Due to the Des Moines Arts Festival set up and event, DART buses will be required to detour Wednesday, June 26, through Sunday, June 30. Buses will return to regular route on Monday, July 1. Routes 11, 60, 98, 99 and the D-Line are affected.

The hours of the free-to-ride D-Line Downtown Shuttle will be extended to 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, to take people to the Des Moines Symphony’s Yankee Doodle Pops concert.

DART challenges you to Ride for a Reason, instead of driving, on Thursday, June 20, 2013, to celebrate National Dump the Pump Day.

DART will be hiring new operators immediately to enter training this summer. The additional operators are needed for DART to expand service Aug. 18, including later hours, more weekend hours and additional frequencies.

DART is your free ride to the 23rd Annual Iowa Juneteenth Observance on Saturday, June 15.

May is National Bike Month, and DART is celebrating with Bike to Work Week. Board with a bike May 13-17 and you’ll ride free.

DART seeks riders feedback on the 2013 Service Proposal. Please take five minutes to complete this survey The survey will be open through Sunday, April 28.

DART is planning service changes including expanded service hours and frequencies on several routes starting in August. Please join us at a meeting to learn about the recommendations and give us your feedback.

We want to know what you think of riding DART. Please take this 5-minute survey to tell us if you think DART is clean, on time and safe, among other things. Your feedback will help us improve the transit system.

RideShare riders and drivers are invited to comment on the planned RideShare fare changes at a public hearing at noon on Tuesday, April 30, at DART Central Station, 620 Cherry Street, Des Moines.