Transportation Study
The Transportation study will provide recommendations for enhanced transportation connectivity, access and safety that addresses local and regional demands leveraging existing infrastructure and proposed improvements, striking a balance between modes inclusive of bicyclists, pedestrians of all ages and abilities, transit and automobiles.
INTERCITY AND REGIONAL ACCESS
•High-speed rail station integrated into multimodal hub
•Improved DART light rail station
•New station for TRE & Amtrak
•Future Fort Worth High-Speed Connector
•Local, express and potential intercity bus facilities
•Potential streetcar improvements
•Vertiport
•Convenient airport transit connections
Project Update
Key Travel Demand Markets
•Access to convention center and study area development
•Convention center and hotels to Dallas attractions
•Circulation within study area
•High-speed rail to downtown and connecting transit modes
•Multimodal transfers at hub
Areas of Investigation
•Multimodal station location and orientation
•Pedestrian circulation plan
•Programming and siting of connecting transportation modes
•Buses and streetcar
•Vehicular pick-up and drop-off, including ride-sharing services
•Active transportation, including bicycles and scooters
•Vertiport location and configuration
•Station area development plan and value capture analysis
•Vehicular traffic access and circulation
•Coordination with other ongoing projects, including IH-30 Canyon reconstruction and planned high-speed rail station
•Integration of transportation plan with convention center and area master plans
Intermodal Interchange Precedents & Benchmarking
Denver Union Station
Redeveloped historic headhouse is a civic focal point Transportation hub is spread over a 4-block zone
High-capacity bus station – offers good rail-bus and light rail-bus transfers
Transfers between rail and light rail or downtown circulator require a 1,000 ft. walk
Has spurred district-wide redevelopment
Physical barriers limit rail transit expansion potential and constrain future network expansion