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When a Dallas newcomer pits DART against driving to work, the winner may surprise you
October 20th, 2017
October 20, 2017 - Jay Caruso, Dallas Morning News Editorial Writer -
My move to The Dallas Morning News this year happened quickly. It required me to move to Texas a month ahead of my family to start work and get settled in....
UTA, DART launches transportation leadership academy
October 1st, 2017
October 1, 2017 - DallasInnovates.com -
From transportation management to urban planning, University of Texas at Arlington students are getting real industry experience in a new academic program focused on developing future leaders within the transit sector.
The Transportation Leadership Academy, a joint...
Energy entrepreneur hopes to bring commuter rail to Vermont with Ex-TRE cars
September 25th, 2017
September 25, 2017 - MySanAntonio.com / TRA Newswire -
An energy entrepreneur wants to set up a commuter rail system to further his vision of weaning Vermont from fossil fuels and getting cars off the highways, and he has taken the...
DART Board approves plans to advance 26 mile Cotton Belt rail line
September 16th, 2017
September 15, 2017 - CommunityImpact.com -
Prospects for a 26-mile suburban passenger rail line that would run through downtown Plano were bolstered this week as transportation officials approved a funding plan for the $1.3 billion project.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit board members on Tuesday...
Here's where Dallas will build a new subway and streetcar line
September 13th, 2017
September 13, 2017 - Dallas Morning News, Liz Farmer -
The Dallas City Council on Wednesday gave its support to plans to build a downtown subway route under Commerce Street.
Council members also tentatively approved a new streetcar line that would connect...
Cotton Belt: $100 million available if innovative passenger rail can be developed
August 17th, 2017
August 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
In a public meeting held at the North Central Texas Council of Governments office in Arlington today, Transportation Director Michael Morris outlined six potential innovative partnership ideas to get the missing link of the...
Dallas City Council ousts suburban supporters from DART Board
June 30th, 2017
June 29, 2017 - Dallas Observer -
The Dallas City Council turned over the city's seats on DART's board of directors Wednesday, dumping three board members who defied the City Council in 2016.
The council move is in direct defiance of the...
Study: public investment around DART Rail moving North Texas
May 16th, 2017
May 16, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
A new study looking at the economic impact of publicly funded projects near the light rail stations of Dallas Area Rapid Transit demonstrates what economists and private real estate developers have seen for nearly...
DART CEO Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Federal Funding Needs: FAST ACT
April 17th, 2017
April 15, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas, on behalf of the American Public Transportation Association, testified earlier this month before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Specifically, the committee wanted to hear from...
Trinity Railway Express "workhorse" Budd DMU's going to Vermont
April 10th, 2017
April 10, 2017 - TRA Newswire / VermontBiz.com -
A Vermont company planning to launch a regional commuter rail service has purchased 12 self-propelled rail cars from Dallas Area Rapid Transit that ran reliably for years on the Trinity Railway Express between...