The city of\u00a0Dallas\u00a0approved $12.55 million dollars to reconstruct 22 traffic signals along major\u00a0Dallas Area Rapid Transit\u00a0bus routes.<\/p>\n
Crews will replace outdated hardware and infrastructure while adding technology intended to improve bus travel times, traffic flow and pedestrian safety. According to the city, about one-third of the signals are complete, a second one-third are close to installation and the last one-third are still in the works.<\/p>\n
The 22 existing signals were built before 1980 and do not meet current technological, safety or Americans with Disabilities Act standards, according to the city\u2019s Transportation and Public Works department.<\/p>\n
The new signals will include features such as Audible Pedestrian Signals, which counts down how much time is left to cross, and vehicle detection to help with traffic flow.<\/p>\n
They also allow for DART buses to be recognized sooner for faster travel, improving arrival and departure times.<\/p>\n
The partnership between the city of\u00a0Dallas\u00a0and DART features funding from the transit authority\u2019s Public Transportation Improvement fund, which was set up after the pandemic using leftover federal relief funds, and construction from the city\u2019s Transportation and Public Works department.<\/p>\n
The department said the following intersections will have new signals and be fully operational by mid-2027:<\/p>\n
Adams Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard
\nBishop Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard
\nBishop Avenue and Twelfth Street
\nJefferson Boulevard and Madison Avenue
\nPolk Street and Reynoldston Lane
\nAnn Arbor Avenue and Marsalis Avenue
\nKiest Boulevard and Marsalis Avenue
\nMarsalis Avenue and Saner Avenue
\nAl Lipscomb Way and Malcolm X Boulevard<\/p>\n
Malcolm X Boulevard and Pine Street
\nFitzhugh Avenue and Gaston Avenue
\nN. Pearl Street and Ross Avenue
\nBrookriver Drive and Mockingbird Lane
\nSingleton Boulevard and Vinson Street
\nAbrams Road and Flickering Shadow Drive
\nPark Lane and Caruth Plaza<\/p>\n
Camp Wisdom Road and Greenspan Avenue
\nHillburn Drive and Lake June Road
\nBonnie View Road and Corrigan Drive\/Stag Road
\nMillmar Drive and Peavy Road
\nArapaho Road and Dallas Parkway
\nCampbell Road and Frankford Road<\/p>\n
The changes will impact DART bus routes 1, 3, 9, 15, 25, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45, 47, 57, 108, 232 and 237, according to the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be limited, if any, impact to riders during the construction, but upon completion, riders and drivers will experience better traffic flow and safer roadways which lead to better on-time performance for our buses,\u201d said\u00a0Erin Myers, vice president of public relations for DART.<\/p>\n
The city has spent $8.4 million on the project so far, and plans to spend about another $3.6 million, leaving over $500,000 uncommitted to be spent on hardware purchases, according to a memo from\u00a0Dev Rastogi,\u00a0Dallas\u00a0assistant city manager.<\/p>\n
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