Addison voters have spoken. The Town will remain in DART, and we respect that decision.
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Vote NO on May 2. Early voting starts April 20.
The ballot asks: "Shall the Dallas Area Transit System be continued in the Town of Addison?" Vote NO.
Early voting begins April 20. Election Day is Saturday, May 2, 2026. You can vote at Addison Town Hall or any Dallas County Vote Center. For the full schedule of dates and hours, visit the Dallas County Elections page.
No. Addison has already signed a contract with Via for on-demand door-to-door microtransit and paratransit with direct connections to DART stations. The regional network stays within reach. The difference is Addison controls the service locally, at a fraction of the cost, with schedules and routes built around what residents actually need.
For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Natalie Bettger of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the regional body in charge of transportation planning, asked DFW residents to "consider driving so the out-of-town visitors can utilize the transit system." This has been widely covered by KERA, CBS Texas, and other local outlets. The matches are at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, a city that has hosted the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, Cowboys games, and countless major events, all without DART rail service. Arlington has never been a DART member city, has repeatedly voted against joining, and no DART train goes there. Even the TRE, the closest rail line, stops 8 miles from the stadium. Addison being in or out of DART changes nothing about getting to Arlington.
For events in Dallas like the State Fair or concerts downtown, DART trains still run whether Addison is a member or not. Leaving DART doesn't mean losing access to the train. If you live on the west side of Addison, you're already driving to the station at Addison Circle. DART doesn't pick you up. With Via, a vehicle comes to your door and drops you at the station. That's not losing access. That's better service, especially in 100-degree heat or bad weather.
It means the vehicle picks you up at your address and drops you off at your destination. No walking to a bus stop, no fixed route, no waiting at a shelter in the heat. You request a ride and it comes to you. It won't drive up to your third-floor apartment, but it will be waiting at your front door.
Addison would pay a one-time exit cost of $50M, recapture $17.6M/year in sales tax, and launch its new on-demand transit service through Via. The contract is already signed at $1.9M/year. The exit cost pays for itself in about 3 years.
Addison sends approximately $17.6M per year in sales tax revenue to DART. Because sales tax collections grow year over year, that adds up to approximately $114M over the next 6 years.
Visitors do contribute to Addison's sales tax, but so does every resident who shops, dines, or fills up in town. The real question is what Addison gets back. The town spends its own budget on the roads, police, fire, and infrastructure that make Addison a destination in the first place. Right now, $17.6M/year in sales tax generated by all that activity leaves town and funds DART's system-wide budget. Leaving DART doesn't make that tax revenue disappear. It opens the door for Addison to redirect those dollars toward the services and infrastructure the town currently funds through bonds. The argument that visitors are footing the bill actually gets the math backwards: Addison bears the cost of supporting those visits, and DART collects the reward.
If Addison stays in DART now, the next opportunity to vote on membership won't come until 2032. That's 6 more years locked in while DART takes on billions in new debt that Addison has to help pay.
DART had offered Addison an $8M rebate on $114M in taxes. When Addison residents successfully petitioned for this membership vote, DART revoked that offer. That response speaks to the relationship Addison has as a member city.
This site is operated by the Addison Deserves Better PAC, a group of Addison residents and taxpayers. Every claim is sourced from official town documents, DART's own financial reports, and mainstream news coverage. You can review them on our Resources page. Content prior to April 4, 2026 was independently created and not affiliated with the PAC.