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Holidays mean schedule changes for DART (open access)

Holidays mean schedule changes for DART

News release concerning DART's reduced service on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Date: December 9, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART train "saves" policewoman in new movie (open access)

DART train "saves" policewoman in new movie

News release about the appearance of DART trains in an NBC TV movie.
Date: February 9, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Safety Camp Meets Again, Saturday, September 18 (open access)

Rail Safety Camp Meets Again, Saturday, September 18

News release about a DART rail safety seminar.
Date: September 8, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Adds Service for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day (open access)

DART Adds Service for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day

News release about modified DART service schedules during the winter holidays.
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART testing new home pickup service in Plano (open access)

DART testing new home pickup service in Plano

News release about DART's "On-Call" van service, scheduled to launch in Plano, which will carry customers to and from the East Plano Transit Center.
Date: May 17, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paratransit Customers Begin Recertification in July (open access)

Paratransit Customers Begin Recertification in July

News release about the opening of a DART paratransit assessment center to determine which riders are eligible for paratransit services.
Date: July 19, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head of federal transit agency in Dallas Friday to discuss light rail funding (open access)

Head of federal transit agency in Dallas Friday to discuss light rail funding

News release concerning plans for a major funding agreement between the FTA and DART to help pay for an extension of DART's LRT line from Park Lane Station to Plano.
Date: February 4, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Cotton Bowl Flyer takes to the field January 1 (open access)

DART Cotton Bowl Flyer takes to the field January 1

News release concerning the "Cotton Bowl Flyer," a bus service to the 2000 Cotton Bowl Classic football game.
Date: December 16, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrison appointed to DART Board (open access)

Harrison appointed to DART Board

News release about the appointment of banker Huelon Harrison to DART's Board of Directors, representing the city of Dallas.
Date: January 27, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART names new chief engineer to head rail expansion (open access)

DART names new chief engineer to head rail expansion

News release about the naming of Gary Thomas as senior vice president of Project Management ahead of major expansions of DART's light-rail transit system. Thomas had previously worked as a consultant during the launch of DART's 20-mile Light Rail Starter System.
Date: December 3, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART offering free rides in December on Trinity Railway Express and DART Trolley-Buses (open access)

DART offering free rides in December on Trinity Railway Express and DART Trolley-Buses

News release about the availability of free rides in December.
Date: November 25, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bus, Rail, HOV expansion projects in full swing (open access)

Bus, Rail, HOV expansion projects in full swing

News release about recent and future DART expansion projects, including the creation of new rail lines and stations, building new HOV lanes, the purchase of new buses, and the upgrading of bus stops.
Date: February 19, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Central Rail Construction Making Progress (open access)

North Central Rail Construction Making Progress

News release concerning construction on a DART station near NorthPark Center.
Date: April 28, 1999
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History