DCTA TOD Planning
Denton County, Texas
With the greater metropolitan area of DFW expanding at tremendous pace, the voters of Denton County approved the creation of a new transit authority DCTA with emphasis on a commuter rail station connecting downtown Denton to the DART light rail system in the adjacent county. Once the system was operational for a few years, DCTA and the cities along the A-train began focusing on strategies to help increase ridership, including planning for transit-oriented development. During this time, Catalyst worked with DCTA, its member cities, and non-member cities along the line in the exploration of programming concepts and related station area plans around the existing and potential stations.
- Working with DCTA, Catalyst evaluated market potential for 5 of the 6 stations and prepared TOD concepts for each. As part of this process, Catalyst helped envision a new TOD with DCTA’s transit center and office space as its anchor around the Old Town Station in downtown Lewisville. This work culminated in Catalyst preparing a Request for Qualifications for developers to implement this vision with DCTA
- Catalyst worked with the City of Lewisville on a downtown masterplan centered on the rail station with emphasis on creating an eastern anchor for its downtown
- Catalyst worked with the City of Corinth of a station area plan that would leverage a new rail station near its City Hall
- Catalyst worked with the City of Lake Dallas to investigate the potential of joining DCTA and related TOD potential around a potential rail station near Swisher Road
Additionally, DCTA received a grant to explore the potential for passenger rail and transit oriented development along the Kansas City Southern railroad line in Denton County. Working as a subcontractor to Kittelson Associates, Catalyst helped prepare station area plans for multiple potential rail stations and calculated the economic potential such a new transit line would bring.
Client: Denton County Transportation Agency, City of Lewisville, City of Corinth, City of Lake Dallas
Status: Plans accepted and in process of implementation with the member cities
Services: Station Area Planning, Market Analysis, Land Use Programming
