Dallas City Code § 28-200 DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 28-200. DEFINITIONS.
In this article:
(1) DART means Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
(2) FIXED GUIDEWAY means the supporting physical structure in or upon which light rail vehicles travel, including, but not limited to, the trackway and associated structures and equipment required for the operation of the light rail transit system.
(3) LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT STATION means an area reserved for the exclusive use of the light rail transit system for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers or property.
(4) LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM means a public transportation system operated by DART that consists of conventional rail technology using an overhead power source and that is capable of running at grade, on an aerial guideway, or in a subway, as warranted.
(5) LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE means an electrically- propelled passenger-carrying rail vehicle that operates on the fixed guideway of the light rail transit system.
(6) LOADING AND UNLOADING means the transfer of persons or property between a light rail vehicle and a transit station.
(7) TRANSIT CORRIDOR means the light rail transit system alignment known as the South Oak Cliff Line that operates within the center median of Lancaster Road from approximately 800 feet north of Illinois Avenue to Ledbetter Drive, after which point it crosses the southbound lane of Lancaster Road and ends at the light rail transit station located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Lancaster Road and Ledbetter Drive.
(8) TRANSITWAY MALL means the light rail transit system alignment in the central business district that is located within the right-of-way lines of the following described streets:
(A) Hawkins Street from approximately 150 feet north of Routh Street to Bryan Street;
(B) Bryan Street from Hawkins Street to Akard Street; and
(C) Pacific Avenue from Akard Street to approximately 50 feet west of Houston Street.
(9) SAFETY QUADRANT means that portion of each corner lot located within or abutting the transitway mall, whether composed of public or private property or both, that is contained within an area forming a quadrant of a circle having a 30-foot radius when measured from the point of intersection of adjacent street curb lines or, if there are not street curbs, what would be the normal street curb lines. (Ord. 22763)