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Media Relations Contact:
Morgan Lyons
Mark A. Ball
September 27, 2010
Increasing access to area shopping goal of new DART program
Local shopping for customers who may need extra help making the trip is getting easier thanks to
Shopper Dropper, a pilot transit program being tested by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).
Starting October 1, DART picks up eligible customers from the pilot area from their front door on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and takes them to shops such as
Wynnewood Village Shopping Center, the Walmart Supercenter on Cockrell Hill Road, south of 1-30
and other retailers in the local area.
For $2.50 one-way or $5 all day, riders who meet at least one of four criteria can schedule a trip.
" Paratransit-eligible passengers with valid Paratransit photo ID
" Seniors (age 65 or older) with valid DART photo ID
" Non-paratransit certified persons with disabilities and a valid DART photo ID
" Medicare cardholders.
DART's Paratransit program currently provides trips for eligible customers with disabilities. However,
customers must plan trips in advance in order to make reservations the day before the trip is
needed. With Shopper Dropper, customers call the same day they want to travel and trips are
accommodated on a first come, first served basis in a vehicle that is ADA compliant and has
wheelchair lifts. Trips must be paid with exact cash. DART passes and tickets cannot be used.
Tuesday shopping will service a northern sector that borders 1-30 to the north, Rosemont to the east,
Illinois Ave. to the south, and Westmoreland on the west, while Wednesday shopping in the south
sector will occur in the area from SH 180 to the north, 1-35E to the east, Kiest Blvd. to the south, and
Knoxville on the west.
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Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark. Increasing access to area shopping goal of new DART program, text, September 27, 2010; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1226525/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).