About DART Investor Relations
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a subregional transportation authority of the State of Texas. We were created and confirmed by passage of a referendum on August 13, 1983, pursuant to Article 1118y of Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended and recodified as Chapter 452, Texas Transportation Code. Our current boundaries include the territory lying within the corporate limits of the following Participating Municipalities: the Cities of Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Garland, Glenn Heights, Irving, Plano, Richardson, Rowlett and University Park and the Towns of Addison and Highland Park. We are governed by a 15 member Subregional Board of Directors.
Our administrative office is located in Dallas County, Texas, and our boundaries include approximately 700 square miles and a population of approximately 2.4 million persons, as of January, 2015, according to information obtained from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
Welcome Letter
On behalf of DART, I would like to welcome you to our new investor relations website. We appreciate your interest and investment in bonds issued by the Authority, as it allows us to make critical investments in public transportation infrastructure throughout Dallas. We are committed to maintaining our strong bond ratings, and we are also committed to being as transparent as possible with the investor community and public at large.
I hope you find this website useful as you seek to better understand the credit fundamentals of DART. Please do not hesitate to contact our office with suggestions for how we can be doing better. Thanks again for your interest in our bond program.