Media Relations Contact:
Morgan Lyons

May 14, 2002

Memorial Day Holiday Schedule for DART Services

The three-day Memorial Day weekend means schedule adjustments for DART services.

DART services will operate on a Saturday schedule on Monday, May 27, in observance of the Memorial 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.
• 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 I-35E/US 67 that runs from Downtown Dallas to Loop 12 will be closed.
• The remaining portion of the Stemmons HOV lanes and the HOV lanes on LBJ Freeway, and the HOV lanes I-35E/US 67 portion from Loop 12 to Camp Wisdom Road will be 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 Memorial Day. Customers may call on Sunday, May 26 to book their trips for Wednesday, May 29. X-Press Booking also is available.