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AntonioRed line trains usually consist of three articulated units; Blue Line trains usually consist of two articulated units.  They are operated by one driver.I was a daily rider of the DART light rail lines when I lived in Dallas.  I never saw a transit cop on the train, although I observed them frequently at the stations.  By the same token, although I witnessed a lot of rude and disturbing behavior, I never witnessed any serious crime.  For the most part I only rode the trains or bus to and from work or on occasion the TRE to Fort Worth for a Saturday lunch.  DART opted for light rail vehicles that have a cab at both ends.  Accordingly, it is impossible to move from one until to another while the train is in motion.  Thus, even if there is a police presence on the train, a bad guy can get on one of the cars without the police officer, ruff up a passenger, and get off before anyone is the wiser, unless the victim can get to one of the call boxes in each car.I don't recall any murders on DART's light rail trains.  There have been assaults on the trains or at the stations, usually late at night, that have resulted in serious injury.  Most of the serious incidents have occurred at the stations.  However, whether a passenger is assaulted on a transit vehicle or at the station probably makes little difference to him.  An assault is an assault.    Dallas has had the highest per capita crime rate of any city in the United States with a population of more than one million people for the last eight years running.  The violent crime rate in 2007 was 1.07 per cent, whilst the property crime rate was 6.78 per cent.  Miami had a violent crime rate of 1.49 per cent, which was higher than the Dallas rate, but a property crime rate of 5.16 per cent, which is lower than the rate for Dallas.  The population of Dallas during 2007, according to the FBI Crime Statistics Report, was approximately 1,239,000 whilst the population of Miami was approximately 409,000. I don't know a single middle or upper class person in Dallas who would ride DART at night unless they were going to one of the special events at the American Airlines Center.  And then they would only go if someone else was going with them.
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