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I rode the #36 and  #184 buses to and from work in Dallas for more than 35 years. I lived two blocks off of Preston, Road.  It was an easy walk to the bus stop. Easy walk to the bus stop is key.  I used the bus because it was convenient, and it allowed me to read the paper whilst going to work.  In fact, I road the #36 bus, which was the local, as opposed to the #184, which was an express, because I had more time to read.   After the coming of DART some of the bus stops, i.e. Forest Lane, Royal Lane, Northwest Highway, etc. were equipped with shelters, which included comfortable benches and some protection from the weather. Standing along Preston Road in the dead of winter, with the wind seemingly blowing down from Colorado and the wind chill near zero, does not appeal to many people.  Of the more  than 300 supervisors and managers who worked downtown, for the company that I worked for, just seven used public transport.  A higher percentage of the worker bees used it, in part because the company subsidized their bus pass, but a no time did more than 30 per cent of the employees who worked downtown use public transport. With the exception of the downtown light rail stations and City Place, everyone of the light rail stops has ample parking.  And the lots are usually full or nearly full by the time the morning rush hour is over.   Convenience, dependability, safety, and economics are important variables in drawing people to public transport.  But as long as people have to sit next to someone who has not had a shower in a week, shouting into a cell phone, and uttering a creative array of four letter words, most middle class people in Dallas are not going to use public transport.  And the numbers, as well as personal observations, suggest that they don't, irrespective of the data put out by DART and its supporters.
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