Tim McKay Promoted to DART Senior Vice President (open access)

Tim McKay Promoted to DART Senior Vice President

News release about the promotion of Time McKay, who oversaw DART's light rail expansion, to Senior vice president of the agency.
Date: March 28, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART taking comments on proposed fare and service changes (open access)

DART taking comments on proposed fare and service changes

News release about a public hearing and community meetings to be help by DART ahead of a vote on fare and service changes.
Date: March 16, 2009
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
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 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 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
Trinity Railway Express Commuter Rail Names New Chief Operating Officer (open access)

Trinity Railway Express Commuter Rail Names New Chief Operating Officer

News release about the appointment of Bill Farquhar as the new COO of the Trinity Railway Express, a commuter rail line jointly owned and operated by DART and the T.
Date: March 23, 2007
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
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
DART aumenta oportunidades de contratos mediante Internet (open access)

DART aumenta oportunidades de contratos mediante Internet

News release about the posting of business contracting opportunities with DART on the DART website.
Date: March 27, 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
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
More monkeys on Mondays, twice the tigers on Tuesdays (open access)

More monkeys on Mondays, twice the tigers on Tuesdays

News release about discounts on Dallas Zoo tickets with DART light rail tickets.
Date: March 20, 2000
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
El nuevo carril HOV de DART, acelera el trayecto al sur de Dallas (open access)

El nuevo carril HOV de DART, acelera el trayecto al sur de Dallas

News release concerning the opening of new DART HOV lanes along I-35E.
Date: March 5, 2002
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
Salir de compras con las ofertas de DART es sensacional (open access)

Salir de compras con las ofertas de DART es sensacional

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
Tarrant County Commuters Boarding TRE at Irving Station (open access)

Tarrant County Commuters Boarding TRE at Irving Station

News release about a survey showing that an increasing number of Tarrant County residents regularly use the South Irving Transit Center.
Date: March 28, 2000
Creator: Willis, Belinda
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
Federal funds secured to start work on future Carrollton DART station (open access)

Federal funds secured to start work on future Carrollton DART station

News release about DART receiving federal funds for the construction of Rail Station in Downtown Carrollton.
Date: March 25, 2005
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART busca información para desarrollar la próxima generación de tránsito regional (open access)

DART busca información para desarrollar la próxima generación de tránsito regional

News release about a public meeting, hosted by DART, at which the transit agency will present an overview of its plans for a light rail corridor, including an assessment of its environmental impact.
Date: March 26, 2004
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public to view Light Rail alignment for Northwest Corridor (open access)

Public to view Light Rail alignment for Northwest Corridor

News release about public meetings concerning the alignment and station plans for DART's planned Northwest Corridor light rail extension.
Date: March 18, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Un día de diversión y educación en el Campamento de Seguridad de DART (open access)

Un día de diversión y educación en el Campamento de Seguridad de DART

News release about DART's "Safety Camp," a transit safety program for children.
Date: March 12, 2001
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
Crece la popularidad de los carriles HOV (open access)

Crece la popularidad de los carriles HOV

News release about the role of DART's HOV program in reducing traffic congestion.
Date: March 8, 2002
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Study shows Cityplace Air Safe for Customers, Employees (open access)

Study shows Cityplace Air Safe for Customers, Employees

News release concerning the results of a DART air quality study on DART's subway tunnel and Cityplace Station.
Date: March 5, 2001
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History