Media Relations Contact:
Morgan Lyons
Mark A. Ball

August 18, 2008

DART Announces Labor Day Schedules

DART services will operate on a Sunday schedule on Monday, September 1, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Customers should be aware of the following:

• Bus and light rail services will follow a Sunday schedule.
  
  
• The Trinity Railway Express commuter rail will not operate.
  
  
• The following High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes will be closed: the HOV lane on I-30 (East R.L. Thornton) and on I-30 West (Tom Landry Freeway); the reversible S-ramp at the southern end of the I-35E (Stemmons) HOV lane; the reversible HOV ramp between the US 75 and the I-635 HOV lanes; and the section of the I-35E/U.S. 67 (South R. L. Thornton/Marvin D. Love) HOV lanes from downtown Dallas to Loop 12.
  
  
• The remaining portion of the Stemmons HOV lanes, the HOV lanes on LBJ Freeway, the US 75 HOV lanes, and the HOV lanes on I-35E/U.S. 67 from Loop 12 to Camp Wisdom Road will, as usual, be open 24 hours.
  
  
• 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 Thursday, August 28, to book their trips through Monday, September 1, and Friday, August 29, to book their trips through Tuesday, September 2, Customers may call Tuesday, September 2, book trips for Wednesday, September 3. X-Press Booking is also available.