Dallas Area Rapid Transit alerts riders to its lighter-than-usual July 4 schedule

by PegNews wire

In observance of Independence Day, July 4, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will operate on the following schedule:

* Bus and light rail services will follow a Saturday schedule on Friday, July 3, and a Sunday schedule on Saturday, July 4.

* The Trinity Railway Express will follow a modified schedule Friday, July 3, and will not operate on Saturday, July 4.

No Dallas-Fort Worth train service at all on July 4? Man.

The following High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes will be closed Friday, July 3: 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 Saturday schedule Friday, July 3, and a Sunday schedule on Saturday, July 4. X-Press booking and voice mail booking are available, but the Paratransit Scheduling Center will be closed on Friday, July 3.

Customers may call the center Wednesday, July 1, to book their trips through Monday, July 6. Call Thursday, July 2, to book their trips through Tuesday, July 7.

Source: DART