DART joins Earth Hour campaign (open access)

DART joins Earth Hour campaign

News release about DART's plan to turn off all non-essential lights at the DART headquarters buildings as part of "Earth Hour."
Date: March 27, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART taking comments on proposed fare and service changes (open access)

DART taking comments on proposed fare and service changes

News release about a public hearing and community meetings to be help by DART ahead of a vote on fare and service changes.
Date: March 16, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Train To Cross New Trinity Railway Express Bridge On March 9 (open access)

First Train To Cross New Trinity Railway Express Bridge On March 9

News release about the TRE's new express bridge, which will bypass railroad crossings and reduce noise from the train.
Date: March 9, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Kunke, Laurie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
TTA Chooses DART's Thomas as Outstanding General Manager (open access)

TTA Chooses DART's Thomas as Outstanding General Manager

News release about DART president Gary Thomas receiving an award from the Texas Transit Association for expanding DART's light rail system.
Date: March 5, 2009
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 Poetry in Motion series kicks-off (open access)

DART Poetry in Motion series kicks-off

News release about DAR's 10th annual "Poetry In Motion" series, which involves the posting of works of poetry in advertising spaces on DART buses and trains.
Date: March 23, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trinity Railway Express Commuter Rail Names New Chief Operating Officer (open access)

Trinity Railway Express Commuter Rail Names New Chief Operating Officer

News release about the appointment of Bill Farquhar as the new COO of the Trinity Railway Express, a commuter rail line jointly owned and operated by DART and the T.
Date: March 23, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas, DART Agree to Drop Love Field Tunnel (open access)

Dallas, DART Agree to Drop Love Field Tunnel

News release about DART abandoning plans for a direct tunnel connection to the Dallas Love Field airport as part of its Green Line light rail expansion. This was done in order to retain FTA funding for the project as a whole.
Date: March 12, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Librio, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART honored by the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (open access)

DART honored by the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

News release about DART being recognized by the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for its commitment to utilizing women- and minority-owned business.
Date: March 5, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Music Station is back on track! (open access)

DART Music Station is back on track!

News release about live music performances at DART stations.
Date: March 31, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART to the "Street Party" in Deep Ellum (open access)

DART to the "Street Party" in Deep Ellum

News release promoting the use of DART transportation services to the Deep Ellum Arts Festival and the Camper Scamper 5K run.
Date: March 28, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Test-drive DART to the 2006 Dallas Auto Show (open access)

Test-drive DART to the 2006 Dallas Auto Show

News release advertising the use of DART Rail and the TRE to travel to the 2006 Dallas Auto Show.
Date: March 22, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Make DART your spring break destination (open access)

Make DART your spring break destination

News release promoting the use of DART transportation options to travel to museums and other attractions during Spring Break.
Date: March 6, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Don't miss DART's first-ever trolley-bus sale (open access)

Don't miss DART's first-ever trolley-bus sale

News release about a DART auction where vehicles, including trolley buses, will be sold to the highest bidder.
Date: March 1, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Make DART your ride to the Dallas Auto Show (open access)

Make DART your ride to the Dallas Auto Show

News release promoting the use of DART and TRE services to travel to the Dallas Auto Show.
Date: March 29, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal funds secured to start work on future Carrollton DART station (open access)

Federal funds secured to start work on future Carrollton DART station

News release about DART receiving federal funds for the construction of Rail Station in Downtown Carrollton.
Date: March 25, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas seminars motivate big rail ridership (open access)

Dallas seminars motivate big rail ridership

News release about the role DART Rail and the TRE played in boosting membership at the "Get Motivated!" seminars at the American Airlines Center and Reunion Arena, which mutually benefited DART and TRE ridership, leading to record levels of ridership on the TRE.
Date: March 10, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Maxwell, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART to Mockingbird Station for the 35th Annual USA Film Festival (open access)

DART to Mockingbird Station for the 35th Annual USA Film Festival

News release promoting the 35th Annual USA Film Festival at DART's Mockingbird Station.
Date: March 2, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART seeks input to develop next generation of regional transit (open access)

DART seeks input to develop next generation of regional transit

News release about a series of public meetings to gather input for the development of DART's Transit System Plan.
Date: March 22, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Countrypolitan" charm and true grit (open access)

"Countrypolitan" charm and true grit

News release promoting the use of the Trinity Railway Express to visit Fort Worth travel destinations that are a part of DART's "destination deals" program, which offers discounts with the presentation of a valid DART, T, or TRE ticket or pass.
Date: March 9, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART deals make shopping sensational (open access)

DART deals make shopping sensational

News release promoting the use of DART transportation services to DFW-area shopping destinations that offer discounts with the presentation of a valid DART ticket or pass as part of DART's "destination deals."
Date: March 8, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treat the Tykes to a Rail Good Time (open access)

Treat the Tykes to a Rail Good Time

News release promoting the use of DART and Trinity Railway Express services to travel to DFW-area attractions, especially those which are a part of DART's "destination deals" program, which offers discounts at participatin businesses with a valid DART ticket or pass.
Date: March 5, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART takes you to great art (open access)

DART takes you to great art

News release promoting the use of DART and Trinity Railway Express services to travel to several DFW-area museums, where discounts on admission are available with a valid ticket or pass as part of DART's "destination deals" program.
Date: March 4, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART calls meetings on proposed changes to rail alignments and stations within the Northwest Corridor's Medical Center area (open access)

DART calls meetings on proposed changes to rail alignments and stations within the Northwest Corridor's Medical Center area

News release regarding public meetings about proposed changes to DART's planned light rail alignment serving the Dallas Medical Center.
Date: March 20, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History