Dallas Area Rapid Transit received a $7.094 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration to replace nearly 500 aging buses across the metroplex.

The overview

DART plans to phase out the older buses that have reached the end of their useful life, and announced the purchase of 476 new buses earlier this year. The first buses in the fleet were already delivered this fall and will be picking up passengers by the end of December. The phased replacement of the older buses with the new models is expected to continue through 2027.

The details

The new buses are compressed natural gas-powered, a near-zero-emission option that helped DART secure the FTA grant.

According to DART documents, DART used feedback from passenger surveys to develop features on the new buses that aim to improve

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