MLK Jr. station (DART)

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MLK Jr.
DART light rail station
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General information
Location1412 South Trunk Avenue
Dallas, TX 75210
Coordinates 32°46′26″N96°45′52″W / 32.773754°N 96.764575°W / 32.773754; -96.764575
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsDART Routes 13, 23, 104, and 216
South Dallas GoLink Zone (M-F)
Construction
Parking200 spaces [1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedFebruary 21, 2005 [2] (bus)
September 14, 2009 [3] (rail)
Passengers
20120.378 million Increase2.svg 39.4%
Services
Preceding station Dallas Area Rapid Transit logo.svg Dallas Area Rapid Transit Following station
Fair Park
toward North Carrollton/Frankford
Green Line Hatcher
toward Buckner
Location
MLK Jr. station (DART)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Station at J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center is an intermodal public transit facility in Dallas, Texas operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The facility is situated in South Dallas, where it serves the Green Line, four bus routes, and a curb-to-curb transit zone. [1]

Contents

On maps and schedules, the facility is typically treated as two separate stations, with the light rail portion referred to as MLK Jr. station and the bus portion referred to as J.B. Jackson Jr. Transit Center.

Location

MLK Jr. station is located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Trunk Avenue. The area's largest attraction is Fair Park, the home of the State Fair of Texas, which is two blocks north of MLK Jr. station. A number of small businesses and public facilities are in the vicinity of the station.

Transit-oriented development

As with other DART stations, particularly within the inner sections of Dallas, the City of Dallas has encouraged transit-oriented development in station-proximate parcels to boost economic development. MLK Jr. is one of the City's five prime targets for encouraging mixed-use development near DART; the station area plan released in February 2013 aims to focus growth in an "urban mixed-use area" encompassing vacant lots directly south of the station as well as designating Grand Avenue, Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and Robert B Cullum Boulevard as corridors to upgrade to complete streets or secondary streetscape areas. [4]

History

J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center was opened as a bus-only station on February 21, 2005. The station was named for J.B. Jackson, Jr. Boulevard, which in turn was named after a community leader and founding member of the DART executive board. [2]

The light rail portion of the station, named for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, opened on September 14, 2009. It served as the southern terminus for the Green Line until it was extended to Buckner on December 6, 2010. [5] [6] [7]

Artwork

In tribute to the largely-African-American population of South Dallas, the station's artwork draws from both African culture and Dallas history. The columns and floor use patterns inspired by Kuba textiles, and two seventeen-foot talking drums flank the entrance to the rail station. The rail station's windscreens contain R.C. Hickman photographs depicting the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas. Between the bus and rail stations is a "Walk of Respect" commemorating local community leaders. [8]

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Martin Luther King station may refer to:

References

  1. 1 2 "MLK, Jr. Station/J.B. Jackson Jr. Transit Center". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Hartzel, Tony (February 13, 2005). "DART bus center to open near Fair Park". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 13B – via NewsBank.
  3. ↑ Mosier, Jeff (September 13, 2009). "Riders go Green for free - DART celebrates new rail section with sneak preview for passengers". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1B – via NewsBank.
  4. ↑ "Martin Luther King, Jr. Station Area Plan" (PDF). Dallas Transit-Oriented Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Green Line Expansion Information". Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Archived from the original on September 2, 2010.
  6. ↑ Visser, Nancy; Bruce Tomaso (June 9, 2009). "DART hosts riders as it tests span of Green Line project". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  7. ↑ Lindenberger, Michael A. (December 5, 2010). "New Green Line 'starts to complete' DART vision". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  8. ↑ "A Stroke of Genius: Your Guide to Art Along the Green Line" (PDF). Dallas Area Rapid Transit. pp. 16–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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