<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi, this is a little bit of information. I thought maybe some of you might like to have.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="x-apple-outlook-blockquote"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Becky Young, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, Des Moines chapter <br>Phone: <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">515-553-9270</span><br><a href="mailto:byoung@nfbi.org">Email</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><font color="#ffffff"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i>Website</i></a><i> <br>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></i></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation\u2019s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Curry, Catlin" <CCurry@ridedart.com><br><b>Date:</b> 12 August 2026 at 12:01:29\u202fpm GMT-5<br><b>To:</b> "Curry, Catlin" <CCurry@ridedart.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>August at DART</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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Hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to share a few timely and important updates from DART. We are almost 2 months into the newly designed bus network. Overall, the routes are running as designed and we are hearing from many riders who are enjoying some of
the features of the new network. What are you hearing? </div>
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<b>Iowa State Fair Update: </b></div>
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We are just ... a day away from the start of the Iowa State Fair. Each year, DART goes all in with its
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Park & Ride service</a> to the Iowa State Fair. This year, we will have two Park & Ride locations including 7th and Center Street and the State Capital complex. This year will see some enhancements at the Center Streat location as it takes on more capacity.
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">Service Hours: 8 AM until midnight each day (except Sunday, August 23)</div>
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https://www.ridedart.com/state-fair/</a></div>
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<b>Back to School:</b></div>
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Every year, the Iowa State Fair ends and most schools in the metro resume fall classes. DART has a long history of partnering with DMPS to provide supplemental school service on DART buses. This year is no exception, and our service to schools resumes on August
24. DART does not determine while students are assigned to DART, that is the role of the school district. A few notes on what has changed this year related to school service. </div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">School specific routes have been renumbered, most being a three-digit number starting with a 9</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">Bus stops that serve school routes have signage that includes the route number and name of school</div>
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Additional information on school service located in the attachments to this email and can be found by visiting
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our webiste</a>. </div>
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Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(80, 7, 120);">DART, Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(80, 7, 120);">Direct: 515-246-2526
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</b></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(80, 7, 120);">Cell: 515-204-7419</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(80, 7, 120);">
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