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Celebrating 25 Years In Motion
A letter from Raymond D. Noah
DART Board of Directors, 1984 - 2008

Car-free in the City
As gas prices soar, more commuters are grounding their cars – even giving them up – and flying DART to save time, money and headaches.

Live-work-play Connections
Savvy developers are breathing "life" into the "transit lifestyle" with mixed-use developments that let residents live, work and play without getting in traffic.

Delivering Customers
Up and down the rail lines, there's been a noticeable upswing in folks hopping on and off transit for dinner, shopping and nightlife.

Celebrating 25 Years!
Look back at DART's beginnings with Adlene Harrison, our first chairman, and look to the future with current Chairman Randall Chrisman. Then track our many milestone achievements over the years.

Transit in the Spotlight
When it's show time, North Texans are jumping on DART for comedy, drama, music and dance.

Growing Connections
Ridership is rising dramatically, and DART is working to ensure new riders have a positive experience and doubling the light rail network.

Short Trips
Green Line makes progress; transit access improves; poetry goes mobile; customers get one-button help; web welcomes newcomers; tour highlights rail life.

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DART Current and Future Services Map

DART: Live, On Tape and Online

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Celebrating 25 Years In Motion


I'll never forget being at the controls of the first DART train to pull into my home city of Richardson in 2002. It was a proud moment for me, personally. But more than that, it was a proud moment for the city and for all the citizens who worked so hard to make it happen.

When you think of DART, you probably think of buses and trains. But the real business of building and operating a regional public transit system over the past 25 years has been about farsighted and spirited people - from those who worked through the North Central Texas Council of Governments in the '70s and early '80s to ultimately bring DART to the voters, to the member cities who've stuck by us through good times and bad, and the thousands of professionals who've devoted their careers, all or in part, toward making our agency a hometown success and a national model.

Bringing big-scale projects to life and sustaining them takes a pioneering spirit and a willingness to persevere through the growing pains. In this anniversary edition of our newsletter, we talk with some of the people who are living out the vision of those who set our wheels in motion so many years ago.

Sincerely,
Image: Raymond D. Noah signature
Raymond D. Noah
DART Board of Directors, 1984 - 2008


Image: Ray Noah driving the first train to Richardson
Noah has served on the DART Board continuously from its inception - the only person to do so. He represents the cities of Addison, Highland Park, Richardson and University Park.



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