<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good morning,<div><br></div><div>Here is some more broad info for those of you interested in the longer-term DART planning. I hadn’t heard of microtransit until DART started throwing the word around. Also, I did not realize that all DART local and express busses will be free Tuesday, not just for people going to vote.</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Helen Mejia, President</div>National Federation of the Blind<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of Iowa<br>hmejia@nfbi.org<br>(570) 983-7867</div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Amanda Wanke, DART CEO" <awanke@ridedart.ccsend.com><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Making Moves: Learn about transit and who uses DART</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October 31, 2024 at 2:10:39 PM CDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hstevensnfb@gmail.com<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">awanke@ridedart.com<br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="shell" lang="en-US" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; 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height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px;"><img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(80, 7, 120); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Rider Story: Connecting Jon West to a Management Career</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="378" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/212a4c8f001/71e9c3d5-38ec-4eed-823a-6c82c587d85e.jpg?rdr=true" alt="" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Jon West has worked as a stock manager at Price Chopper in Des Moines for nearly 5 years. As a lifelong bus rider, Jon says he chose this career opportunity because of its direct access to public transit. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">"I’ve been taking the bus since high school. I take the bus everywhere. $48 a month for a bus pass is very affordable. Try putting $48 in the gas tank and see how long that lasts you.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ9Q1o3uwoDAOu9yv7FYXPfe33vUX0dYpWmlHZpIVuF9ynB4ttjVVpm4Y9CzPQyxT1dLaUoGzzBCygnqg4KCNM0z6U85gJg5Jka59lR54Whoy17LZs-4x5Z69ExF0QqXBtzdEfONO36rm&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-style: normal;">Read his story.</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" width="100%" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table class="divider_content-row" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed; height: 1px; width: 560px;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_content-cell" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#faa300" style="background-color: rgb(250, 163, 0); height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px;"><img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(80, 7, 120); font-weight: bold; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Rider Story: Father and Son Bond on the Bus</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="375" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/212a4c8f001/7354e686-f567-4a8f-a6a6-2aa2b87cfd29.jpg?rdr=true" alt="" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Gary and Josh Dvorak ride a DART Express route from West Des Moines to their offices in downtown Des Moines several days each week. Although they enjoy saving money and reducing their carbon footprint, choosing to take a bus to work has also brought them closer.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">“There’s not a lot of people that can say they get to talk to their parents every day,” said Josh.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ9Q1o3uwoDAOdOZBUBesVyHCzGbPh85OqzLu0PpxB_iisnzjkaoEEZNH38mMYjv-32nigQ93DBwwjRyB1wlLpDk49AyJnhddFPdXbO3YxNQiR5wBMjyGPHAZd8jWAv_lXqoAglt-9lrq&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Read their story</a><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" width="100%" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table class="divider_content-row" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed; height: 1px; width: 560px;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_content-cell" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#faa300" style="background-color: rgb(250, 163, 0); height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px;"><img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(80, 7, 120); font-weight: bold; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Midwest Cities Expand Public Transit: 4 Examples</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="380" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/212a4c8f001/f3c6d0e0-948c-4fa5-8867-ac0db4411bd6.jpg?rdr=true" alt="" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Across the Midwest, growing metropolitan areas are investing in public transit to expand people’s access to transportation and encourage higher use. By thinking creatively about what types of service to offer, transit agencies are reaching more residents with buses and shared rides, strengthening their local economies, meeting their workforce needs and addressing equity in their neighborhoods.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ9Q1o3uwoDAO_GcyZngio_2zd6b843gSvJfxDpYuvza9AbE7eWfCkt9XGLbVgMrK-gOLu-ADBl_6PHTpjs-0EcAmIs1Y6EVRz_oDyVi88rgdgHUlrNFuwHzpAdW4c7VXVFLY82dhYLVSv-zozjMzok3X5hV69mmVqYJFP80cj1Rf&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Browse through the examples</a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" width="100%" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table class="divider_content-row" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed; height: 1px; width: 560px;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_content-cell" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#faa300" style="background-color: rgb(250, 163, 0); height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px;"><img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(80, 7, 120); font-weight: bold; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">5 Things to Know about Microtransit</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Interest in microtransit is growing across the country as the way people travel changes. A cross between buses that run on set routes and schedules and private rideshare services like Uber and Lyft, microtransit is a shared ride that operates when and where people request trips.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Microtransit has several benefits, but also some limitations to consider, as we’ve discovered through DART’s mobility-on-demand pilots over the past five years.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ4QSjzcGF6MVbFxpxnSBqFpvVPYcdPh0pWXSi39QeK_1eJMKXTTthQQub8s_SzcOyi3tx5PtHXw7N80vHOyMMQYiT0CzpUi7ChrokicmJ2vp8fOkWt9NzRsofJxqCgiHxtGB6Xtd5DiUeYACMIKDeR4=&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-weight: bold; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Learn more</a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_container" width="100%" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><table class="divider_content-row" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 564px; height: 1px;"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_content-cell" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#faa300" style="background-color: rgb(250, 163, 0); height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px;"><img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(80, 7, 120); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">What's Happening at DART<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Here are a few things we're up to as we aim to best serve riders and communities.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="layout layout--1-column" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="column column--1 scale stack" align="center" valign="top" style="width: 600px;"><table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(233, 76, 58); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Reimagining Our Network</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">In early September, we launched<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ51cvEpjsHIPMqlrQgf8MZqeD8Klg_nlop8aE4lJ16wACzGNoTzrGLhJV8XruBiK1xT2tl8AWe8DyueRa1TDioStod-p5xYFc02y2B2MEI4IIav5jbwoSV4=&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Reimagine DART</a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, a collaborative effort to transform public transit in Greater Des Moines. This once-in-a-generation opportunity will allow our region to think creatively about how our public transit system can connect our communities for the next 20 years.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">This month, the DART Commission unanimously approved hiring </span><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ4QSjzcGF6MVYhtcASne_0QXA2wxUtv9BXnhKyJlm2u25InoJWmR3H9cdnr2HY25FS74i_HWjDdaTBgJUp4ySX6euaxGNvZfMsoZAt1pMmSs&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Jarrett Walker + Associates</a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (JWA) and </span><a href="https://sqijm7dab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015vN422EEd5sNs1lxy17Z7AFvhL0qhefs9IqaypLg2DhADiwON7BSQ4QSjzcGF6MVjemOMx6g4mlyzwHyhnnoU0wzAl4YJfRe48S1AKldwxwhId_j1g_O9vUO_u4B2UP1i7v6M9XacI8QVLl9kNPYhVJlDVsfh833&c=VcV1v4efr3Et93IzTUaGF_VGsADZwu7KvWy4eh_JHS4okIXzQVp1dg==&ch=Ez_7z0CaZCfmGV60-v6f47Vm-ACYaqTwG2trp9tF5LMKe5jNG35bkA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(94, 129, 202); font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">Transpo Group</a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> to work on a comprehensive redesign of our transit network. JWA was founded by Jarrett Walker, author of the book </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Human Transit</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and is a small firm that specializes in transit network redesigns. Transpo Group is a leader in transit planning with small and mid-sized agencies and has expertise in Paratransit and microtransit options.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The redesign will consider changes in how people are traveling today and strive to increase residents’ access to opportunities through public transit with the level of funding we expect to receive from member communities. 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