DART Board pushes for no change in Dallas sales tax payment (open access)

DART Board pushes for no change in Dallas sales tax payment

News release about DART's opposition to a proposal by the Dallas City Council to make up a shortfall in the Dallas Police and Fire Pensionby reducing its contribution to DART's budget through sales taxes.
Date: March 28, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Central Railway Selects Two Possible Dallas Station Locations (open access)

Texas Central Railway Selects Two Possible Dallas Station Locations

News release about the Texas Central Railway Co. announcing its selection of two locations in Dallas as candidate sites fora future high-speed rail station in conjunction with a high-speed rail project which would connect Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington.
Date: February 6, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's new DFW Airport Station highlights service changes (open access)

DART's new DFW Airport Station highlights service changes

News release about the opening of DART's light rail extension to DFW International Airport and accompanying schedule and route changes.
Date: July 28, 2014
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and TRE Make Christmas and New Year's Eve Plans (open access)

DART and TRE Make Christmas and New Year's Eve Plans

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Date: December 16, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART to go dark for Earth Hour 2012 (open access)

DART to go dark for Earth Hour 2012

News release about DART's plan to turn off all non-essential lights at its headquarters as part of Earth Hour.
Date: March 22, 2012
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART making connections for growing businesses (open access)

DART making connections for growing businesses

News release about a DART networking event intended to help the agency's prime contractors connect with potential subcontractors, particularly those owned by the disadvantaged, minorities, and women.
Date: December 18, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Thanksgiving holiday schedule (open access)

DART's Thanksgiving holiday schedule

News release about DART's reduced service schedule in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Date: November 8, 2010
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Rail Expansion Bolsters Economy (open access)

DART Rail Expansion Bolsters Economy

News release about a study which demonstrated that the positive impact on the North Texas economy of DART's recent light rail expansions significantly exceeded their cost.
Date: January 28, 2014
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Force and New Mexico Fans can DART to Cotton Bowl (open access)

Air Force and New Mexico Fans can DART to Cotton Bowl

News release promoting DART transportation options to the "Air Force Classic" football game.
Date: September 19, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART approves agency's first CNG bus order (open access)

DART approves agency's first CNG bus order

News release about DART ordering a large number of compressed natural gas buses.
Date: January 25, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strauss re-elected DART Board Chair (open access)

Strauss re-elected DART Board Chair

News release about the election of officers on the DART board of directors, including the re-election of Robert W. Strauss as board chair.
Date: October 8, 2014
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Art Contest Winners Announced (open access)

DART's Art Contest Winners Announced

News release about the winners of DART's annual student art contest.
Date: April 18, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
DART art contest won by Plano student (open access)

DART art contest won by Plano student

News release about the winner of DART's annual student art contest.
Date: April 27, 2018
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History