DALLAS — Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) was awarded a federal grant of more than $7 million to go toward replacing the aging vehicles in its bus fleet.

The Federal Transit Administration awarded grants to 165 transit projects across the country, including $7.094 million toward DART.

The agency plans to use the funds to help buy almost 500 new buses to replace older model vehicles. This is part of DART's $2.5 billion 10-year modernization program.

“We are grateful to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, FTA Administrator Marcus Molinaro, and our entire congressional delegation for valuing their strong federal partnership with DART, recognizing the need to find additional funding to support transit programs in one of the fastest growing metro areas in the nation,” DART President an

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