A general overview of transportation in North Texas:
Dallas’ central U.S. location is equally close to North America’s four largest business centers; New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
Dallas is located in the Central Time Zone, one hour behind the East Coast and two hours ahead of the West, which extends the working day for companies doing business on both coasts.
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport is the world’s third busiest airport handling nearly 832,000 operations in 1999 and serving more than 60 million passengers. With nearly 2,300 daily flights to over 150 nonstop destinations, including 30 international destinations; the airport is also a major hub for D/FW based American Airlines.
DFW Airport has an annual impact on the North Texas economy of more than $11.2 billion and supports 211,000 jobs, directly or indirectly.
Dallas Love Field, three miles from downtown Dallas, is a central hub for regional business and commuter travel.
Direct flight time from Dallas to any city in the continental U.S. takes four hours or less.
Average commute time in Dallas is only 24.6 minutes.
Dallas is served by a well-developed system of highways, with five interstate and 19 other U.S. and state highways making in-town, regional and national travel easy and convenient.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), named “Transit Agency of the Year” by the American Public Transit Association in 1997, provides a fleet of nearly 1,000 buses and vans covering 700-squaremiles in Dallas and 12 suburban communities, serving nearly 200,000 daily passengers.
Airports
Driving
Highways & Roads
Tollway
DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Busses & Taxis
Freight Services