Trinity Railway Express celebrates 20 million passenger trips (open access)

Trinity Railway Express celebrates 20 million passenger trips

News release marking the 20 millionth customer to ride on the Trinity Railway Express, a commuter rail line jointly operated by DART and the T.
Date: November 6, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Ball, Mark & Hunter, Joan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New LBJ HOV lanes opening Monday (open access)

New LBJ HOV lanes opening Monday

News release about the opening of new extensions of DART's HOV lane system.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Petras, Kelli
System: The Portal to Texas History
FY 2008 a banner year for DART ridership (open access)

FY 2008 a banner year for DART ridership

News release about DART ridership gains over Fiscal Year 2008 and DART's current expansion programs.
Date: October 24, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Committee Named to Examine Transportation Needs Through 2030 (open access)

Committee Named to Examine Transportation Needs Through 2030

News release about the "2030 Committee," charged with presenting an estimate of Texas's transportation needs through the year 2030.
Date: July 10, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Help DART stuff buses for the holidays to comfort those in need (open access)

Help DART stuff buses for the holidays to comfort those in need

News release about DART's "stuff a bus" campaigns to gather charitable donations for underprivileged persons during the winter holidays.
Date: November 25, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART ridership setting records even with falling pump prices (open access)

DART ridership setting records even with falling pump prices

News release about DART's continuing to set ridership records despite falling gas prices.
Date: November 21, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Take DART and TRE to area winter wonderlands (open access)

Take DART and TRE to area winter wonderlands

News release promoting the use of DART and TRE services to travel to winter holiday destinations in the DFW-area.
Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Red Raiders and Rebels run to the Cotton Bowl on DART (open access)

Red Raiders and Rebels run to the Cotton Bowl on DART

News release promoting the use of DART's "Cotton Bowl Shuttle" to travel to the 2009 Cotton bowl football game.
Date: December 8, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART hosts design-build forum Monday, February 11 (open access)

DART hosts design-build forum Monday, February 11

News release about a forum for construction contractors and vendors to learn about opportunities to provide design-build services for the next phase of DART's rail expansion.
Date: February 6, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discover DART opportunities, August 8 (open access)

Discover DART opportunities, August 8

News release about a public career and business development, hosted by DART and the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Dallas-Fort Worth, to promote DART employment opportunities for DFW-area Asian-Americans.
Date: July 21, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART ridership continues growth in November (open access)

DART ridership continues growth in November

News release about DART continuing to set ridership records despite falling gas prices.
Date: December 16, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART celebrates past, builds for the future (open access)

DART celebrates past, builds for the future

News release about DART celebrating 25 years since voters approved the creation of DART and the agency's plans for the future.
Date: August 6, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holiday schedules for DART and TRE announced (open access)

Holiday schedules for DART and TRE announced

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Date: December 10, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Board forwards Financial Plan to cities for review DART President/Executive Director reorganizes agency leadership (open access)

Board forwards Financial Plan to cities for review DART President/Executive Director reorganizes agency leadership

News release concerning DART's draft long-rang financial plan for the construction on future rail projects, the need to increase revenue to support these new projects, and the restructuring of DART's top staff leadership to provide DART President Gary Thomas more direct oversight of rail construction projects.
Date: March 5, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART breaks ground on Rosa Parks Plaza (open access)

DART breaks ground on Rosa Parks Plaza

News release about DART's new Rosa Parks Plaza, a bus transfer location in downtown Dallas.
Date: August 20, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Another ridership record for DART (open access)

Another ridership record for DART

News release about DART's fourth consecutive month of record-setting ridership.
Date: September 25, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Three new members named to DART Board (open access)

Three new members named to DART Board

News release about the appointment of three new members to the DART board of directors.
Date: August 13, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
British journalists visit DART (open access)

British journalists visit DART

News release about a BBC broadcasts in which DART president Gary Thomas was interviewed as part of a broader discussion of the need for public transportation in the United States.
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confidence in DART rising with ridership (open access)

Confidence in DART rising with ridership

News release about a survey of DART customers which shows an increase in confidence and satisfaction in DART.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART to operate Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day (open access)

DART to operate Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day

News release about DART's reduced service schedule in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Concurrent modifications to DART's service would also be made to accommodate construction and additional traffic due to a Dallas Stars hockey game.
Date: November 14, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steele appointed as DART Vice President, CIO (open access)

Steele appointed as DART Vice President, CIO

News release about DART naming Allan Steele as its new vice president and CIO.
Date: December 30, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
New super DART Rail vehicles debut this summer (open access)

New super DART Rail vehicles debut this summer

News release about the launch of DART's new "Super Light Rail Vehicles," longer train cars that accommodate more passengers and have low-floor sections to better accommodate wheelchairs, strollers, and bicycles. Nearly all of DART's rail stations will need to be modified to accommodate these new vehicles.
Date: April 11, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Announces Labor Day Schedules (open access)

DART Announces Labor Day Schedules

News release about DART's reduces service schedule in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Date: August 18, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transit agency employees deliver a train-load of help (open access)

Transit agency employees deliver a train-load of help

News release about DART's "Friendly Food Fight," a charity drive to collect food donations in partnership with Dallas's Union Gospel Mission.
Date: December 18, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History