Trinity Metro was created in 1983 as a regional transportation authority of the State of Texas and is not an agency or department of any of its member cities. The agency annually provides nearly 10 million passenger trips on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express, which it jointly owns and operates with Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Trinity Metro is developing TEXRail, a commuter rail from Fort Worth to DFW Airport’s Terminal B. The governing body is an eleven-member board of directors with eight appointed by the Fort Worth City Council and three by Tarrant County Commissioners Court