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Podcast: TRECcast
Episode: DART CEO Gary Thomas on Public Transit Initiatives/Projects, COVID-19 Response
Description: Today’s episode is a recording of last month’s virtual TREC Talks event with DART CEO Gary Thomas about all of the transportation projects going on throughout the city. He also talked about how DART has handled the COVID-19 pandemic and answered questions from TREC members who attended the event.
Thomas became DART CEO in 2002 after 19 years as a consulting engineer and has overseen the 700-square-mile transit system that stretches across 13 cities throughout the metroplex.
Since Thomas joined DART, the transit agency has developed the nation’s longest light rail system at 93 miles and was recognized for adopting a clean...