DART E-Pass Hits a Home Run with Major Companies (open access)

DART E-Pass Hits a Home Run with Major Companies

News release about the success of DART's E-Pass system and the support that it had received from businesses and the EPA.
Date: July 1, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Rogers, Myia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddle up for a ride on the Cowboys Flyer! (open access)

Saddle up for a ride on the Cowboys Flyer!

News release about the Cowboy Flyer, a bus service to Cowboy football games.
Date: July 9, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
New Trolley-Buses debut in DART's August 3 service change (open access)

New Trolley-Buses debut in DART's August 3 service change

News release detailing service and schedule changes to DART buses, including the roll-out of trolley-buses, designed to look old-fashioned although they run on alternative fuel.
Date: July 15, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holiday Schedule for DART Services Monday, July 5th (open access)

Holiday Schedule for DART Services Monday, July 5th

News release concerning reduced services on July 5th in observance of Independence Day.
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paratransit Customers Begin Recertification in July (open access)

Paratransit Customers Begin Recertification in July

News release about the opening of a DART paratransit assessment center to determine which riders are eligible for paratransit services.
Date: July 19, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cowboy Flyer Rides Again! (open access)

Cowboy Flyer Rides Again!

News release about the "Cowboy Flyer," a bus service to Cowboy games at Texas Stadium.
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greater accessibility means greater independence for customers with disabilities (open access)

Greater accessibility means greater independence for customers with disabilities

News release concerning DART's accessibility to disabled costumes and its new paratransit service eligibility assessment.
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Cowboy Flyer Moves Through Traffic Like Rocket Ismail Through the Redskins' Secondary (open access)

DART's Cowboy Flyer Moves Through Traffic Like Rocket Ismail Through the Redskins' Secondary

News release about the "Cowboy Flyer," a bus service to Dallas Cowboy games.
Date: July 24, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New Bus Transfer Locations Open, Addison Trolley-Bus Service Grows, Monday July 31 (open access)

New Bus Transfer Locations Open, Addison Trolley-Bus Service Grows, Monday July 31

News release about improvements in DART bus services in West Dallas.
Date: July 24, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Celebrates Landmark Access Law, Honors Organizations, Community Leaders (open access)

DART Celebrates Landmark Access Law, Honors Organizations, Community Leaders

News release about a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, held by DART.
Date: July 26, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Committed to Full Accessibility on Buses, Trains (open access)

DART Committed to Full Accessibility on Buses, Trains

News release concerning DART's efforts to make its transit services more accessible to disabled passengers.
Date: July 26, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County Officials Tour Commuter Rail Corridor (open access)

Tarrant County Officials Tour Commuter Rail Corridor

News release about the extension of the Trinity Railway Express, a joint venture between DART and the T, to Tarrant County.
Date: July 26, 2000
Creator: Willis, Belinda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area Transit Authorities Win Regional Cooperation Award (open access)

Area Transit Authorities Win Regional Cooperation Award

News release about DART and the T being awarded the North Central Texas Council of Governments's Regional Cooperation Award.
Date: July 13, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Logston, Jane
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Test Trains Traveling Mockingbird to White Rock Corridor (open access)

DART Test Trains Traveling Mockingbird to White Rock Corridor

News release about train test being conducted along a new light rail corridor ahead of the opening of the White Rock Station.
Date: July 17, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Rail Cars Are Electric-powered Wonders (open access)

DART's Rail Cars Are Electric-powered Wonders

News release about DART's electric light rail cars.
Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the New American Airlines Center (open access)

DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the New American Airlines Center

News release about DART and Trinity Railway Express transportation to events at the American Airlines Center.
Date: July 25, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Logston, Jane & Moorman, Melissa
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the Big Top at the New American Airlines Center (open access)

DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the Big Top at the New American Airlines Center

News release about DART and Trinity Railway Express transport to the American Airlines Center, with a focus on the Ringling Bros. Circus performing there.
Date: July 30, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Logston, Jane & Moorman, Melissa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diamond serves as ambassador for mass transit (open access)

Diamond serves as ambassador for mass transit

News release about Matthew Diamond, a hospital employee and DART enthusiast recently thanked in person by DART's president for promoting the use of DART around his hospital.
Date: July 1, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Finalizing Light Rail Extension to Plano (open access)

DART Finalizing Light Rail Extension to Plano

News release concerning a DART open house to gather input on proposed bus service changes to be initiated due to the expansion of DART light rail service to Plano.
Date: July 8, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Receives State Grant to Rework 360 Bus Engines (open access)

DART Receives State Grant to Rework 360 Bus Engines

News release concerning a $7.5 million grant from the State of Texas to upgrade DART's bus engines to reduce exhaust emissions.
Date: July 10, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART offers tips for traveling to Trinity Fest 2003 (open access)

DART offers tips for traveling to Trinity Fest 2003

News release about DART and TRE transportation options to Trinity Fest 2003, celebrating the Independence Day holiday.
Date: July 1, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Escape Summer's Sizzle on a DART Mall Excursion (open access)

Escape Summer's Sizzle on a DART Mall Excursion

News release promoting the use of DART buses to travel to Dallas-area shopping malls.
Date: July 7, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plano photographer has a DARTing eye (open access)

Plano photographer has a DARTing eye

News release about a photography series covering DART passengers.
Date: July 10, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrap Up Summer with a Free Ride to Fun, August 24-30 (open access)

Wrap Up Summer with a Free Ride to Fun, August 24-30

News release advertising the availability of end-of-summer transit passes for DART or T services for those who complete an online survey on DART's website.
Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History