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DART adds suburban express service between South Irving and downtown Dallas. Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas is named DART's general engineering consultant.ĭART adds 74 buses on 54 routes, expands rush hour service on 33 routes and introduces more crosstown service. The DART Board selects light rail as the preferred mode for a planned 147-mile network. Crosstown service is initiated between Irving and Garland.ĭART begins new non-stop express bus service between downtown Dallas and suburban member cities including Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Glenn Heights, Richardson, Plano and Rowlett.ĭART doubles the number of arrivals and departures on existing express bus service between Irving and Garland. Staff begins work on bus service improvements, rail transit, high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane, carpooling, and mobility-impaired transit planning.ĭART introduces the first phase of suburban bus service through a contract with Trailways Commuter Transit, now ATE - a privatization project that garners national attention.ĭART begins operating mid-day service, adding 57 buses on 37 area routes. The voter-approved one-cent sales tax takes effect and DART officially begins operations. The member cities appoint 25 governing board members.ĭART assumes operations of Dallas Transit System and cuts the base bus fare from 70 to 50 cents, and senior fares from 25 to 15 cents.
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DART is created when 58 percent of voters in 14 cities and Dallas County cast more than 101,000 ballots in favor of regional transportation.Ĭockrell Hill joins DART.