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词条 Trinity Metro
释义

  1. History

  2. Services offered

     Commuter rail  Bus routes 

  3. Eliminated

  4. Labor relations

  5. References

  6. External links

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| caption = Route 2 bus driving towards ITC on a rainy day in downtown Fort Worth.
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| area served = Tarrant County, Texas
| locale = Tarrant County, Texas
| transit_type = Bus, Commuter Rail, Paratransit
| lines = 40+ (bus)
2 (commuter rail)
| stations = 5 (bus hubs)
2000+ (bus stops)
17 (commuter rail)
| daily_ridership = 18,000 - 21,000
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| chief_executive = Paul J. Ballard
| headquarters = 1600 East Lancaster
Fort Worth, TX 76102-6720
| website = [https://ridetrinitymetro.org/ ridetrinitymetro.org]
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| operator = McDonald Transit Associates, a subdidary of RATP Group
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76 demand response[1]
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}}Trinity Metro is a transit agency located in and serving the city of Fort Worth, Texas and its suburbs in surrounding Tarrant County, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Since 1983, it was known as the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (popularly known as FWTA and The T). As of January 29, 2018 the Board of Directors has voted to rebrand bus services as Trinity Metro, replacing the previous and long standing name.[2]

Trinity Metro primarily operates the region's bus service, and partners with Denton County Transportation Authority to operate express bus service to Denton on the North Texas Xpress (Route 64). The agency is also involved in the operation of two commuter rail lines: TEXRail, a commuter rail service connecting downtown Fort Worth with DFW Airport via Northeast Tarrant County; and Trinity Railway Express (TRE), operated in partnership with Dallas Area Rapid Transit, which offers commuter rail service from downtown Fort Worth to downtown Dallas via DFW.

History

Through the early 1970s, bus transit services in Fort Worth were provided by City Transit Company, a private enterprise. Starting in 1974, the city's Traffic Engineering Department began coordinating bus operations. In 1978, the city established the Fort Worth Department of Transportation, which took over public transit operations. These operations included the City Transit Service (CITRAN) and the Surface Transportation Service (SURTRAN), with transportation services for the handicapped (MITS) being added in 1979.[3]

On November 8, 1983, voters approved formation of The T. To finance the system, voters levied a half-cent sales tax. The CITRAN, SURTRAN, and MITS services were folded into the new agency, along with carpool and vanpool coordination.

The agency's first addition came on November 5, 1991 when the small suburb of Lake Worth voted 344-206 in favor of joining the T. That prompted three more elections on May 2, 1992 when Blue Mound, Forest Hill and Richland Hills had the issue of joining the agency on the ballot. Blue Mound and Richland Hills voted in favor while Forest Hill declined the measure nearly 2-1.

The T saw its first departure when voters in Lake Worth approved a pullout in September 2003. Service withdrawal became effective on March 21, 2004. Lake Worth had previously tried to pull out in 1996, but that measure failed. On November 8, 2016, Richland Hills residents voted to withdraw from the agency's services. FWTA's final day of service in Richland Hills was November 23, 2016.

In 2001, the FWTA saw its cooperation efforts with DART pay off as the Trinity Railway Express reached downtown Fort Worth. The other end of the line terminates in downtown Dallas.

The TRE commuter line has a daily ridership of 9,100[4] and is the thirteenth most-ridden commuter rail system in the country.

On January 29, 2018, the transit agency's board of directors voted to rebrand FWTA/The T as Trinity Metro, and revealed a new logo, that depicts three triangles forming the letter "M" in its negative spaces. The name change officially took place on March 23, 2018 on its website and social media presence.[5][6]

Services offered

{{Fort Worth Transportation Authority rail}}

The bulk of Trinity Metro's operations involve 46 bus routes within Tarrant County. Most route through downtown Fort Worth, where the TRE has two train stations, Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) and the T&P Station. The ITC is the major transit station for Trinity Metro, as the TRE trains and twenty-five bus routes meet. (Before the ITC opened in 2001, the main downtown transit hub for The T (at the time) centered around bus lines all converging along the Houston/Throckmorton corridor, with northbound service on Throckmorton Street and southbound service on Houston Street – between Lancaster Avenue and Belknap Street.)

