DART in in the process of holding community meetings in preparation for the public hearing on changes to Bus and Rail service in Dallas and Irving for July and December 2012. This is in response to the upcoming opening of the Orange Line and Blue Line extensions. They are also sneaking in some changes to bus service in unrelated areas purely out of convenience. I’m not impressed with these service cuts, especially since some of them effect my own neighborhood. However, on a positive note, it looks like Love Field is FINALLY going to get a dedicated route to connect Inwood Station and the terminals at Love Field.
The new route will become Route 524 on DART’s system. I’m hoping to attend at least some of the community meetings to find out more but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the bus service to Love Field will operate with frequent service on a daily basis at a minimum of 15 minute intervals. The route is so brief that if the route is operated nonstop, the entire round trip should only take 5-10 minutes. You can view the new route map here as well as the entire list of proposed service changes here.
