 the offical newsletter of DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT - Spring 2008 |
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Rolling with the flowDART's new 7 Day Pass is winning fans with its flexibility and savings. Just $15 buys the pre-stamped pass good for seven consecutive days. "The 7 Day Pass is a winner with me," says George Gagliardi, a Dallas musician who doesn't own a car and has out-of-town gigs. "This way, I don't have the hassle of coming up with $3 every day to ride. The other advantage is I can purchase it for whatever seven days I choose."
Riders like Gagliardi save $6 - the equivalent of two days of free travel - when they buy the 7 Day Pass. Likewise, if they need DART services for just three weeks out of the month, they can buy three 7 Day passes and still save $5 off the cost of a Monthly Pass. The 7 Day passes became available Oct. 1, 2007, and almost 2,800 were sold by the end of the year. The passes - $15 for Local, $25 for Premium - are available at the DART Store at Akard Station.
Trip plans at your fingertipsDART information is now as close as your web-enabled cell phone. Just log onto our new mobile website - m.dart.org - to access bus and rail schedule information in a mobile-friendly format. You can also look up next-scheduled bus and train information for specific stops, and read the latest Rider Alerts.
Need to pinpoint your destination? Just go to the Google Transit webpage at www.Google.com/transit and select "Dallas (DART)." Enter your departure and arrival locations, and a trip plan will be produced. DART is one the first American transit agencies to repurpose its trip planning information for the Google Maps tool.
Going greener all the time
As an industry leader in the use of clean fuels, we've invested nearly $25 million over 10 years to reduce bus emissions some 68%. And we'll be going even greener in 2010 when we begin taking delivery of 537 advanced technology buses. To capitalize on rapid changes in engine and fuel technologies, our solicitation for the future fleet is open to diesel, natural gas, and hybrid/electric buses - so long as they meet increasingly stringent EPA guidelines. No matter which fuel we choose, you can breathe easier knowing tomorrow's buses will run about 90% cleaner.
As an industry leader in the use of clean fuels, we've invested nearly $25 million over 10 years to reduce bus emissions some 68%. And we'll be going even greener in 2010 when we begin taking delivery of 537 advanced technology buses. To capitalize on rapid changes in engine and fuel technologies, our solicitation for the future fleet is open to diesel, natural gas, and hybrid/electric buses - so long as they meet increasingly stringent EPA guidelines. No matter which fuel we choose, you can breathe easier knowing tomorrow's buses will run about 90% cleaner.
Traffic info to goKeeping motorists safe and moving is the mission of the new DalTrans center opened recently by DART and the Texas Department of Transportation. The $10 million facility is the nerve center for an intelligent transportation system spanning more than 1,000 square miles and 30 cities. DalTrans staff monitor approximately 200 cameras along more than 100 miles of roadway to provide motorists with vital safety and real-time travel information through dynamic message signs, the Internet at www.daltrans.org, or traffic reports broadcast on radio and television. They also dispatch emergency help where it is needed.
Imagine driving around the earth 40 times. Thirteen DART bus operators have accomplished the equivalent - driving a million miles each. What's more, these members of the exclusive DART Million Mile Club went the distance without a preventable accident in all kinds of traffic and weather, all hours of the day and night. At the same time, they had to collect fares, deal with passengers and stay on schedule. For all 13 operators, it's an accomplishment that has been years in the making -
at least 27 years. We salute our long-distance champions!
Taking news to the customers
Nothing beats face-to-face communications, especially when the need for information is urgent. Should something happen to cause a major service interruption, DART's new Customer Response Team (CRT) will fan out to the impacted areas with information to help customers get to their destinations. It's part of a coordinated effort that includes up-to-the-minute news postings on www.DART.org and via cell phones and PDAs.
Nothing beats face-to-face communications, especially when the need for information is urgent. Should something happen to cause a major service interruption, DART's new Customer Response Team (CRT) will fan out to the impacted areas with information to help customers get to their destinations. It's part of a coordinated effort that includes up-to-the-minute news postings on www.DART.org and via cell phones and PDAs.
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