DART website is redesigned

Dallas Area Rapid Transit said Monday visitors to its website will see a “fresh, new design that makes it easier than ever to plan a trip and stay connected with the agency.” The site, launched Monday, was designed by Dallas-based Valiant Media created the information architecture and user interface design, with the redesign implementation and online tool development revamped by DART staff.

DART’s online trip planner has been simplified, while the Google trip planner—which incorporates the popular Google maps—is prominently featured to give customers a choice of trip planners. Desktop versions of DART’s “Where’s My Bus?”® and “Where’s My DART Stop?”® have also been developed for customers who have enjoyed using those tools on their web-enabled mobile phones and tablets.

“Where’s My DART Stop?”® helps customers locate the nearest light rail transit stop service. This desktop version is based on an interactive Google map with street view to show the stop and its surroundings. Customers enter an address and city to get results providing route information and estimated and schedule times for the nearest transit service to their location.

Trip planners, rider alerts, and service advisories also are offered, and the new page has been designed to make it easier to subscribe to the My DART email and RSS updates, and to connect with the agency via Twitter (@dartmedia) or Facebook (Facebook.com/DARTDallas) to receive agency news and updates while on the go. The latest You Tube (youtube.com/DARTDallas) videos produced by DART also have moved to the front page.

DART, which first went online in 1997, also maintains a Spanish-language website, TransporteDART.org, and a mobile site, m.dart.org.