Dallas Area Rapid Transit
American transit agency
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| 2025 | Planned Silver Line expansion including stations in Addison, Carrollton, Dallas, Plano, and Richardson. |
| 2023 | DART ordered an additional Proterra ZX5 Max electric bus as a trial for long-range electric buses, currently used on route 20 (Northwest Highway). |
| 2022 | GoLink service was expanded to complement the revised bus network, replacing many less-traveled routes from the previous transportation network. |
| 2022 | DART operated 75 bus routes and recorded 72,400 bus trips per average weekday, which represented 54% of the system's total 134,810 trips during the fiscal year. |
| 2022 | DART's light rail system was surpassed by Los Angeles Metro Rail as the longest light rail system in the United States with the opening of the LA Metro K Line. |
| January 24 2022 | DART launched DARTzoom, a comprehensive bus network overhaul that introduced 22 'core frequent' routes, new route numbering, consolidated bus stops, and expanded service hours from 5 AM to midnight, seven days a week. |
| 2021 | Nadine Lee becomes executive director of DART, taking over after David Leininger's interim period. |
| 2021 | DART issued its most recent bond, consisting of two series totaling $1 billion. |
| 2021 | DART On-Call service was retired after serving multiple areas including north central Plano, eastern Rowlett, Farmers Branch, North Dallas, Lakewood, Richardson, Lake Highlands, and Glenn Heights. |
| July 2021 | Body camera video from the standoff was released pursuant to an open records request, revealing detailed negotiations and tactical considerations. |
| 2019 | DART eliminated the DLink shuttle and reassigned the electric buses to normal routes, specifically route 28 (Singleton). The agency also added 41 New Flyer Xcelsior XN40 compressed natural gas buses to its fleet. |
| 2018 | DART introduced seven Proterra Catalyst electric buses, initially used for the DLink shuttle in downtown Dallas. |
| February 2018 | DART introduced GoLink, a modernized on-demand transit service developed in association with Uber, allowing booking through the GoPass app with more flexible scheduling compared to previous on-demand services. |
| 2017 | DART discontinued the Metro Arlington Xpress (MAX) bus route. |
| January 2017 | Sergeant Demetrick Pennie filed a separate lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook, and Google in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming these platforms allowed terrorist propaganda to be spread on their social networks. |
| 2016 | Blue Line was extended to Rowlett, further expanding the transit network. |
| 2016 | At approximately 2:30 a.m., Johnson was killed when police detonated explosives strapped to a robot, marking the first use of explosives on a robot in American domestic law enforcement. |
| 2016 | The third and fourth streetcars (Nos. 303-304) were delivered in the summer, completing the initial streetcar fleet. |
| November 2016 | Enrique Zamarripa, father of murdered Officer Patrick Zamarripa, filed a $550 million lawsuit against Black Lives Matter and 13 other defendants, alleging they incited violence and caused the Dallas shooting. |
| September 2016 | Dallas Police Sergeant Demetrick Pennie filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against 17 individuals and organizations, seeking over $500 million in damages related to the Dallas police shooting. |
| August 2016 | Veterans Health Administration documents revealed Johnson's symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in Afghanistan, though he was not formally diagnosed as posing a serious risk. |
| August 29 2016 | Phase 2 of the Dallas Streetcar line opened, extending the route from Methodist Dallas Medical Center to the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff, with increased service frequency from 30 to 20 minutes. |
| August 25 2016 | Dallas Police Department announced a goal of hiring 549 officers by October 2017, though some officials considered the target unrealistic due to strict hiring requirements. |
| July 2016 | In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, local law enforcement officers worked over $800,000 in overtime, including $86,000 by Dallas County Sheriff's Office, $88,000 by Arlington Police Department, and about $705,250 by Dallas Police Department. |
| July 2016 | A mass shooting targeting police officers occurred during a protest in Dallas, resulting in the deaths of five law enforcement officers: DPD Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens (48), DPD Officer Michael Krol (40), DPD Sgt. Michael Smith (55), DART Officer Brent Thompson (43), and DPD Officer Patricio Zamarripa (32). |
| July 2016 | Police departments across the U.S. began readjusting response strategies, including pairing more officers together in patrol vehicles and increasing security at protest events following the Dallas shooting and another in Baton Rouge. |
| July 2016 | The shooting became the deadliest single incident for law enforcement officers in the United States since the September 11 attacks, surpassing two previous 2009 shootings in Lakewood, Washington, and Oakland, California. |
| July 7 2016 | Micah Xavier Johnson, a 25-year-old Army Reserve Afghan War veteran, ambushed and shot police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five officers and injuring nine others, and wounding two civilians at the end of a protest against police shootings of black men. |
| July 7 2016 | A protest organized by the Next Generation Action Network took place in Dallas, involving approximately 800 protesters and 100 police officers monitoring the event. The protest was in response to the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, with 20-30 open-carry gun rights activists also joining the march. |
| July 2 2016 | Johnson posts an angry and 'disjointed' anti-White post on Facebook several days before the Dallas police shooting. |
| June 16 2016 | Johnson offered to work security at an anti-Donald Trump rally, but was declined by Reverend Peter Johnson after insisting on bringing a gun. |
| February 2016 | Streetcar operating hours expanded to run between 9:30am and midnight on weeknights, with new weekend service introduced. |
| July 2015 | Dallas ordered two additional streetcars to expand the fleet. |
| June 17 2015 | Dallas City Council agreed to fund Phase 2 construction using up to $27.5 million in available grant money. |
| June 13 2015 | James Lance Boulware launches an attack on Dallas Police Department headquarters, firing a semi-automatic rifle at police vehicles and initiating a standoff that ended with his death. No police officers or civilians were injured during the incident. |
| May 15 2015 | The second streetcar (No. 301) was delivered to the Dallas Streetcar fleet. |
| May 15 2015 | The second streetcar vehicle was delivered, completing the initial fleet. |
| April 2015 | Johnson completed his service in the U.S. Army Reserve. |
| April 28 2015 | DART board of directors approved a construction contract for the Bishop Arts extension of the Dallas Streetcar line. |
| April 13 2015 | Phase 1 of the Dallas Streetcar line officially opened, providing free service at 20-minute intervals on weekdays. |
| March 20 2015 | The first of two streetcar vehicles, ordered from Brookville, was delivered. |
| 2014 | Total ridership declined to 233,900 weekday riders in the fourth quarter. |
| 2014 | Green Line was extended, adding service to DFW Airport. |
| 2014 | Johnson received training at a private self-defense school, learning tactics like 'shooting on the move'. Investigators believe he began stockpiling guns and gathering materials for potential explosives around this time. |
| 2014 | Johnson begins showing interest in Black nationalist groups and becomes aware of the Trayvon Martin case, though people close to him note he initially had little interest in racial injustice topics. |
| November 2014 | Micah Johnson purchased a semiautomatic AK-74 pattern rifle from an unnamed seller in a Target parking lot. |
| September 2014 | Johnson was honorably discharged from the Army, remaining in the Individual Ready Reserve. |
| September 2014 | Most track construction for Phase 1 was completed. |
| August 15 2014 | Visited VA and described his childhood as 'stressful' during a medical visit, with most details being redacted. |
| May 14 2014 | Unauthorized items including a high explosive grenade and a .50-caliber round were discovered in Johnson's sleeping bag. |
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