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DART plans meetings on service changes
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has scheduled a series of community meetings about extensive service changes that are set to take effect in December. The changes will affect a majority of DART's bus routes when new parts of the Green Line open. The community meetings will be capped by a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at the DART boardroom at 1401 Pacific Ave. in downtown Dallas.

DART bus fire jams traffic on North Central Expressway
No one was injured in the fire, on a DART bus in Richardson.

Even stimulus opponents sought funds for Texas
With critics calling the year-old package a colossal waste of money, Democrats have fought back by leveling charges of hypocrisy. Not one Republican voted for the $787 billion plan, but many have tried to wangle funds for the folks back home.
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$1 billion DFW Connector project will ease Grapevine highway mess, but the work will be painful
Construction crews began work Wednesday on an enormously complex $1 billion highway project in Grapevine that will eventually smooth the daily commutes for hundreds of thousands of North Texas drivers weary of the constant sight of taillights.

Dallas awarded $43M in federal grants for roads, streetcars
The money will build a starter downtown streetcar loop and will greatly reduce NTTA's cost to build the State Highway 161 toll road in western Dallas County.
Link: Learn more about TIGER grants
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