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DART holiday schedule includes Dallas Stars game, Molson Coors free rides

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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) have released their Christmas and New Year's holiday schedules.

Both holidays this year fall on a Monday.

Other compllicating factors: There's a Dallas Stars game on Saturday, December 31.

DART will also be the beneficiary of a program by Molson Coors to provide free rides on New Year's Eve.

The schedules are as follows:

Sunday, December 24, 2023

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a weekend schedule.
TRE: No service.
DART GoLink: All GoLink Zones, except the IPTMA Zone, will operate from 5 am–midnight.
DART Mobility Management's Paratransit Call Center will be closed December 24 – December 25. Customers wishing to schedule trips by phone for any of these days will need to do so by Friday, December 22. Customers can also schedule, view, and cancel trips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.DART.org/paratransit
DART Customer Information Center will be open from 5 am-12:00 am.

Monday, December 25, 2023

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a weekend schedule.
TRE: No service.
DART GoLink: All GoLink Zones, except the IPTMA Zone, will operate from 5:00 am–midnight. The IPTMA Zone will not operate.
DART Paratransit: Paratransit services will operate on a Sunday schedule.
DART Customer Information Center: Closed.
DART Customer Care Center and Lost and Found: Closed.
DART Administrative Offices: Closed.

Free DART Rides on New Year's Eve: Coors Light and DART will once again help North Texas residents get home safely on New Year's Eve. Free transportation will be offered the night of New Year's Eve on DART buses, light rail, Paratransit Services and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between EBJ Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station for everyone from 6:00 pm until the end of service.

Look for New Year's Eve schedules at DART.org and TrinityRailwayExpress.org.

Sunday, December 31, 2023

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a weekend schedule.
TRE: Operating one train for the Dallas Stars game. Departs Victory Station 20 minutes after the end of the game.
DART GoLink: All GoLink Zones, except the IPTMA Zone, will operate from 5:00 am–midnight.
DART Mobility Management's Paratransit Call Center will be closed December 31–January 2. Customers wishing to schedule trips by phone for any of these days will need to do so by Thursday, December 28. Customers can also schedule, view, and cancel trips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.DART.org/paratransit.
DART Customer Information Center will be open from 5:00 am-12 am.

Monday, January 1, 2024

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a weekend schedule.
TRE: No service.
DART GoLink: All GoLink Zones, except the IPTMA Zone, will operate from 5:00 am–midnight. The IPTMA Zone will not operate.
DART Paratransit: Paratransit services will operate on a Sunday schedule.
DART Customer Information Center will be open from 8 am-5 pm.
DART Customer Care Center and Lost and Found: Closed.
DART Administrative Offices: Closed.

Free rides from Molson Coors
Molson Coors returns with complimentary mass transit on New Year’s Eve through its 2023 Coors Light Free Rides program.

Since its inception in 1988, the Free Rides program has been a cornerstone of Molson Coors' commitment to promoting responsible celebrations. Through collaborations with mass transit, the program has funded free rides for more than 8 million individuals across the U.S.

During last year’s New Year’s Eve Free Rides in Dallas, nearly 28,000 individuals took advantage of complimentary transit to welcome in the new year.

This year, the program was offered in nine cities over the course of five events including St. Patrick’s Day, major holidays, and professional sporting events. Molson Coors has expanded the Free Rides program over the past two years, providing increased access to free transportation options.

In addition to Dallas, Molson Coors is offering free rides on New Year’s Eve to residents in Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Phoenix, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

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Dallas neighbor dazzles on new list of happiest cities in America

Photo courtesy of Visit Plano

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A new happiness study has ranked Plano one of the happiest cities in America this year, and it once again landed on top as the happiest city in Texas.

Plano has moved up on the list and ranks as the 16th happiest U.S. city in 2026. Last year, it was 17th.

WalletHub determined the happiest cities in America based on 29 relevant metrics based on "positive-psychology research" across three main categories: emotional and physical wellbeing, income and employment, and community and environment. As with most WalletHub studies, it compared the 182 most populous U.S. cities.

Fremont, California claimed the top spot as the happiest city nationwide for another year. Bismark, North Dakota and Scottsdale, Arizona, respectfully, rounded out the top three.

Here's how WalletHub ranked Plano across the three key dimensions:

No. 15 – Emotional and physical wellbeing
No. 22 – Community and environment
No. 72 – Income and employment

Plano and its residents have continued improving their city year after year, whether its through opening new bakeries and restaurants, inviting fun pop-ups for locals, or having a strong job market.

Plano's happiness far outshines the rest of North Texas; according to WalletHub, Irving is the 70th happiest city in the country, the third-happiest in Texas, and the second-happiest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. Garland ranked farther behind as No. 92 nationally, and more DFW cities ranked even lower: Grand Prairie (No. 106), Dallas (No. 111), Fort Worth (No. 113), and Arlington (No. 119).

The report additionally found that Dallasites spend the third-most amount of time at work in the nation. The city ranked No. 180 in the national analysis of U.S. cities with the "fewest work hours."

WalletHub also emphasized that money doesn't buy happiness — after a certain point.

"For decades, researchers have explored the science of happiness and identified several core factors, including mental well-being, physical health, strong social ties, job satisfaction, and financial stability," the report said. "Still, income has its limits — studies show that earning more than $75,000 a year does not lead to greater happiness."

Six-figure earners in Plano aren't necessarily as happy as those who don't make as much, as a separate financial study from SmartAsset revealed these big earners are only taking home about $72,653 after taxes and adjusted for the cost of living.

This is how other Texas cities ranked in the report:

No. 39 – Austin
No. 128 – Houston
No. 135 – Lubbock
No. 137 – El Paso
No. 140 – Laredo
No. 143 – Amarillo
No. 150 – Brownsville
No. 154 – San Antonio
No. 155 – Corpus Christi

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