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Looking back on DART's 40-year history as North Texas cities vote to cut funding
DART was created on Aug. 13, 1983, to replace the previous public transit system, Dallas Transit System, which was operated by the city of Dallas from 1964 to 1983. Roughly 58% of voters across 14 cities and Dallas County voted to create DART. The public …