DART Works With Lyft, Uber, Zipcar To Ease Your Trip
Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s collaboration with online car services – Lyft is the latest – is a national first. Dallas transit users can now complete their door to door trips with help from these...
View ArticleDART Has Something Many Other Cities Want: A Hybrid Streetcar
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is running the country’s first hybrid streetcar without the signature overhead cable from start-to-finish. Batteries power the car over the Houston Viaduct, where the bridge’s...
View ArticleDART Reserves Front Seats Of 500 Buses To Honor Rosa Parks
On this day 60 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala. Today, Dallas Area Rapid Transit is honoring her by reserving the front seat of more than 500 DART buses.
View ArticleDallas Is Home To The Best Bus Driver In North America
Five things that have North Texas talking: DART’s Jesus Rodriguez drove a 40-foot bus better than 39 others to win the title; most Texas water utilities don’t meet conservation standards, report found;...
View ArticleDART Test Runs New Blue Line Extension To UNT Dallas Campus
A new light rail extension, which runs from the Ledbetter Station in South Dallas to the University of North Texas Dallas campus, had its first test run.
View ArticleDallas Streetcar Extension To Bishop Arts District Rolls Out
Beginning Monday, Dallas’ free streetcar from downtown to Methodist Dallas Medical Center is expanding. It stretches even farther into Oak Cliff. The ground-breaking line now reaches the Bishop Arts...
View ArticleNew Urbanists Are Skeptical Of DART's Expansion Plan
North Texas’ largest transit system says it has figured out a way to fast track a controversial suburban passenger rail line that connects to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport without...
View ArticleDART Approves Rail Expansion, But Debate Over Priorities Isn't Over
Amid warring political pressure from North Texas’ urban and suburban leaders, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board on Tuesday approved a plan to finance two major rail expansions and an overhaul of bus...
View ArticleTexas Tribune's New KERA-Based Reporter, Brandon Formby, Talks House Races, DART
DART made a big decision this week on two major transportation projects. Brandon Formby has been following that story, along with legislative races in Dallas County. The longtime Dallas Morning News...
View ArticleDallas Mayor Calls For Unity, But City Council Turnover Could Be An Obstacle
At Dallas City Council's first meeting on Wednesday, newly inaugurated members and familiar faces from South and West Dallas will fill the seats of four ousted incumbents.
View ArticleAs Dallas Debates How To Expand Buses And Trains, Council Reshapes Transit Board
Amid an increasingly tense regional debate over how transportation dollars should be spent, the Dallas City Council on Wednesday replaced four of its appointees to North Texas’ largest transit agency,...
View ArticleInefficiencies In Dallas Mass Transit Affect Riders Who Depend On It Most,...
Dallas has a ways to go in providing more accessible public transportation to people across the city who need it most. A new report commissioned by the city explores the state of mass transit in...
View ArticleThis Dallas Man Commutes Six Hours Round Trip To Get To His Better-Paying Job
Life hasn't changed much since we visited Jubilee Park three years ago. It's a neighborhood on the financial edge, in the shadow of Interstate 30 in Old East Dallas. Chris Crowley was born and raised...
View Article'We Still Are A Blank Canvas': Rethinking Dallas' Urban Identity As The City...
Dallas’ web of interstates and highways transformed the city in the 1960s, allowing people and families to prioritize cars and spread out. But recently, the “commuter city” identity has been challenged.
View ArticleTexas Cities Want Millennials Living Downtown. So What's With All The...
As the neighborhoods in and around downtown Dallas redeveloped in recent decades, they became hotbeds for millennials who, more than their parents did, rely on everything from walking and shared bikes...
View ArticleHere's How To Get A Free Ride In North Texas On New Year's Eve
The holiday season tends to be less safe for drivers, and the early hours on New Year's Day are no exception.
View ArticleDriver Killed In Collision With DART Train In Richardson
A driver died and a passenger was hurt Thursday when their vehicle collided with a DART train in Richardson.
View ArticleWeekend Closures At Downtown DART Stations Will Last Through September
Starting March 30, Dallas Area Rapid Transit will be closing several light rail stations in the heart of downtown Dallas every weekend through September.
View ArticleDART's Red Line And Blue Line Will Soon Be Able To Hold More Riders
Longer trains will soon be cruising down two DART lines. It was announced that the Federal Transit Administration will put $61 million into expanding capacity on the Red and Blue lines. They'll be able...
View ArticleIt's Texas-OU Weekend — Prepare For Traffic, Crowds
The yearly Red River Showdown kicks off tomorrow at Fair Park, and that usually means larger-than-average crowds at the State Fair and the surrounding neighborhoods. Using public transit is a good idea...
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