Hello Community Partners:
As we move into spring, I am excited about the progress we have made on our Area Plans initiative, which aims to identify mobility improvements in each city that will attract economic development and improve people-movement on our streets. In this newsletter, I will tell you more about our initial meetings with city leaders and next steps.
March is also the start of spring festival season, which includes several DARTable events near our rail stations.
DART has become an integral part of the success of the annual Dallas Mavs St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival. On Saturday, March 16, the agency provided extra rail service, staff, and signage to ensure that eventgoers had a positive experience since most were infrequent or first-time riders. Each year, the parade, festival, and related events attract around 100,000 people to Greenville Avenue near DART’s Park Lane, Lovers Lane, and SMU/Mockingbird stations, so it is not surprising that this is consistently one of our highest ridership days.
Special event support is one of the ways that DART works with our service-area cities and event planners to encourage people to give transit a try.
In this issue, you will also learn more about DART’s long partnership with the City of Glenn Heights and how transit helps their residents reach jobs and resources beyond the city.
DART cares about the residents we serve, and our goal is to move DART from being a service people sometimes use to being a valued regional economic and mobility asset. As the North Texas region continues to grow in population, we are committed to creating best-in-class mobility experiences that continue to help our communities connect and flourish.