Trinity Metro also operates a vanpool/carpool service. A vanpool/carpool is a group of at least seven people who share the costs of getting to and from work. These individuals usually live and work near each other. Monthly fares will vary, depending on the origination point of the van and the daily miles involved. Riders pay only for the portion of the trip they use. For instance, if the service picks up riders in different counties, it's possible for some riders to pay more than others.

The last service Trinity Metro offers is Trinity Metro ACCESS (formerly MITS - Mobility Impaired Transportation Service). It offers door-to-door transportation within the service areas of Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Blue Mound and River Oaks. Trained drivers are available to assist passengers in boarding and alighting vehicles specially designed to accommodate the mobility impaired.

Commuter rail

  • Trinity Metro is operating TEXRail, a commuter rail service connecting downtown Fort Worth with DFW Airport through Northeast Tarrant County. Service began on January 10, 2019.
  • Trinity Railway Express is jointly operated with Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

Bus routes

{{As of|2018|12|30}}:[7]
  • 1 Hemphill
  • 2 Camp Bowie
  • 3 South Riverside/TCC South Campus
  • 4 East Rosedale
  • 5 (a) Evans Ave/LaGran Plaza / (b) Wichita/Glen Garden
  • 6 8th Ave/McCart/Hulen Mall
  • 7 University Drive
  • 8 Riverside/Evans (Sunday Only)
  • 9 Ramey/Vickery
  • 10 Bailey
  • 11 North Beach/Mercantile Center
  • 12 Samuels/Mercantile Center
  • 14 Sylvania/NE 28th
  • 15 Stockyards/North Main
  • 16 Alliance Town Center/Mercantile Center Station
  • 18X Safari Xpress (Seasonal)
  • 19[8] Molly the Trolley
  • 20 Handley
  • 21 Boca Raton
  • 22 Meadowbrook
  • 23 TCC Northeast Campus/TRE
  • 24 Berry Street
  • 25 Crosstown
  • 26 Ridgmar Mall/Normandale
  • 27 Como
  • 28 Mansfield Hwy
  • 30 CentrePort Circulator
  • 32 Bryant Irvin
  • 44 Central/Azle Ave
  • 45 TCC Northwest/Angle Ave
  • 46 Jacksboro Highway
  • 60X Eastside Xpress
  • 61X Normandale Xpress
  • 63X North Park & Ride Xpress
  • 64X North Texas Xpress (Denton)
  • 65X South Park & Ride Xpress
  • 66X Candleridge/Altamesa Xpress
  • 67X TCC Southeast Campus XPress
  • 71 Forest Hill
  • 72 Hemphill/Sycamore School Road
  • 89 SPUR/East Lancaster
  • 90 Long Ave
  • 91 Ridgmar Mall/Stockyards
  • 991 Juror Shuttle
  • 111 Bell Helicopter Shuttle
  • LL Burnett Plaza Lunch Trolley

Eliminated

  • 1N North Main (now 15)
  • 1S Hemphill (now 1)
  • 2W Camp Bowie[9]
  • 2E East Lancaster
  • 16 Downtown Trolley[10]
  • 16 Rosedale/Montgomery[11]
  • 17 Central Avenue[12]
  • 23 Mercantile[13]
  • 28 Diamond Hill[14]
  • 29 TCU Frog Shuttle (earlier TCU Circulator)[15][16]
  • 31 Sycamore School Road[17]
  • 31 Stonegate/TCU Shuttle[18]
  • 40 Bridgewood[19]
  • 41 Richland Hills Rider Request
  • 42 Southeast Rider Request
  • 43 Town Center Rider Request/Fixed
  • 44 Alta Mesa Rider Request[20]
  • 45 Forest Park/Mistletoe Heights[21]
  • 46 Lake Worth Rider Request
  • 47 Northsider Rider Request
  • 48 Northside (originally Samuels)[22][23]
  • 57 Como/Montgomery[24]
  • 62 Summerfields Express
  • 64 East Lancaster Express[25]
  • 67 Dallas Express[26]
  • 67 Lamar Blvd. Park & Ride[27]
  • 68 Park Springs Park & Ride
  • 69 Alliance Express
  • 82 Southeast Zone Rider Request[28]
  • 83 Southeast Zone Rider Request[29]

