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DART building state-of-the-art LNG fueling facility for new bus fleet (open access)

DART building state-of-the-art LNG fueling facility for new bus fleet

News release detailing the creation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station for DART's upcoming rollout of LNG-powered buses.
Date: October 10, 1997
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART buying more light rail vehicles to serve current, future riders (open access)

DART buying more light rail vehicles to serve current, future riders

News release concerning DART's purchase of more rail cars ahead of the agency's planned expansion of its light rail transit system.
Date: October 16, 1997
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART services picking up speed (open access)

DART services picking up speed

News release about DART's rising ridership levels.
Date: November 17, 1997
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commuter rail service growing (open access)

Commuter rail service growing

News release concerning the Trinity Railway Express's new service schedule with more frequent trips and a DART public hearing on the elimination of bus route 203.
Date: November 25, 1997
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Board accelerates and expands rail, bus plans (open access)

DART Board accelerates and expands rail, bus plans

News release about DART's plan to significantly expand its light rail system, reverse declining bus ridership, and employ more environmentally friendly buses.
Date: December 10, 1997
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preview of Dallas' next HOV lanes set for Wednesday, January 28 (open access)

Preview of Dallas' next HOV lanes set for Wednesday, January 28

News release concerning an open house event intended to inform the public about DART's HOV lanes.
Date: January 22, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART HOV operator breathes life into child (open access)

DART HOV operator breathes life into child

News release about life-saving CPR performed by an HOV lane operator on a three-year-old boy that he came across on a patrol.
Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Construction begins on next HOV lanes (open access)

Construction begins on next HOV lanes

News release concerning construction on new HOV lanes, their planned entry and exit points, and current and projected HOV ridership numbers.
Date: February 12, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART opens new retail store at Akard Station, March 23 (open access)

DART opens new retail store at Akard Station, March 23

News release about a new DART store location, selling transit passes and merchendise.
Date: March 11, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ridership on the rise, survey shows strong support for DART (open access)

Ridership on the rise, survey shows strong support for DART

This news release addressed the results of a telephone survey that showed increasing levels of ridership over the previous year, including a reversal of falling bus ridership. It also included statements by DART president Roger Snoble about the future of DART, including planed expansions of light rail and purchases of more buses.
Date: March 16, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART moving quickly to build alternatively fueled bus fleet (open access)

DART moving quickly to build alternatively fueled bus fleet

News release about upgrades to DART's bus fleet, including a partial transition to liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas and a new bus design with transparent sides and bottoms.
Date: April 24, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Gililland, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Board selects new auditor (open access)

DART Board selects new auditor

News release introducing DART's new Director of Internal Audit, Sharon Mogford.
Date: April 28, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Success of DART Rail prompts new order for 21 more light rail vehicles (open access)

Success of DART Rail prompts new order for 21 more light rail vehicles

News release concerning DART's planned purchase of new light rail vehicles.
Date: April 29, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART steps up transit security (open access)

DART steps up transit security

News release about DART's planned improvements to transit safety following an altercation aboard a train with no transit police on-board.
Date: May 20, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Richardson's Ray Noah honored for commitment to regionalism (open access)

Richardson's Ray Noah honored for commitment to regionalism

News release about the awarding of the William J. Pitstick Regional Excellence Award to DART Board Member and former Richardson mayor Ray Noah.
Date: June 10, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART puts Poetry in Motion on buses and trains (open access)

DART puts Poetry in Motion on buses and trains

News release about the pilot launch of Poetry in Motion, a program dedicated to decorating the interior of DART vehicles with poetry for riders to read.
Date: June 24, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
FTA's transit chief to visit Dallas August 19 (open access)

FTA's transit chief to visit Dallas August 19

News release about a visit by an FTA official to Dallas to discuss a large federal grant to DART for transit expansion and meeting national transit goals.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Anderson, Rose
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART meets with community about transit alternatives for Northwest Corridor (open access)

DART meets with community about transit alternatives for Northwest Corridor

News release announcing public meetings to be held concerning transportation alternatives following the release of a DART and NCTCG investment study. The meetings are a prerequisite for federal funding on development projects.
Date: August 11, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Selling public transit: the driver-to-rider conversion (open access)

Selling public transit: the driver-to-rider conversion

News release encouraging drivers to switch to using public transit options or carpooling in HOV lanes,
Date: August 21, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
D/FW Airport employers, employees connect with DART bus route (open access)

D/FW Airport employers, employees connect with DART bus route

News release detailing the utility of DART transit routes for opening up employment opportunities to residents who would have otherwise been unable to transport themselves to their new job-sites.
Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Rogers, Myia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Park the car and fly DART to the State Fair of Texas (open access)

Park the car and fly DART to the State Fair of Texas

News release concerning public parking for transit to the Texas State Fair.
Date: September 9, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History