Media Relations Contact:
Morgan Lyons

August 23, 2002

Labor Day Holiday Schedule for DART Services

The upcoming Labor Day holiday means schedule adjustments for DART services.

DART services will operate on a Saturday schedule on Monday, September 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. DART will operate on the following schedule that day:

• DART bus and light rail services will follow a Saturday schedule.
• The Trinity Railway Express commuter rail service will not operate on Monday.
• The High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane on I-30 (East R.L. Thornton) will be closed, as will the reversible S-ramp at the southern end of the I-35E (Stemmons) HOV lane. The HOV lane on I-35E/US 67 that runs from Downtown Dallas to Loop 12 also will be closed.
• The remaining portion of the Stemmons HOV lanes, the HOV lanes on LBJ Freeway and the HOV lanes on the I-35E/US 67 portion from Loop 12 to Camp Wisdom Road will remain open 24 hours a day as usual.
• DART Paratransit services for customers with disabilities will operate on a Sunday schedule. The Paratransit Scheduling Center will be closed on Labor Day. Customers may call on Friday, August 30 to book their trips for Monday. They may call on Sunday, September 1 to book their trips for Tuesday and Wednesday, September 3 and 4. X-Press Booking also is available.