Dallas Area Rapid Transit

DART Announces ‘DART Transform’ Modernization Program Including New Trains, Buses

by | Feb 11, 2025
DART's modernization program will focus on five core elements: vehicles, stations and passenger facilities, resiliency, a unified signaling system, and operating facilities.
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DART Names New Senior Vice President of Procurement
by | Jun 7, 2024
Collina Washington-Beard will oversee DART's contracts and purchasing functions, as well as maintain oversight of the agency’s Materials Management and Diversity and Vendor Management Divisions.
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Texas Transportation Hall of Honor Inducts Longtime DFW Transit Executive
by | Dec 1, 2023
Gary Thomas, the former president and executive director of DART and current Transit & Rail Market director at H.W. Lochner, received the recognition. The hall of honor was established by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
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DART Begins Rolling Its First Long-Range Electric Bus Service
Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s first long-range electric bus has begun regular service, with an almost 300-mile range—longer than many private electric vehicles now buzzing around Dallas streets. The 40-foot-long Proterra ZX5 Max achieves that by having six lithium-ion battery packs: four mounted under the bus, and two on the roof.
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Mixed-Use RFP: Richardson Seeks ‘Gateway’ Development for The Innovation Quarter

by | Apr 12, 2022
The city is requesting developer proposals for a high-density, transit-oriented development at DART’s Arapaho Center Station. It will act as a large connector and entry point for The IQ—a sprawling district focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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PSA Management Founder Patrick Aliu on the Firm’s Projects with DFW International Airport, DART, and Others
by | Aug 3, 2020
Since expanding to the Dallas market in 2000, PSA Management has gone on to manage projects across the country and launch a scholarship foundation with Dallas College.
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Q+A: DART’s Chief Innovation Officer on Putting the Agency’s Capacity to Work During COVID‑19
by | Jul 20, 2020
CIO Grergory Elsborg, who has been dealing with fallout from the pandemic for about a quarter of his year-long tenure, talks about his role and how it has shifted to help the community. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit system has helped school districts deliver meals to kids, completed grocery deliveries for paratransit riders, and has multiple partnerships in development—all in the midst of a pandemic.
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DART Begins the Search for its First Chief Innovation Officer

by | May 15, 2019
The new CINO will study the "feasibility of innovative ideas, removing roadblocks, and challenging the status-quo" at Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
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The Greater Dallas Planning Council Announces Urban Design Award Winners
by | Nov 27, 2018
The Urban Design Awards recipients will be honored Dec. 4 at Fair Park’s Briscoe Carpenter Center.
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S.M. Wright Project in South Dallas
S.M. Wright to Serve as Dallas’ First Smart City/Complete Street Test Site
by | Jun 1, 2018
A South Dallas neighborhood will undergo a makeover to make it more pedestrian friendly and incorporate new transportation technologies.
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Dallas to Test Smart, Pedestrian-Friendly Streets Within a Year
by | Apr 25, 2018
The City of Dallas’ Department of Transportation is currently identifying five parts of town where workers will weave smart city technology into street rehab projects.
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Bond Buyer Honors The T With Deal of the Year Award

by | Dec 15, 2017
The Deal of the Year Awards recognizes innovation in municipal finance, and is open to all transactions closed between Oct. 3, 2016 and Sept. 29, 2017. 
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UTA, DART Program Focuses on ‘Next Generation of Engineers, Planners & Designers’
by | Sep 21, 2017
Out of 100 applicants five students have been selected to work with DART executives. The academy's goal is to push students to develop forward-thinking transport measures in the North Texas.
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Dallas Takes Step Closer in Becoming ‘Smart City’
by | Mar 28, 2017
The Dallas Innovation Alliance unveiled an interactive kiosk and other features in the first phase of its Smart Cities Living Lab on Monday.
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