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Some DART rail lines will see delays over Memorial Day holiday in Dallas

DART trains in downtown Dallas will have a bump or two.

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If your Memorial Day weekend plans include traveling on the DART Rail, then you'll want to leave a little early. Not super duper early. Just a little earlier. A skosh.

Why: Dallas Area Rapid Transit warns that repairs on a downtown bridge will create delays in the schedule for Red or Blue line trains as well as the Dallas Streetcar.

The city of Dallas will be making repairs to the Houston Street Viaduct Bridge, directly above Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) rail tracks between Union Station and Convention Center Station.

The repairs will begin on Saturday, May 26 at 5 am, and continue through Monday, May 28. They will cause the following changes:

Northbound Red and Blue line passengers will exit their trains at Convention Center and take shuttle buses to Union Station to board Blue Line trains. Transfers to northbound Red Line trains will be available at West End Station.
Southbound Blue Line passengers will exit their train at Union Station and take shuttle buses to Convention Center to re-board Blue Line trains to UNT-Dallas Station.
Southbound Red Line passengers will exit their train at West End Station, board Blue Line trains to Union Station, then take shuttle buses to Convention Center to board the Red Line to Westmoreland (note to TRE riders: these Red Line trains will terminate at Victory Station, maintaining the transfer connection on Saturday, May 26).
The Dallas Streetcar will be replaced by bus shuttles at all stops on all three days.

Vehicular traffic on the viaduct, including buses, will not be affected. Normal rail operations are expected to resume on Tuesday, May 29.

According to a DART spokesperson, the city of Dallas has contracted with Gibson and Associates, Inc. for concrete deck and beam repairs to the Houston Street Viaduct Bridge adjacent and above DART tracks. Repairs will be made on the deck (underside) of the bridge and its girders.

The repairs required a full shutdown of the tracks in the area for a 3-day continuous timeframe, to ensure worker safety and safety to the public and DART, not to mention maximizing the efficiency of the job. And so Memorial Day weekend it was.

Other holiday weekend changes include:

DART buses and trains will follow a Sunday schedule on Memorial Day.
GoLink and the Trinity Railway Express will not operate on Memorial Day.
DART’s Paratransit services will run a Saturday schedule and the Paratransit Scheduling Center will be closed. Customers should call on Friday May 25, to book their trips through Tuesday May 29. Next-day weekend voicemail booking and X-Press Booking will also be available.
On-Call and Flex Service will not run on Memorial Day; service will resume May 29.

DART’s Customer Information Center will be open from 8 am-5 pm at 214-979-1111 for trip-planning needs. The administrative offices and the Customer Care Center, which handles complaints, commendations, suggestions, and Lost and Found, will be closed.

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Dallas climbs back up in ranking of 'World's Best Cities' for 2025

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Dallas had made a major leap back into the top 50.

Dallas has made a big rebound in its status among the top 100 best cities in the world, according to a prestigious new report by Resonance Consultancy.

The Canada-based real estate and tourism marketing advisors ranked Dallas the 55th best city worldwide for 2025 in its annual "World's Best Cities" list.

A ranking of 55 might not seem all that, but it represents a major rebound after Dallas plummeted to No. 73 in last year's report. (Let's ignore the fact that, in 2022, Dallas ranked No. 47.)

London held onto its crown as the No. 1 best city in the world for 2025, followed by New York (No. 2), Paris (No. 3), Tokyo (No. 4), and Singapore (No. 5).

The report quantifies the relative qualities of livability, "lovability," and prosperity for the world's top 100 cities with metropolitan populations of 1 million or more. New to the 10th anniversary edition, Resonance partnered with global market researchers Ipsos to include perception-based data into the rankings, surveying over 22,000 people in 30 countries worldwide to determine "the most desirable places to visit, live or work."

Resonance refers to its previous "World's Best Cities" reports and its 2024 "America's Best Cities" list – which ranked Dallas in the top 20 – when explaining the city's successes. The report praised Dallas' booming population, a thriving corporate economy, and its diverse culture.

"From 2021 to 2022, Dallas experienced the largest population increase of any U.S. metro area, with a net increase of more than 170,000 people, according to the Census Bureau," the report's author wrote. "Home to more than 10,000 corporate headquarters — the largest concentration in the U.S. — the city ranks No. 33 globally for Fortune 500 companies."

Elsewhere in Texas, Austin and Houston also earned spots on the World's Best Cities list for 2025, but only one made a similar rebound from the previous year's rankings. Houston moved up from No. 66 in last year's report to its current rank as No. 40. Meanwhile, Austin took its first tumble out of the 43rd spot (which it had occupied for two years straight) and now ranks No. 53.

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