The Town of Highland Park is located approximately 3 miles north of the center of Dallas and is 2.26 square miles in size. Today, the town has approximately 8,700 residents.

The town was named "Highland Park" because of its higher elevation compared to the surrounding area and because 20% of developed land was reserved for park space. The community is bordered on the south, east, and west by Dallas and on the north by the city of University Park.

The town’s eponymous Highland Park Village was the first planned shopping center in the United States with a unified architectural style and stores facing in toward an interior parking area, all built and managed under a single ownership. Located at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road, the Village became the prototype for shopping centers all over the country.

Highland Park’s residents were among the thousands that voted in favor of a regional transit system and the town has been part of the DART Service Area since the beginning in August 1983.

Residents can connect to DART via a short drive to DART Rail’s SMU/Mockingbird Station, which opened in January 1997 as part of the Red Line extension from Pearl Station to Park Lane Station. In 2013, the agency began offering DART On-Call service, which was replaced by the current GoLink Park Cities on-demand service.

Today, GoLink connects residents and works to and from SMU/Mockingbird Station. Route 237 follows Preston Road and connects riders to Addison Transit Center, Baylor University Medical Center, and Downtown Dallas.

DART service in the Town of Highland Park in Q4 FY 2024 included:

• More than 4,000 trips in the Park Cities GoLink zone
• Almost 7,000 boarding on Route 237 Preston Road

Highland Park is represented on the DART Board of Directors by DART Board Chair Gary Slagel, who also represents Richardson, Addison, and University Park.

The Town of Highland Park is located approximately 3 miles north of the center of Dallas and is 2.26 square miles in size. Today, the town has approximately 8,700 residents.

The town was named "Highland Park" because of its higher elevation compared to the surrounding area and because 20% of developed land was reserved for park space. The community is bordered on the south, east, and west by Dallas and on the north by the city of University Park.

The town’s eponymous Highland Park Village was the first planned shopping center in the United States with a unified architectural style and stores facing in toward an interior parking area, all built and managed under a single ownership. Located at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road, the Village became the prototype for shopping centers all over the country.

Highland Park’s residents were among the thousands that voted in favor of a regional transit system and the town has been part of the DART Service Area since the beginning in August 1983.

Residents can connect to DART via a short drive to DART Rail’s SMU/Mockingbird Station, which opened in January 1997 as part of the Red Line extension from Pearl Station to Park Lane Station. In 2013, the agency began offering DART On-Call service, which was replaced by the current GoLink Park Cities on-demand service.

Today, GoLink connects residents and works to and from SMU/Mockingbird Station. Route 237 follows Preston Road and connects riders to Addison Transit Center, Baylor University Medical Center, and Downtown Dallas.

DART service in the Town of Highland Park in Q4 FY 2024 included:

• More than 4,000 trips in the Park Cities GoLink zone
• Almost 7,000 boarding on Route 237 Preston Road

Highland Park is represented on the DART Board of Directors by DART Board Chair Gary Slagel, who also represents Richardson, Addison, and University Park.

The Town of Highland Park is located approximately 3 miles north of the center of Dallas and is 2.26 square miles in size. Today, the town has approximately 8,700 residents.

The town was named "Highland Park" because of its higher elevation compared to the surrounding area and because 20% of developed land was reserved for park space. The community is bordered on the south, east, and west by Dallas and on the north by the city of University Park.

The town’s eponymous Highland Park Village was the first planned shopping center in the United States with a unified architectural style and stores facing in toward an interior parking area, all built and managed under a single ownership. Located at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road, the Village became the prototype for shopping centers all over the country.

Highland Park’s residents were among the thousands that voted in favor of a regional transit system and the town has been part of the DART Service Area since the beginning in August 1983.

Residents can connect to DART via a short drive to DART Rail’s SMU/Mockingbird Station, which opened in January 1997 as part of the Red Line extension from Pearl Station to Park Lane Station. In 2013, the agency began offering DART On-Call service, which was replaced by the current GoLink Park Cities on-demand service.

Today, GoLink connects residents and works to and from SMU/Mockingbird Station. Route 237 follows Preston Road and connects riders to Addison Transit Center, Baylor University Medical Center, and Downtown Dallas.

DART service in the Town of Highland Park in Q4 FY 2024 included:

• More than 4,000 trips in the Park Cities GoLink zone
• Almost 7,000 boarding on Route 237 Preston Road

Highland Park is represented on the DART Board of Directors by DART Board Chair Gary Slagel, who also represents Richardson, Addison, and University Park.