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[quote user="Firelock76"] "If you build it, they will come..." [/quote] Maybe! Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has invested more than $5.4 billion in the light rail system.  DART serves 11 communities, with Dallas being the largest.  The service area has a population of 2.3 million, of which approximately 78 per cent or 1.8 million are 16 or over.  Presumably this population group can make the decision to use public transit as opposed to an alternative. In 2012 an average of 2.47 per cent of the service population used the light rail system on weekdays, which is the heaviest use periods.  An average of 6.25 per cent of the service population used at least one of DART's services, e.g. light rail, bus, van pool, etc. The system average subsidy per passenger was approximately $3.35 per passenger trip.  The subsidy was approximately $5.25 for bus riders; $3.80 for light rail users, $5.90 for commuter rail riders, $.23 for van pool users, and $.27 for HOV users.   Vehicles using the HOV lanes must have at least two passengers, with the exception of motorcycles, unless the user wants to pay a steep fine.  The HOV lanes are only open during weekdays.  The average number of persons, not vehicles, using the HOV option during 2012 was approximately 139,000 compared to an average of 48,000 persons, not passengers, who used the light rail system during the same period.
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