DART's Cowboy Flyer Moves Through Traffic Like Rocket Ismail Through the Redskins' Secondary (open access)

DART's Cowboy Flyer Moves Through Traffic Like Rocket Ismail Through the Redskins' Secondary

News release about the "Cowboy Flyer," a bus service to Dallas Cowboy games.
Date: July 24, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New Bus Transfer Locations Open, Addison Trolley-Bus Service Grows, Monday July 31 (open access)

New Bus Transfer Locations Open, Addison Trolley-Bus Service Grows, Monday July 31

News release about improvements in DART bus services in West Dallas.
Date: July 24, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Celebrates Landmark Access Law, Honors Organizations, Community Leaders (open access)

DART Celebrates Landmark Access Law, Honors Organizations, Community Leaders

News release about a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, held by DART.
Date: July 26, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Committed to Full Accessibility on Buses, Trains (open access)

DART Committed to Full Accessibility on Buses, Trains

News release concerning DART's efforts to make its transit services more accessible to disabled passengers.
Date: July 26, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County Officials Tour Commuter Rail Corridor (open access)

Tarrant County Officials Tour Commuter Rail Corridor

News release about the extension of the Trinity Railway Express, a joint venture between DART and the T, to Tarrant County.
Date: July 26, 2000
Creator: Willis, Belinda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area Transit Authorities Win Regional Cooperation Award (open access)

Area Transit Authorities Win Regional Cooperation Award

News release about DART and the T being awarded the North Central Texas Council of Governments's Regional Cooperation Award.
Date: July 13, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Logston, Jane
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Test Trains Traveling Mockingbird to White Rock Corridor (open access)

DART Test Trains Traveling Mockingbird to White Rock Corridor

News release about train test being conducted along a new light rail corridor ahead of the opening of the White Rock Station.
Date: July 17, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Rail Cars Are Electric-powered Wonders (open access)

DART's Rail Cars Are Electric-powered Wonders

News release about DART's electric light rail cars.
Date: July 24, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the New American Airlines Center (open access)

DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the New American Airlines Center

News release about DART and Trinity Railway Express transportation to events at the American Airlines Center.
Date: July 25, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Logston, Jane & Moorman, Melissa
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the Big Top at the New American Airlines Center (open access)

DART and the Trinity Railway Express Take You to the Big Top at the New American Airlines Center

News release about DART and Trinity Railway Express transport to the American Airlines Center, with a focus on the Ringling Bros. Circus performing there.
Date: July 30, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Logston, Jane & Moorman, Melissa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diamond serves as ambassador for mass transit (open access)

Diamond serves as ambassador for mass transit

News release about Matthew Diamond, a hospital employee and DART enthusiast recently thanked in person by DART's president for promoting the use of DART around his hospital.
Date: July 1, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Finalizing Light Rail Extension to Plano (open access)

DART Finalizing Light Rail Extension to Plano

News release concerning a DART open house to gather input on proposed bus service changes to be initiated due to the expansion of DART light rail service to Plano.
Date: July 8, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Receives State Grant to Rework 360 Bus Engines (open access)

DART Receives State Grant to Rework 360 Bus Engines

News release concerning a $7.5 million grant from the State of Texas to upgrade DART's bus engines to reduce exhaust emissions.
Date: July 10, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART offers tips for traveling to Trinity Fest 2003 (open access)

DART offers tips for traveling to Trinity Fest 2003

News release about DART and TRE transportation options to Trinity Fest 2003, celebrating the Independence Day holiday.
Date: July 1, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Escape Summer's Sizzle on a DART Mall Excursion (open access)

Escape Summer's Sizzle on a DART Mall Excursion

News release promoting the use of DART buses to travel to Dallas-area shopping malls.
Date: July 7, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plano photographer has a DARTing eye (open access)

Plano photographer has a DARTing eye

News release about a photography series covering DART passengers.
Date: July 10, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrap Up Summer with a Free Ride to Fun, August 24-30 (open access)

Wrap Up Summer with a Free Ride to Fun, August 24-30

News release advertising the availability of end-of-summer transit passes for DART or T services for those who complete an online survey on DART's website.
Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART bus customers getting a new ride, smoother trip (open access)

DART bus customers getting a new ride, smoother trip

News release about DART's new, updated bus fleet. The 80 new buses are designed to be less environmentally harmful and more passenger friendly.
Date: July 21, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
James Spiller named Chief of DART Police (open access)

James Spiller named Chief of DART Police

News release about the naming of James Spiller as the new chief of DART's transit police.
Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Take DART for a spin (open access)

Take DART for a spin

News release about an environmental consciousness event hosted by DART where guests will have an opportunity to win water park tickets and bicycles.
Date: July 15, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Rail expansion receives federal support (open access)

DART Rail expansion receives federal support

News release about federal funding for DART's rail expansion and improvements in its bus service.
Date: July 29, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Free Fare Transit Day - Tuesday, July 18 (open access)

North Texas Free Fare Transit Day - Tuesday, July 18

News release about the first "North Texas free Fare Transit Day," during which several North Texas transit agencies, including DART, offered use of public transportation for free on July 18th.
Date: July 10, 2006
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Hunter, Joan & Doherty, Kelly
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas region semi-finalist for federal traffic-fighting grant (open access)

Dallas region semi-finalist for federal traffic-fighting grant

News release about a DoT grant program that promises up to $1.2 billion to address traffic congestion in the nation's most congested cities. Dallas is on of the nine semifinalists for the grant.
Date: July 18, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Kicks Off 50-mile HOV Lane System Expansion (open access)

DART Kicks Off 50-mile HOV Lane System Expansion

News release about the DART's upcoming HOV lane extensions.
Date: July 30, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History