Plano Representative Robert Pope Named Chairman of DART Board of Directors (open access)

Plano Representative Robert Pope Named Chairman of DART Board of Directors

News release concerning the election of officers on the DART Board of Directors. Robert Pope was elected Chairman.
Date: October 19, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Marks 10 Years of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (open access)

DART Marks 10 Years of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

News release about DART's HOV lane program to mark its tenth anniversary.
Date: September 19, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New bus stops, shelters glowing green (open access)

New bus stops, shelters glowing green

News release about DART's solar-powered bus stops and bus shelters.
Date: May 19, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorial Day Holiday Schedule for DART Services (open access)

Memorial Day Holiday Schedule for DART Services

News release about DART's reduced service schedule in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
Date: May 19, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
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 about DART's "Cotton Bowl Flyer," a bus service to Cotton Bowl games.
Date: December 19, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART light rail expansion wins state, national engineering awards (open access)

DART light rail expansion wins state, national engineering awards

News release about DART being awarded engineering accolades by the American Council of Engineering Companies for its Phase 1 Build-Out light rail expansion.
Date: March 19, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART shows off the Metroplex (open access)

DART shows off the Metroplex

News release about travel destinations near new DART stations in Dallas, Garland, Richardson, and Plano.
Date: December 19, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART light rail poised to push northeast of LBJ Freeway (open access)

DART light rail poised to push northeast of LBJ Freeway

News release about the opening of DART's new light rail terminal, LBJ/Skillman Station.
Date: April 19, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Test Trains Traveling Galatyn Park to Parker Road Corridor (open access)

DART Test Trains Traveling Galatyn Park to Parker Road Corridor

News release about DART running test trains and promoting rail safety ahead of the opening of three new stations.
Date: November 19, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposed DART bus changes presented in community meetings (open access)

Proposed DART bus changes presented in community meetings

News release about a series of community meetings to gather input on proposes bus service changes.
Date: February 19, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal transit funding bill supports enhanced DART bus facilities (open access)

Federal transit funding bill supports enhanced DART bus facilities

News release planned upgrades for DART's bus facilities, made possible by federal funding.
Date: September 19, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New bus service, route and schedule changes start Monday, March 3 (open access)

New bus service, route and schedule changes start Monday, March 3

News release about modifications being made to around 40 DART bus routes and about a DART pilot program, "Feeder Fare," that allows paratransit customers to book wheelchair accessible vans to DART terminals for much less than the cost of a trip via a full paratransit vehicle.
Date: February 19, 2008
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
New traffic congestion study supports expanded transit options (open access)

New traffic congestion study supports expanded transit options

News release about DART about a study illuminating the high economic cost of traffic congestion.
Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History