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DCTA tells Highland Village board A Train ridership is recovering, highlights GoZone use and rail-trail links
Summary
DCTA staff reported that A Train commuter rail ridership is recovering toward pre-pandemic levels, highlighted concentrated GoZone demand along FM 407, and described rail-trail counters and wayfinding efforts tied to multimodal connections at the Highland Village/Lewisville Lake station.
Paul, a DCTA representative, told the Highland Village Community Development Corporation that DCTA is seeing recovery on its A Train commuter rail and growth in on-demand GoZone trips concentrated along the FM 407 corridor. “We're seeing within our data sets ... a concentration along that 407 corridor,” Paul said, noting GoZone activity also shows movement to and from Lewisville.
The presentation cited a national APTA dataset showing the A Train ranked sixth among commuter rails for recovery; DCTA projects “upwards of almost 300,000 rides for FY25,” Paul said. He described DCTA’s A Train Enhancement Program as a multi-part effort to speed service, extend the line farther south to Downtown Carrollton to improve regional connections, and eventually aim for a 15-minute train frequency goal.
Why the extra ridership in October? Paul attributed an October spike to large events such as the state fair,…
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