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Safety Cornerby Kayla LairdMarch 11, 2021

Inside Look: DCTA’s Historical Winter Weather Response

In typical Texas fashion, our weather unleashed a historical winter storm one week and blessed us with 70-degree weather the next week. We decided to document what went down and how we dealt with it.

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NewsNovember 3, 2020

Stadler Lands DCTA Rail Maintenance Contract

The nine-year, fixed-price agreement is the company’s second maintenance contract in the U.S.

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NewsSeptember 30, 2020

DCTA Installs Counters along A-train Rail Trail

The Eco-Counter Urban MULTI counts pedestrians and cyclists separately with a single counter.

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PodcastsJuly 27, 2020

The Short- and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Public Transit and its Ridership with Nicole Recker and Tom Ryden

Nicole Recker, VP of mobility services and administration at Texas’ DCTA, and Tom Ryden, senior project manager for LAN, join METRO's Alex Roman to discuss the implications for transit caused by the pandemic, how branding and messaging will play a part in ridership returning, much more.

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NewsJuly 27, 2020

DCTA's Recker, LAN's Ryden Join METROspectives Podcast

Nicole Recker and Tom Ryden discuss the long and short-term implications for transit caused by the pandemic, how branding and messaging will play a part in ridership returning, and much more.

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NewsJuly 20, 2020

DCTA Lands FTA Transit Oriented Development Grant

The high-level planning project will help determine if the KCS corridor can provide mobility and economic opportunity for Denton County and the North Texas region.

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Newsby StaffMarch 30, 2020

DCTA expands microtransit service in response to COVID-19

The agency introduced the new on-demand transit zones as a replacement for fixed routes with low ridership and long wait times.

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ArticlesOctober 14, 2019

What new tech, services are transit agencies implementing?

METRO asked some of the top execs in the nation what they are implementing to enhance services.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2019

DCTA adding service after full PTC implementation

With the new train schedule, there will be improved A-train frequency all day.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2019

Rider survey finds customer satisfaction with DCTA services, staff

The agency received a total of 2,629 responses, which is equal to 20% of the average daily ridership for April 2019. 

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