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DART will operate the new Local Route 10 servicing East University and Pleasant Hill beginning Monday, November 21, 2016. The Route 10 will be free to ride through December 31, 2016.

DART and the Public Art Foundation will unveil the latest public art bus wrap during Gallery Night in Valley Junction. The bus wrap features Iowa Artist Brent Holland.

Try a new route or go to a new destination during Try Transit Week, October 16 – 22, 2016. DART Local, Express, Flex and On Call buses will be free to ride during the week – no pass or cash needed, just hop on the bus.

DART and the ETC Institute will be on DART Fixed Route buses beginning Tuesday, September 20 to collect Customer Satisfaction Surveys.

DART will hold two public meetings on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, to gather input on a proposed new route that would operate between DART Central Station and Pleasant Hill along University Avenue.

Beginning Saturday, August 27, the D-Line will run on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The service is being added to give businesses, residents and visitors even more options for navigating Des Moines.

DART will not operate bus service on Monday, July 4, 2016 in observance of Independence Day.

DART will continue to drop off and pick up all passengers at Bus Stop #2747 – Valley West Mall, on mall property near the food court entrance, through June 4, 2016. Beginning June 5, DART passengers will instead be picked up at a new stop on 31st Street. Valley West Mall will construct sidewalk access from the stop to the J.C. Penney’s Entrance on mall property, and DART will construct a shelter for passengers at the stop.