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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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
V. A. Medical Center gives employees a free ride in 1999 (open access)

V. A. Medical Center gives employees a free ride in 1999

News release about Dallas' Veterans Affairs Medical Center's purchase of transit passes for all of its employees.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
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
Statement from DART Executive Vice President/General Manager Victor Burke on December 11 bus accident (open access)

Statement from DART Executive Vice President/General Manager Victor Burke on December 11 bus accident

News release quoting DART's General Manager Burke about a bus crash.
Date: December 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
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
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
Holidays mean schedule changes for DART (open access)

Holidays mean schedule changes for DART

News release about temporary service schedule changes during the winter holiday season.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Transit Police: A Commitment to Customer Safety (open access)

DART Transit Police: A Commitment to Customer Safety

News release about the expansion and function of DART's Transit Police Department.
Date: October 30, 1998
Creator: Tully, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adkisson named to DART Board (open access)

Adkisson named to DART Board

News release regarding the naming of Terri A. G. Adkisson to the DART Board of Directors.
Date: November 4, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Cotton Bowl Service takes to the field January 1 (open access)

DART Cotton Bowl Service takes to the field January 1

News release about service and fares to the 1999 Cotton Bowl Classic football game.
Date: December 24, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New national education program to sell seniors on transit (open access)

New national education program to sell seniors on transit

News release about DART's efforts to reach out to senior citizens and the disabled, highlighting public transit's potential to help people retain or achieve an active lifestyle.
Date: October 28, 1998
Creator: 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
More than 85 million trips made on DART last year (open access)

More than 85 million trips made on DART last year

News release detailing DART's recent ridership gains and its current and planned improvements in and expansions of service.
Date: November 19, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
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