Transit Planning Projects
NCTCOG staff support local governments and transit providers in their efforts to improve existing public transportation services or implement new services that address their communities' needs. Additionally, staff develop the region's transit coordination plan, Access North Texas, which outlines key strategies to address the mobility and accessibility needs of seniors, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with lower incomes.
NCTCOG staff develop comprehensive, detailed, and environmentally focused studies in support of transit investments in our region.
For example, current efforts include planning and implementation of high-speed passenger rail in the Dallas Fort Worth Region and connecting our region to other metropolitan areas. Staff are also engaged in efforts toward implementing High-Intensity Bus service along key toll-managed lane corridors in the region.
The Automated Transportation System (ATS) initiative will identify the merits of "last-mile" people mover / ATS technologies, assess opportunities, and evaluate the cost efficiencies of a single ATS technology and provider. Other areas of study include transit-oriented development station area and corridor planning.
Additionally, NCTCOG staff led the Intermodal Transportation Hubs for Colleges and Universities Study, which now serves as a conceptual guide for planning and implementing mobility hubs at colleges and university campuses around the region.
NCTCOG staff have worked toward developing comprehensive and coordinated transit planning and implementation plans for several areas in the region, including Collin, Denton, and Tarrant Counties and Southern Dallas County. The Eastern Dallas, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties (EDKR) Transit Study is currently ongoing.
The Metropolitan Transportation Plan serves as a blueprint for addressing the region's long-term multimodal transportation needs, of which public transportation is an important element.
The current regional plan is Mobility 2045, 2022 Update.
Development of the next metropolitan transportation plan, Mobility 2050, is currently in progress.
NCTCOG, along with transportation authorities and cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth region are working to increase communication and collaboration among all parties to address expanding transit services to areas with transit needs through the Regional Transit 2.0 Study. The purpose of this comprehensive transportation partnership initiative is to develop a more aggressive transit legislative program, increase membership in transportation authorities, collaborate between transportation authority systems, as well as other efforts to better understand and address long-term transit needs in the growing Dallas-Fort Worth region. Visit the Regional Transit 2.0 page for reports and information from this initiative.
For more information about current transit planning projects or initiatives, contact: