Updated June 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
The Federal Transit Administration has awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit $1 million to plan for transit oriented developments (TOD) at five stations along the Dallas Central Business District as DART continues to work...
May 21, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has received notification that it has been allocated $229 million from The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted on March 27.
Funding from the CARES Act allows...
April 8, 2020 - FocusDailyNews.com -
Carrollton City Council unanimously approved an agreement for a 125,000-square foot, six-story Class A office structure to serve as the marquee building within new Trinity Mills Station urban development.
The City of Carrollton, Dallas Area Rapid...
March 27, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Amtrak and transit agencies in Texas have changed policies and modified schedules in response to a drastic drop in ridership during the Covid-19 virus pandemic.
While Amtrak still maintains it's Texas service with the Heartland...
February 3, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will soon begin installing candlestick-type barriers on all 64 light rail station platforms to prevent injuries from occurring between vehicles.
The new barriers alert visually impaired riders that the space...
January 28, 2020 - Mass Transit Magazine -
Beginning Feb. 3, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), McKinney Avenue Transit Authority (MATA) and Trinity Railway Express (TRE) will implement the first phase of a regionwide transit survey, which will ask passengers to...
January 10, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
As part of Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) new Cotton Belt Regional Silver Line, the transit agency awarded Stadler US Inc. a maintenance contract to maintain both the FLIRT vehicles it will be supplying...
December 17, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board has approved an agreement for more transit-oriented development (TOD) around the highly successful SMU/Mockingbird Station in Dallas. A master development agreement, ground lease and related agreements are to...
October 17, 2019 - DallasMorningNews.com -
Construction cranes towering over DART’s SMU-Mockingbird rail station signal the start of a major transit-oriented development.
Called Eastline, the 12-acre mixed-use project stretches between North Central Expressway and the DART station and includes high-rise apartments, retail,...
October 7, 2019 - dmagazine.com -
For years, voters have been skeptical of funding big public transit investments. Two upcoming bond elections in Texas suggest the political tides may be shifting.
In Texas, the stars at night are big and bright, the...