Dallas (DART) Light Rail Expansion:
Transit Ridership Falls

PASSENGER MILES
	Last Full Year Before Rail Expansion	Latest Year Data Available
	2001	2009	Change: 2001 to Latest Year	% Change
Light Rail	61,072	133,364	72,292	118.37%
Bus	317,209	173,242	-143,967	-45.39%
Total	378,281	306,606	-71,675	-18.95%
Passenger miles x 1,000
Data from Federal Transit Administration
Note: Light Rail routes increased from 20 to 49 miles in 2002.
Note: From 2001 to 2007, roadway use increased 17.1% in the Dallas-Fort Worth urban area. In passenger miles, this increase is nearly 35 times the total transit ridership (2009 data not Available yet).

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