12/dart-becomes-nations-largest-l.html |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Today, the system is the [[List of United States light rail systems by ridership|seventh-busiest]] light rail system in the country with approximately 55 stations on {{convert|72|mi}} of light rail, and 10 stations on {{convert|35|mi}} of commuter rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dart.org/about/expansion/otherprojects.asp|title=DART.org – Expansion Information|website=dart.org|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> It includes four light rail lines and a commuter line: the {{DART R}}, the {{DART B}}, the {{DART G}}, the {{DART O}}, and the {{DART TRE}}.

The {{DART R}} travels through [[Oak Cliff]], [[South Dallas]], [[downtown Dallas|Downtown]], [[Uptown Dallas|Uptown]], [[North Dallas]], [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]] and [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], while the {{DART B}} goes through Oak Cliff, Downtown, Uptown, [[East Dallas]], [[Lake Highlands]], and [[Garland, Texas|Garland]]. The {{DART R|style=nl}} and {{DART B|style=nl}} lines are conjoined between [[8th & Corinth Station]] in Oak Cliff through [[Mockingbird Station]] in [[North Dallas]]. The two lines service [[Cityplace Station]]. The Green Line serves [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]], [[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]], [[Dallas Love Field|Love Field Airport]], [[Stemmons Corridor, Dallas, Texas|Stemmons Corridor]], [[Victory Park, Dallas, Texas|Victory Park]], Downtown, [[Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas|Deep Ellum]], [[Fair Park]], South Dallas, and [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas|Pleasant Grove]].

The Orange Line initially operated as a peak-service line providing extra capacity on portions of the Green and Red Lines ([[Bachman Station]] on the Green Line, through the Downtown transit mall, to [[Parker Road Station]] on the Red Line making a "U"-shape). However, the first stage of the Orange Line opened on December 6, 2010, extending its west end from Bachman to [[Belt Line Station]] in Irving. The second and final phase opened in August 2014 and provided [[Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport|DFW Airport]] with rail service. [[DFW Airport Terminal A station]] is the terminus for the Orange Line and connects [[DFW Skylink|Skylink]].<ref name="dart.org">{{cite web|url=http://dart.org/about/expansion/orangeline.asp |title=Orange Line Expansion Information |publisher=DART.org |access-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref>

This provides passengers the convenience of disembarking the DART rail, proceeding to security check-in and immediately boarding [[DFW Skylink|Skylink]] to be quickly transported to their desired terminal. The Blue Line has also been extended by {{convert|4.5|mi}} to serve [[Rowlett, Texas|Rowlett]] at the [[Rowlett Park & Ride]] facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dart.org/about/expansion/blueline.asp |title=Blue Line Expansion Information |publisher=DART.org |access-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref>

In August 2009, the Regional Transportation Council agreed to seek $96&nbsp;million in federal stimulus dollars for a trolley project in Dallas and Fort Worth. The Oak Cliff Transit Authority took the lead with leaders envisioning a streetcar line that would link [[Dallas Union Station|Union Station]] and the [[Dallas Convention Center]] in Downtown to Oak Cliff, Methodist Medical Center, and the [[Bishop Arts District]] via the Houston Street Viaduct.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://oakcliffblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/08/proposed-streetcar-route-for-o.html | title = Proposed streetcar route for Oak Cliff scaled back | first = Roy | last = Appleton | date = August 17, 2009 | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | via = oakcliffblog.dallasnews.com | access-date = September 27, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110114202204/http://oakcliffblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/08/proposed-streetcar-route-for-o.html | archive-date = January 14, 2011}}</ref>

Dallas was awarded a $23&nbsp;million TIGER grant towards the $58&nbsp;million Dallas Streetcar Project in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/02/owntown_dallas_streetcar_proje.php |title=Downtown Dallas Streetcar Project Takes the TIGER By the Tail to Tune of $23 Million – Dallas – News – Unfair Park |publisher=Blogs.dallasobserver.com |date=February 17, 2010 |access-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-date=May 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513012148/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/02/owntown_dallas_streetcar_proje.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition to light rail, [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Texas Eagle]]'' also serves Union Station, providing daily service east to [[Chicago]] and west to [[San Antonio station (Texas)|San Antonio]], and thrice-weekly service west to [[Los Angeles]]. The Trinity Rail Express terminates at Union Station and [[T&P Station]].