Mayor John Muns stresses this move would not reduce existing services. He says this is about holding DART accountable to its member cities and their tax payers.
unanimously approved a resolution that supports a sales and use tax reduction of a quarter-cent which is allocated for Dallas Area Rapid Transit or DART. The 1/4 cent reduction accounts for about $30 million dollars annually for the second largest contributor to DART, behind Dallas.
Muns says he is 'very concerned' by the drop in ridership over time. In 2019 DART had more than 69 million riders in that year. Of course, the pandemic kept people home and the ridership numbers plummeted. In 2021 only 35 million riders used DART transit that whole year. While the numbers have come up gradually since the pandemic, it is not anywhere near pre-pandemic levels. In 2023 there were an estimated 48 million riders.
Plano has multiple stops along the DART light rail line. One of the stops is in the city's historic downtown district. DART has a red and orange line that runs through the city.
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