My wife is riding DART (Dallas) by herself!

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Oh, heck, I just assumed she was riding DART in Delaware.

Dallas I know nothing at all about, except since it’s probably larger than the whole state of Delaware, I’d probably get a Lyft or cab.

Let us know how it worked out.
 
Guess I am being very clueless. What are you foreseeing as the possible problems and issues?
As pointed out by zetharion, there can tend to be riff raffs aboard or at the stations where she transferred from the Blue to the Orange, particularly for a woman traveling by herself at night. I know from my own experience that the ridership changes quite a bit throughput the length of the ride.

She had no problem, though, except she did have some "friendly" advisors at Pearl where she switched trains. I told her Mockingbird or City Place would have been better, but she didn't want to be trapped in Texas' only subway station. West End would have been way worse. Huge homeless population around there with some aggressive panhandle.

Turns out I should have been more concerned about her at DFW. Turns out she got airside in terminal A, and hung out with a steak and a beer until 30 minutes before her flight...from terminal E! She was the last person to board her flight.

🥵
 
As pointed out by zetharion, there can tend to be riff raffs aboard or at the stations where she transferred from the Blue to the Orange, particularly for a woman traveling by herself at night. I know from my own experience that the ridership changes quite a bit throughput the length of the ride.

She had no problem, though, except she did have some "friendly" advisors at Pearl where she switched trains. I told her Mockingbird or City Place would have been better, but she didn't want to be trapped in Texas' only subway station. West End would have been way worse. Huge homeless population around there with some aggressive panhandle.

Turns out I should have been more concerned about her at DFW. Turns out she got airside in terminal A, and hung out with a steak and a beer until 30 minutes before her flight...from terminal E! She was the last person to board her flight.

🥵

So glad it all worked out well and safely for her.😊
 
As pointed out by zetharion, there can tend to be riff raffs aboard or at the stations where she transferred from the Blue to the Orange, particularly for a woman traveling by herself at night. I know from my own experience that the ridership changes quite a bit throughput the length of the ride.

She had no problem, though, except she did have some "friendly" advisors at Pearl where she switched trains. I told her Mockingbird or City Place would have been better, but she didn't want to be trapped in Texas' only subway station. West End would have been way worse. Huge homeless population around there with some aggressive panhandle.

Turns out I should have been more concerned about her at DFW. Turns out she got airside in terminal A, and hung out with a steak and a beer until 30 minutes before her flight...from terminal E! She was the last person to board her flight.

🥵
Im surprised she made it that fast.
 
there can tend to be riff raffs aboard or at the stations where she transferred from the Blue to the Orange, particularly for a woman traveling by herself at night. I know from my own experience that the ridership changes quite a bit throughput the length of the ride.
I've experienced some pushy panhandlers around Union Station, mostly trying to sell JFK conspiracy theories, and claiming to be the only person to know what really happened (the famous grassy knoll being just around the corner so I guess a lot of tourists come there to see it). But the rest of the DART system was quite fine, at least on my various visits.
 
Yes, I was surprised, too. She once missed a flight on Allegiant at Stanford because she forgot her ID.
I almost missed a flight once at DFW because I mid-read the sign and went to the wrong gate.

I did get to the right place just as they were about to close the gate.

I guess I learned my lesson.
 
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