Dallas Area Rapid Transit Inc.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Inc., doing business as Dart, is a U.S. local government transit authority headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that receives federal transit and transportation infrastructure grants as a prime recipient under programs administered by the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Dart does not hold federal contracts and does not operate as a contractor or subcontractor; it functions exclusively as a federal grant recipient executing public transportation capital and operating projects within its 13-city service region across the Dallas metropolitan area.

Dart's federal footprint centers on transit infrastructure, fleet modernization, and system operations funding. The Federal Transit Administration accounts for the bulk of recent awards—150 grants spanning formula-based funding (CFDA 20.507 Urbanized Area Formula Funding, CFDA 20.525 State of Good Repair, CFDA 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities, CFDA 20.505 Metropolitan Transportation Planning) and project grants for capital improvements. Representative work includes a $121.2 million project grant (May 2, 2025) for purchase of 186 compressed natural gas fueled buses as the first lot of a 522-bus four-year fleet replacement program; a $125.1 million formula grant (August 29, 2025) for design and construction of a 26-mile commuter rail alignment from Plano to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with 10 passenger stations; a $89.3 million formula grant (May 18, 2026) for construction of amenity pads and on-street improvements across the Dallas transit system; and a $54.5 million formula grant (July 8, 2025) for weather resilience infrastructure pilots addressing ice, heat, and all-weather infrastructure threats to fixed guideway systems. Dart also received a $2.5 million formula grant (September 23, 2025) under CFDA 20.507 for double-tracking improvements along approximately 1.2 miles of the Trinity Railway Express corridor in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Beyond transit, Dart holds a $950,000 project grant (September 11, 2025) from the Federal Highway Administration under the PROTECT Program (CFDA 20.205) for vulnerability assessment, resilience planning, and a flood-monitoring tool pilot. Security and emergency funding rounds out the portfolio: a $436,711 Rail and Transit Security Grant from FEMA (September 1, 2025, CFDA 97.075) for surveillance, infrastructure hardening, cybersecurity, and emergency response training, and a $359,920 FEMA grant (September 1, 2021) under the same security program.

Customer concentration is extremely heavy with the Federal Transit Administration, which accounts for 150 of 270 awards in the source data (69% coverage by count). The Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary ranks second by potential value with 9 awards worth $12 million combined. Dart holds two parent vehicle relationships: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (DTOS5911D00517) with 9 task orders carrying $12.7 million in combined potential value, and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (15JUST19A00000260) with 2 task orders. Work is performed across the Dallas metropolitan area's 13-city service region and subordinate corridor segments, with administrative and operational oversight centered in Dallas, Texas. Dart executes all design, construction, and project management directly; the source identifies no subrecipient activities across recent awards, indicating direct federal-to-Dart funding for all work. Awards per year have grown from 5 in 2022 to 11 in 2025, with 4 awards recorded in 2026 through mid-July. Thirteen awards carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, representing near-term grant closeout and potential recompete or continuation funding cycles for Dart's transit operations and capital programs.