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Fort Worth Transportation Authority (the T)
1600 East Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 |
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Joan Hunter |
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Take the creative route to MAIN ST. arts festival on The T’s free shuttle
*The new park and ride service from Billy Bob’s will operate April 17 and 18 to ease downtown traffic and parking FORT WORTH (April 10, 2009) – With half a million visitors expected, the annual MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival and The T have added a free park and ride bus shuttle for transportation to and from downtown for the first time this year. The free MAIN ST. Park and Ride Shuttle service will operate every 20 minutes from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, April 17 and from noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. Pick up will be from a free parking lot at Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The shuttle’s downtown drop off and return location will be at 5th and Houston streets. The T also offers regular late night service on the Trinity Railway Express, which is another convenient way to avoid traffic and parking congestion during the arts festival when several downtown streets will be closed. The TRE station at the downtown Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) is just two blocks away. The last TRE return train to Dallas departs from the ITC at 10:36 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and arrives at Dallas Union Station at 11:35 p.m. (The TRE does not operate on Sundays.) Visitors who will be returning to Dallas on TRE should check DART schedules for appropriate DART rail/bus connections to their final destination. The T’s bus and TRE schedules are available at www.The-T.com or by calling Customer Service at 817-215-8600. For DART rail and bus, check www.dart.org. For MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival information, go to www.mainstreetartsfest.org. ABOUT MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival (MAIN ST.) packs downtown Fort Worth each spring with a celebration of fine arts and crafts, music, film and food stretching from the Tarrant County Courthouse to the Fort Worth Convention Center. More than 200 juried artists and fine crafts exhibitors line brick-paved Main Street, joined by musicians and dancers on three stages. Performance artists and food and drink vendors complete the scene. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 16; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 17-18; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Admission is free. Visit www.mainstreetartsfest.org for more information. ABOUT THE T (the Fort Worth Transportation Authority) The T provides quality public transportation to meet the mobility needs of Tarrant County and the North Central Texas region. The T annually provides service to nearly 9 million passengers on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), a jointly-owned commuter rail between Fort Worth and Dallas, and a second commuter railroad is underway for 2013. The T is a regional transportation authority of the State of Texas. It is governed by a nine-member board of directors appointed by the Fort Worth City Council and Tarrant County Commissioners Court. For more information, visit www.The-T.com. |
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