{"id":478839,"date":"2026-10-28T03:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T03:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478839\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T03:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T03:06:21","slug":"dart-gives-free-rides-to-dallas-area-voters-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478839\/","title":{"rendered":"DART gives free rides to Dallas-area voters on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will offer free rides on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026 to help Dallas-area voters get to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion covers all DART buses and trains, the Silver Line, GoLink on-demand service, the Dallas Streetcar, paratransit services, and Trinity Railway Express (TRE).<\/p>\n<p>It does not cover the early voting period, which runs through October 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery citizen has a basic right to vote. However, transportation to get to a polling location stops far too many people from casting their ballots,\u201d says Trenise Winters, EVP and chief operations officer, in a release. \u201cWe are excited to have the opportunity to provide this free service on election day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to access free rides on November 3:<\/p>\n<p>DART buses and trains: Riders should be prepared to show a voter registration card or government-issued ID.Silver Line: Rides will be free.GoLink: Enter promo code VOTENOV3 when booking to receive a complimentary adult local day pass in the DART GoPass app.Dallas Streetcar: Rides will be free.Paratransit services: Riders must schedule their November 3 trip in advance by calling 214-515-7272 to receive the promotion.Trinity Railway Express: Rides will be free.<\/p>\n<p>Voters can find more information about the free rides program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dart.org\/vote\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dart.org\/vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How to find a polling location<br \/>Voting locations and election information are organized by county. Dallas-area voters can find polling locations through their county elections websites:<\/p>\n<p>Collin County: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collincountytx.gov\/elections\/details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Election information<\/a> for voters in Plano, Richardson, and Carrollton.Dallas County: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascountyvotes.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Election information<\/a> for voters in Addison, Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Garland, Glenn Heights, Irving, Rowlett, and University Park.Denton County: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votedenton.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Election information<\/a> for voters in Carrollton.Ellis County: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elliscountytx.gov\/312\/Elections\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Election information<\/a> for voters in Glenn Heights.Rockwall County: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockwallvotes.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Election information<\/a> for voters in Rowlett.<\/p>\n<p>How to plan a DART trip<br \/>Riders can plan their trip to a polling location using the Plan tool in the free DART GoPass app or the Trip Planner at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DART.org<\/a>. DART Customer Service is also available at 214-979-1111.<\/p>\n<p>Voters using Google Maps can enter their polling location as the destination and select the transit option to get directions using DART.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will offer free rides on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026 to help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,2261,10572,409,840],"class_list":["post-478839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dart","tag-dart-silver-line","tag-election","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}