Bus service to Arlington clears final hurdle
FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth Transportation Authority on Monday approved bus service to Arlington as a two-year pilot project and also lowered fares for college students.
The T board’s action was the final approval needed for the Metropolitan ArlingtonXpress — or MAX — which is scheduled to begin service Aug. 19. MAX buses will run from the Trinity Railway Express’ CentrePort station to the University of Texas at Arlington and the city’s downtown area.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit, which will operate the buses beginning Aug. 19, and the Arlington City Council had already approved the two-year experiment, which will cost $700,000 per year.
Arlington City Councilwoman Kathryn Wilemon, who also chairs the Regional Transportation Council, told T board members that the MAX buses would play an important role in improving regional connections in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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[font color=green]The article also mentions steps that are occurring to reduce the cost of the fares to college and trade school students that would reduce the cost of an all system pass (DART, The T and TRE) from $10 to $2.50 per day.[/font]
