Dallas Rapid Transit to Klyde Warren Park

When I moved from Dallas over 30 years ago, the sales tax had been increased to fund DART. It seemed to take a very long time for the system to become fully operational but now - what a pleasant surprise the system is! I rode the trains twice on my recent trip to Dallas: once from Love Field to close to my family’s home and once to go into Downtown Dallas. The trip to Downtown Dallas is the topic of this post.

The parking at the train station was free so the cost of the train was $5 for an all-day pass (good for train and buses around Dallas). The train is mostly raised above the roofs of warehouses with occasional street-level crossings. All the flat rooftops made me wonder why the space is not used for solar panels! The closer the train comes to downtown the taller the buildings get.

Once downtown, there is a free bus that cycles through the area called D-Link. The drivers are very knowledgeable. We stopped at the West End for lunch and then got back on the bus until it got to Klyde Warren Park. The park is built over the Woodall Rogers Freeway in the middle of the city. It has activities for just about all ages: playground, food trucks, small tables and chairs, water fountains intended for playing, a putting green, badminton, checker and chess tables, borrowing stalls (books, board games), a dog park…..with plantings just recovering from winter to add some greenery to it all.  There are pigeons to watch too. Even without a child - this park may become one of my favorite places in Dallas!