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Media Alert: SPUR 280 ROAD CLOSURES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

FORT WORTH, Texas – Weather permitting, Spur 280 Westbound (WB) will be closed beginning Wednesday, September 19 at 9 a.m., through Tuesday, October 9 at 5 a.m., while the Eastbound (EB) portion of the highway will be closed between Friday, September 21 at 8 p.m., and Monday, September 24 at 5 a.m.

Out of an abundance of caution, the highway closures are taking place to ensure the safety of both drivers and the construction crews beneath Spur 280 during the construction of a railroad bridge below the traffic flyover as well as construction activity occurring on the WB Spur 280 Bridge.  Traffic will be detoured:

WB or into downtown Fort Worth:

I-30 to the Lancaster or Henderson exits
I-35 to the Belknap exit (Belknap will be closed overnight due to I-35 construction, requiring motorists to use I-30 during the overnight hours)
EB or out of downtown Fort Worth

I-30 enter from either Lancaster or Henderson
I-35 enter from Weatherford
The Spur 280 road closures are part of the TEXRail project, the new 27-mile commuter rail line that will extend from Downtown Fort Worth, across northeast Tarrant County, through North Richland Hills and Grapevine, and into Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B.  The line is scheduled to begin service in January 2019.

About Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro is a regional transportation system that provides public transportation to meet the mobility needs in Tarrant County.  The agency offers connections throughout the North Central Texas region, annually providing 10 million passenger trips on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), a 34-mile commuter rail line jointly owned and operated with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).  Trinity Metro is governed by an 11-member board of directors, consisting of eight Fort Worth City Council appointments and three Tarrant County Commissioners Court appointments.

 

 

EVENTS: 09/14/18 TO 09/27/18

Step right up, step right up! Ride along on our Fort Worth bus routes or the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) this month as we take you to these exciting fall adventures.

 

BTS is the talk of the town and they are taking over the Fort Worth Convention Center this weekend! Make more time to enjoy the experience by riding our downtown bus routes or the complimentary Molly the Trolley. Detours will be present on 9th street but all downtown buses traveling in and out of the Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) are just a few steps away from the action.

 

Ride TRE from downtown Fort Worth to Victory Station to check out these acts at the American Airlines Center:

9/17/18 – WWE Raw

      9/18/18 – Stars vs. Blues – Preseason

9/24/18 – Stars vs. Wild – Preseason

      9/26/18 & 9/27/18 – Drake

 

Enjoy an easy ride on Molly the Trolley to Bass Performance Hall for fantastic music and a truly memorable Fort Worth experience. Here is what is coming up this month:

9/14/18 through 9/16/18 – Tchaikovsky Extravaganza

      9/19/18 – Luke Wade and Joey Green

9/20/18 & 9/21/18 – Lawrence Brownlee & Eric Owens

9/22/18 – Ben Folds

      9/23/18 – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons   

 

9/14/18 through 9/16/18 – Ride bus route 2 or bus route 7 to Casa Mananafor the much anticipated performance of Hello Dolly!

 

9/19/18 through 9/21/18 – Get free medical service when you attend Your Best Pathway to Health at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Care providers will be on hand to provide medical care, dental care, and eye care. The event is easily accessible by bus route 2 and bus route 7.

 

9/27/18 through 9/29/18 – Enjoy craft beers at Panther Island Pavilion’s Oktoberfest along bus route 46.

 

9/29/18 – Enjoy a family friendly Saturday when you ride bus route 9 or bus route 25 to Eastover Parkfor the Stop Six Family Festival– a FREE family friendly event with plenty of activities, food, resources, and more!

 

The biggest event of the year is right around the corner! Make TRE your no sweat ride to deep fried at the State Fair of Texas! Plan your trip and buy your pass today!

 

Don’t forget – TCC students, now that your semester is back in session, stop by your campus copy center to activate your ID. Once activated, it will pay your fare on board all Trinity Metro bus routes and the TRE from downtown Fort Worth to CentrePort Station.

 

Tag us (@TrinityMetro) on Facebook and Twitter during your trip and bookmark our new website address at www.RideTrinityMetro.org!

