The system used automated guideway transit technology, although it was eventually driven manually, and existed primarily for the benefit of office workers and a few local residents.

[7] In July 1993, the system was closed due to rising expenses and a lack of envisioned development following the Dallas-area real estate crash.

[9] Eventually the system ran only on a limited basis, yet the arrival of DART's Orange Line and development in the area at one point made expansion seem like a possibility.

[11] Sometime in January 2013, the APT system was wrapped with a design, courtesy of Fastsigns, showing that the City of Irving, Texas, had received the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

It ran from 6:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays for the benefit of office workers riding to Bell Tower/Mandalay Canal Station to eat lunch at the restaurants located there, as well as DART passengers boarding at Tower 909.

In April 2013, Schwager Davis, Inc. signed a contract with DCURD for the Operation & Maintenance of the Las Colinas APT System.

A number of guideway supports without tracks existed north of the Urban Towers Station before they were demolished to make way for development.

Additional possible future expansion options considered during this phase of growth include:[13] Some, such as Gary N. Bourland, author of Las Colinas: The Inside Story of America's Premier Urban Development, cite cases of the APT System being viewed as an expensive white elephant.

[15] However, the Northwest Corridor Major Investment Study - carried out on behalf of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors - referenced the (since completed) integration of the APT system into the DART public transit network, showing that demand remained for the service's continuation and even expansion.