Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Dallas City Council Set to Vote on Interstate 345 Resolution Later This Month

By April Towery / May 11, 2023 /

Traffic on Interstate 345 is expected to increase to 206,000 vehicles per day in the next two decades, prompting Dallas residents and public officials to gather earlier this week for a discussion on proposed future options.  Interstate 345 is a 1.4-mile elevated, six-lane structure built in 1973. It connects North and South Dallas between Interstate…

DART Agreement With Dallas Went Off The Rails But Leaders Are Working to Get Back on Board

By April Towery / March 30, 2023 /

Cindy lives in a sober-living home in Dallas. She has a part-time job that covers her reduced rent and she does volunteer work regularly. She has a valid Texas driver’s license, but she can’t afford a car. So she spends $48 a month — the rate for disabled and senior citizens — and takes the…

DART Solicits Public Comment on D2 Subway Environmental Plan

By Jon Anderson / June 12, 2020 /

Googling “subway” and “Dallas” nets a lot of information on where to purchase a train-shaped sandwich, less so the underground transit system it was named for.  But Dallas is desperate for transit solutions to connect the city, and this week, the D2 Subway line was on DART’s radar. Too bad it’s not on anyone else’s,…

Dallas Drafts a Mobility Plan as DART Revamps Routes

By Amanda Popken / March 16, 2020 /

Now’s your chance to have a say in the transportation and mobility planning in Dallas, with both the City and DART. Would you believe Connect Dallas will be the very FIRST Strategic Mobility Plan for the City of Dallas? This document will take all the transportation plans and projects, and set the priorities which will…