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  Here’s What You Need to Know About How the Coronavirus Is Affecting DART

  March 31 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas Area Rapid Transit is going to keep going amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the agency announced Monday, but it plans to cut back service. Beginning Monday, April 6, each of the agency's light-rail lines will run every 20 minutes on weekdays, a cut from typical service, and many buses...

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  Volunteers Add Some Pizzazz to Pioneering Downtown Bike Lane

  March 10 at 4 a.m.

  On Friday, organizers from the city and several nonprofits met with a dozen volunteers outside the Dallas Farmers Market. They were there to inaugurate the city's newest civic enhancement: its "first-ever protected micro-mobility facility," as it's been referred to by planners. In other words, a bike lane — which now...

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  DART Service Lacking, But Changes Are Coming

  March 3 at 4 a.m.

  A new study quantifies what many DFW residents already know: DART service isn't great. But the transportation agency launched a redesign project, which aims to improve the situation, at least for some.

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  DART Is Taking GoPass to Oklahoma

  February 27 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas Area Rapid Transit has announced plans to expand GoPass, its smartphone ticketing platform, to Tulsa. It will mark the agency's first such partnership outside North Texas. Mark Enoch, chairman of the agency's public affairs committee, which reviewed the agreement Tuesday, called it a "great milestone." The agency has sought to recoup...

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  City Proposes Fixes for Its Scooter Problem

  February 18 at 4 a.m.

  The city is proposing implementing new restrictions and raising fees to address safety concerns about its "Dockless Mobility Program." The program allows five companies — Bird, Jump, Lime, Ojo and Wheels — to blanket the city in scooters that can be picked up, rented by the minute and then dropped...

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  Dallas Is Falling Far Short of Its Ambitious Goal to Become Bike Friendly By 2021

  February 18 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas is nowhere close to fulfilling an ambitious plan to create a citywide network of bicycle lanes. In 2011, the City Council adopted a plan to create 1,300 miles of bike routes, including bikes lanes, street markings and multipurpose trails, that would promote "wide-spread use of bicycles" in the car-centric...