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DALLAS – Due to weather conditions, the Dallas Streetcar Open House & Safety Event has been rescheduled to next week on Thursday, March 12. The City of Dallas in conjunction with North Central Texas Council of Governments, Dallas Area Rapid Transit and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will host an open house and safety event on Thursday, March 12 to introduce the community and area stakeholders to the Dallas Streetcar. The purpose of the event is to inform the local residents and businesses of the new, free public transit streetcar, and to educate walkers, drivers, bikers and streetcar riders about how to safely interact with the Dallas Streetcar and its environment.
WHO: Residents, businesses, schools, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, area stakeholders, media
WHAT: Dallas Streetcar Open House & Safety Event to share project facts and timelines, routes and stops, hours of operation, start of service and streetcar safety education. Project representa tives will be available for questions and answers. There will be no formal presentation.
WHEN: Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m
WHERE: Hitt Auditorium, Methodist Dallas Medical Center
1441 N. Beckley Ave., Dallas, TX 75203
About the Dallas Streetcar Project
In December 2010, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $23 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to support a proposed transit project to provide streetcar service from downtown Dallas to Oak Cliff.
This project is a collaborative endeavor between the City of Dallas, North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), and the FTA. The design builder for the Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar Project is the joint venture of Stacy Witbeck and Carcon Industries.
In addition to Union Station, three stops exist for the Dallas Streetcar project at the intersections of Zang/Greenbriar, Zang/Oakenwald and Colorado/Beckley.
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