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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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
V. A. Medical Center gives employees a free ride in 1999 (open access)

V. A. Medical Center gives employees a free ride in 1999

News release about Dallas' Veterans Affairs Medical Center's purchase of transit passes for all of its employees.
Date: December 21, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statement from DART Executive Vice President/General Manager Victor Burke on December 11 bus accident (open access)

Statement from DART Executive Vice President/General Manager Victor Burke on December 11 bus accident

News release quoting DART's General Manager Burke about a bus crash.
Date: December 11, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Recognized by American Indian Chamber of Commerce (open access)

DART Recognized by American Indian Chamber of Commerce

News release detailing DART's commitment to utilizing minority- and women-owned business and its recognition by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas for this work.
Date: November 18, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART transportation and maintenance employees feed the homeless Saturday, October 24 (open access)

DART transportation and maintenance employees feed the homeless Saturday, October 24

News release about a charitable "Feed the Homeless" lunch sponsored by DART employees.
Date: October 19, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Park the car and fly DART to the State Fair of Texas (open access)

Park the car and fly DART to the State Fair of Texas

News release concerning public parking for transit to the Texas State Fair.
Date: September 9, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
D/FW Airport employers, employees connect with DART bus route (open access)

D/FW Airport employers, employees connect with DART bus route

News release detailing the utility of DART transit routes for opening up employment opportunities to residents who would have otherwise been unable to transport themselves to their new job-sites.
Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Rogers, Myia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Selling public transit: the driver-to-rider conversion (open access)

Selling public transit: the driver-to-rider conversion

News release encouraging drivers to switch to using public transit options or carpooling in HOV lanes,
Date: August 21, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
FTA's transit chief to visit Dallas August 19 (open access)

FTA's transit chief to visit Dallas August 19

News release about a visit by an FTA official to Dallas to discuss a large federal grant to DART for transit expansion and meeting national transit goals.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Anderson, Rose
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddle up for a ride on the Cowboys Flyer! (open access)

Saddle up for a ride on the Cowboys Flyer!

News release about the Cowboy Flyer, a bus service to Cowboy football games.
Date: July 9, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART puts Poetry in Motion on buses and trains (open access)

DART puts Poetry in Motion on buses and trains

News release about the pilot launch of Poetry in Motion, a program dedicated to decorating the interior of DART vehicles with poetry for riders to read.
Date: June 24, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Richardson's Ray Noah honored for commitment to regionalism (open access)

Richardson's Ray Noah honored for commitment to regionalism

News release about the awarding of the William J. Pitstick Regional Excellence Award to DART Board Member and former Richardson mayor Ray Noah.
Date: June 10, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Success of DART Rail prompts new order for 21 more light rail vehicles (open access)

Success of DART Rail prompts new order for 21 more light rail vehicles

News release concerning DART's planned purchase of new light rail vehicles.
Date: April 29, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History