9 Days of DART Reveals a Treasure of Destinations and Deals (open access)

9 Days of DART Reveals a Treasure of Destinations and Deals

News release about advertising the use of DART's destination deals, offering discounts at travel destinations near DART rail stations or along connecting streetcar routes, over Spring Break.
Date: March 5, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
2001-03-12 (open access)

2001-03-12

News release about plans for expanded use of liquefied natural gas buses by several transit agencies, including DART.
Date: March 12, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
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
Community invited to comment on Southeast Corridor environmental report (open access)

Community invited to comment on Southeast Corridor environmental report

News release about public meetings to be conducted following the release of a draft environmental study concerning a planned extension of a DART light rail line.
Date: March 1, 2002
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
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
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 30-foot iBus debuts Wednesday at Dallas Auto Show (open access)

DART 30-foot iBus debuts Wednesday at Dallas Auto Show

News release about DART's new "iBuses," smaller busses intended to service shorter, neighborhood routes.
Date: March 15, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Auditor Selected New Chief Financial Officer (open access)

DART Auditor Selected New Chief Financial Officer

News release about the appointment of Sharon Mogford Leary to the position of CFO of DART.
Date: March 27, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Board Approves Rail Station Access for Grayson County Shuttle (open access)

DART Board Approves Rail Station Access for Grayson County Shuttle

News release about an agreement between DART and the Texoma Area Paratransit Systems (TAPS) which would provide a TAPS shuttle service with access to DART's Parker Road Rail Station.
Date: March 14, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Bus Operators JUMP START their Driving Skills (open access)

DART Bus Operators JUMP START their Driving Skills

News release concerning DART's "Jump Start" refresher course for bus operators.
Date: March 15, 2001
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
DART Changes Strengthen Paratransit Service (open access)

DART Changes Strengthen Paratransit Service

News release about DART's expanded and updated paratransit fleet, which includes GPS navigation systems on all buses.
Date: March 13, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Chief Financial Officer Joins NextJet (open access)

DART Chief Financial Officer Joins NextJet

News release concerning the departure of DART CFO for a private industry position.
Date: March 7, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART customers save half on Dallas Zoo admission on Mondays, Tuesdays (open access)

DART customers save half on Dallas Zoo admission on Mondays, Tuesdays

News release about discounts on admission for DART customers at the Dallas Zoo.
Date: March 9, 2001
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
DART Delivers Even More Value with Destination Deals (open access)

DART Delivers Even More Value with Destination Deals

News release about DART's destination deals guidebook for discounts at travel destinations near DART rail stations or along connecting streetcar routes.
Date: March 5, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
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 hosts April 17 job fair to support long-range growth (open access)

DART hosts April 17 job fair to support long-range growth

News release about a DART Job Fair.
Date: March 29, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
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 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 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 placing "Trains Coming" signals along Lancaster Road (open access)

DART placing "Trains Coming" signals along Lancaster Road

News release about DART placing train signals along a section of a light rail line in Lancaster Road.'s median.
Date: March 27, 2002
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