Dallas Area Rapid Transit services will remain unchanged for now in Richardson and Plano after Highland Park residents voted to withdraw from the transit system, according to unofficial final voting totals released by Dallas County. Addison and University Park residents voted to stay with DART.
Services in Highland Park are set to end May 14, the day after votes are canvassed, but remaining services in the rest of the DART member cities will remain unchanged.
What you need to know
Close to 70% of Addison voters and 54% of University Park voters favored staying with DART, according to unofficial final voting totals, while 70% of Highland Park voters elected to withdraw from the transit agency.
“The future of North Texas will be shaped by the cities that choose to move forward with DART,” said Randall Bryant, DART board of directors chair, in a news release. “We are focused on expanding this system with partners who recognize that transit drives economic growth, connects people to opportunity, and strengthens communities.”
The big picture
DART will cease all bus, on-demand and paratransit operations in Highland Park on May 14. Some bus routes are set to continue operating through Highland Park but will not stop within city limits, according to the release.
Prior to the election, Corey Morgan, who works in service planning at DART, said at a Richardson community meeting that DART could potentially experience more service changes across the network due to reductions in revenue from withdrawn cities. However, Highland Park only accounted for 1.06% of DART’s sales tax revenue in 2025, according to DART documents.
Plano, Irving and Farmers Branch previously canceled their withdrawal elections from DART following new governance and funding agreements between the transit agency and member cities.
The new funding plan, which will return a portion of collected sales tax back to cities over the next six years for use on local transportation projects, will also create a reduction in revenue for DART and could lead to future service changes, City Manager Don Magner said.