Labor relations

From November 6, 2006 through November 11, 2006, around 100 of FWTA's union workers went on strike, citing the agency's policy regarding termination of employees who had used up their short-term disability benefits. This represented about a third of the workers represented by Teamsters Local 997. Service continued with delays the next morning by non-striking drivers, and FWTA began advertising for replacement drivers. During the dispute, bus rides on FWTA were free, and the agency announced that monthly pass holders will receive a 25% discount on their December passes. By Friday, replacement workers and other drivers willing to cross the picket lines had restored service to normal levels.[30]

FWTA offered a new contract proposal late in the week, which was rejected on Saturday by a vote of 37 to 21. But because less than half of the 155 union members voted, a 2/3 majority of the vote was required to reject the contract. That would have required 39 of the 58 votes, so the contract was declared "accepted".[31]

Service on the Trinity Railway Express was not affected, as the rail line's employees work under a different contract.

Nine years earlier, a four-day strike in 1997 shut down 75% of The T's service.

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/pubs/profiles/2006/agency_profiles/6007.pdf |title=Fort Worth T stats |access-date=July 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325114616/http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/pubs/profiles/2006/agency_profiles/6007.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2009 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/The-T-Becomes-Trinity-Metro-471708184.html|title=The T Beomes Trinity Metro|last=|first=|date=January 29, 2018|work=|access-date=}}
3. ^City of Fort Worth Texas - Departments
4. ^APTA: APTA Ridership Reports Statistics-United States Transit Agency Totals Index {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023160129/http://www.apta.com/research/stats/ridership/riderep/indexus.cfm |date=October 23, 2006 }}
5. ^Fort Worth's transit agency has unveiled a new logo. Here's the explanation behind it - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (publish March 1, 2018; accessed March 23, 2018)
6. ^[https://www.facebook.com/TrinityMetro Trinity Metro - previously FWTA] official Facebook page (accessed March 23, 2018)
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://ridetrinitymetro.org/maps-schedules/routes-schedules/}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tmasterplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/T-State-of-the-System_FINAL_Route-Profiles.pdf}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421100109/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603200641/http://the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822224451/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822224451/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921223825/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603200641/http://the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918220636/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009192642/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603200641/http://the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702012951/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102162239/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603200641/http://the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
21. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918220636/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
22. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603200641/http://the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030411205949/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
24. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330055936/http://www.the-t.com:80/MapsSchedules/BusRoutesSchedules/tabid/63/Default.aspx}}
25. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918220636/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
26. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918220636/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
27. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914013519/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/routes.html}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010104024900fw_/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/schedules/sunday.html}}
29. ^{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010104024900fw_/http://www.the-t.com:80/Routes/schedules/sunday.html}}
30. ^Story {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206211840/http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa061106_wz_busstrike.dedf8d4.html |date=February 6, 2007 }} T strike coverage from WFAA-TV
31. ^Story{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} T strike coverage from the Star-Telegram

External links

  • [https://ridetrinitymetro.org/ Trinity Metro]
  • Transit-Oriented Development
{{Commuter rail in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex}}

4 : Bus transportation in Texas|Intermodal transportation authorities in Texas|Organizations established in 1983|Transportation in Fort Worth, Texas

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