Monthly Archives: July 2018

Ride to Healthy Eats on D-Link

Feel good about your ride and what you put into your body when you ride DART’s new line of zero-emission D-Link buses to the following healthy eats in downtown Dallas. Spice in the City Spice in the City offers dietitian-built … Continue reading

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How did you do on our Cotton Belt quiz? Check out the answers here!

Last week, we quizzed you on your knowledge about the Cotton Belt! Were you a Cotton Belt Aficionado? If not, don’t sweat it. Today, we’re breaking down the answers below and giving you all the info when it comes to … Continue reading

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Dallas Mayor’s Fair Provides School Supplies and More

Can you believe it’s already time to think about back-to-school? Preparing for a new year can be exciting, but for many Dallas-area families, it’s hard on the budget. The Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair helps lighten the load. The … Continue reading

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Sneak Peek: A Q&A with Operatic Bass Singer Jared Schwartz

Fine Arts Chamber Players’ last free 2018 Basically Beethoven Festival concert starts Sunday, July 29, at 2:30 p.m. at Moody Performance Hall. DART to the concert to hear operatic bass singer, Jared Schwartz, and pianist, Mary Dibbern, perform pieces by French and American composers. Fine Arts … Continue reading

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New, Electric and Built for the Long-Haul

Manufactured by Proterra, DART’s new D-Link buses are built for the long-haul, with a battery life of around six years. They also are designed to last longer than a traditional steel body bus. The advanced carbon composite body of the … Continue reading

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DART: Your Ride This Weekend

The heat wave continues, but there is plenty going on indoors this weekend, and DART is the way to get there. Going to these or other events on DART? Let us know about it in the comments. Friday, July 27 … Continue reading

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Calling all Cotton Belt Aficionados

DART is making exciting progress on the Cotton Belt. We’ve finished up the draft environmental impact statement or DEIS, and we are moving forward in creating this 26-mile regional rail line. The Cotton Belt will provide much needed mobility relief … Continue reading

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Top 5 Things You Need to Know about the Cotton Belt’s DEIS

You may be asking yourself, what is a DEIS DART keeps talking about? DEIS stands for Draft Environmental Impact Statement. As a refresher, a DEIS maps out the positive and negative effects a transit project, like the Cotton Belt, may … Continue reading

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Plug in for a Greener Planet. Plug in to Something NEW

At DART, we’ve got a lot of new. This spring, we rolled out new ways to pay, with the new version of the GoPass app. Now we’re giving you new ways to ride, with our new fleet of zero-emission electric … Continue reading

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A D-Link Comparison: Native Plants

D-Link’s new line of Proterra buses offer you a local and environmentally friendly ride around downtown Dallas. These buses receive electric power from rechargeable batteries and run as zero-emission vehicles. DART’s local and environmentally friendly focus doesn’t just stop with … Continue reading

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