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New website design puts focus on rider tools, trip information (open access)

New website design puts focus on rider tools, trip information

News release about DART's new website design, which puts a greater emphasis on rider and trip planning tools.
Date: August 22, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Board sets Orange Line connection to DFW Airport (open access)

Board sets Orange Line connection to DFW Airport

News release about DART's planned Orange Line terminating at Terminal A at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Date: June 23, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART joins the big switch off (open access)

DART joins the big switch off

News release about DART turning off all non-essential lights at its headquarters as part of "Earth Hour" to promote environmental awareness.
Date: March 17, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
MillerCoors to once again provide free DART rides New Year's Eve (open access)

MillerCoors to once again provide free DART rides New Year's Eve

News release about DART, through a partnership with MillerCoors, offering free transit rides on the night of New Year's Eve, in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Rail turning 20 (open access)

DART Rail turning 20

News release about celebrations marking the twentieth anniversary of the launch of DART rail.
Date: June 6, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART taking public comments on proposed route changes (open access)

DART taking public comments on proposed route changes

News release about a series of public meetings to gather public input on proposed route and service changes intended to accompany the opening of DART's Orange Line in July and Blue Line extension in December.
Date: January 3, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
August change improves DART bus service (open access)

August change improves DART bus service

News release about adjustments being made to DART's bus service schedule.
Date: July 31, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transit Agency Receives Community Appreciation Award (open access)

Transit Agency Receives Community Appreciation Award

News release concerning DART receiving the Garland Branch of the NAACP's Community Appreciation Award during it's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration.
Date: January 13, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and Richland put Poetry in Motion (open access)

DART and Richland put Poetry in Motion

News release about DART's "Poetry in Motion" program, in which poems are placed in advertising spaces on DART vehicles to promote greater appreciation of poetry in North Texas.
Date: December 4, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ride DART and TRE for Free New Year's Eve (open access)

Ride DART and TRE for Free New Year's Eve

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day and the agencies partnership with MillerCoors to provide free public transit rides in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southern Pacific Transformation Company Right of Way and Track Map Soumethun Branch

Rail corridor right-of-way and track map from station 14176+88 to station 14388+08 in Dallas, Texas. Scale 1'':400'.
Date: January 30, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Michael Miles, October 31, 2018 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Michael Miles, October 31, 2018

Interview with Mike Miles, the former Vice President of Government Relations at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) from Dallas, Texas. While the interview briefly covers aspects of his life in Ohio and Dallas, it focuses on his career with DART. Miles discusses the many successes and failures of public transportation in regards to improving mobility management. He indicates that there has been a shift in perception of public transit since the 1970s and more people are looking for alternative methods to travel.
Date: October 31, 2018
Creator: Moye, Todd & Miles, Michael
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southern Pacific Transportation Company Station Map Soumethun

Station Map of Dallas, Texas from station 14211+44.4 to station 14245+72. Scale 1'':100'.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History