 

TRE State Fair Flyer

 

Spur 280 road closures begin in September

Media Contact: Brian Murnahan  

TEXRail Public Involvement

Brian.murnahan@ridetm.org

(817) 689-9913

 

(FORT WORTH, TEXAS) September 12, 2018 – Weather permitting, Spur 280 Westbound (WB) will be closed beginning 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, through 5 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, while the eastbound portion of the highway will be closed between 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, and 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24.

Out of an abundance of caution, the highway closures are taking place to ensure the safety of both drivers and the construction crews beneath Spur 280 during the construction of a railroad bridge below the traffic flyover as well as construction activity occurring on the WB Spur 280 Bridge.  Traffic will be detoured:

Westbound or into downtown Fort Worth:

  • I-30 to the Lancaster or Henderson exits
  • I-35 to the Belknap exit (Belknap will be closed overnight due to I-35 construction, requiring motorists to use I-30 during the overnight hours)

Eeastbound or out of downtown Fort Worth

  • I-30 enter from either Lancaster or Henderson
  • I-35 enter from Weatherford

The Spur 280 road closures are part of the TEXRail project, the new 27-mile commuter rail line that will extend from Downtown Fort Worth, across northeast Tarrant County, through North Richland Hills and Grapevine, and into Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B.  The line is scheduled to begin service in January 2019.

About Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro is a regional transportation system that provides public transportation to meet the mobility needs in Tarrant County.  The agency offers connections throughout the North Central Texas region, annually providing 10 million passenger trips on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), a 34-mile commuter rail line jointly owned and operated with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).  Trinity Metro is governed by an 11-member board of directors, consisting of eight Fort Worth City Council appointments and three Tarrant County Commissioners Court appointments.

Transportation executive joins Trinity Metro as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Transportation executive joins Trinity Metro as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Wayne Gensler will oversee bus and paratransit services

(FORT WORTH, TEXAS) August 28, 2018 – Wayne Gensler, a transportation executive with more than 25 years of experience, has joined Trinity Metro as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Bus and Paratransit. In this role, he will oversee the agency’s operations, maintenance, service planning and safety.Wayne Gensler Headshot

Gensler comes to Fort Worth from Houston, where he served as Director of Contract Operated Services at the Metropolitan Transit Authority. In that capacity, he managed contract compliance and ensured adherence to the agency’s service goals while managing an annual budget of $90 million. He worked to improve the customer experience by using innovative technologies and enhancing first mile/last mile opportunities.

“Wayne is an excellent addition to our leadership team,” said Paul Ballard, president and chief executive officer. “His experience in transportation and industry know-how will help guide long-term planning of our services and resources.”

Gensler’s previous roles include serving as senior project manager at MV Transportation in St. Louis, region vice president at First Student in St. Louis, district manager at Allied Waste Service in Nashville, and vice president and general manager at Laidlaw Transit in St. Louis. He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics at Northern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration from Webster University in St. Louis.

About Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro is a regional transportation system that provides public transportation to meet the mobility needs in Tarrant County. The agency offers connections throughout the North Central Texas region, annually providing 10 million passenger trips on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), a 34-mile commuter rail line jointly owned and operated with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Trinity Metro is constructing TEXRail, a 27-mile commuter rail line that will operate from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B, with revenue service beginning in January 2019. Trinity Metro is governed by an 11-member board of directors, consisting of eight Fort Worth City Council appointments and three Tarrant County Commissioners Court appointments.

Sal Espino joins Trinity Metro as Director of Government Relations

Sal Espino joins Trinity Metro as Director of Government Relations

 Former Fort Worth City Council Member served six terms

 

(FORT WORTH, TEXSal Espino HeadshotAS) July 16, 2018 – Trinity Metro announces the hiring of former Fort Worth City Council Member Salvador Espino as the agency’s Director of Government Relations. In this capacity, he will manage Trinity Metro’s governmental relationships at the local, state and federal level. Espino also will develop and implement a strategic legislative plan for Trinity Metro, analyze legislation affecting transit and work with elected officials and their staffs.

During his tenure on city council, Espino served as chairman of the Infrastructure and Transportation Committee and the Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. He also served on the Regional Transportation Council, the independent transportation policy body of the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

“We are pleased to have Sal join our agency,” President/CEO Paul Ballard said. “He brings a wealth of Fort Worth knowledge and legislative experience to this role. His background in public policy and his transportation leadership will be essential, as he develops a strategic legislative plan for the future of transit in Tarrant County.”

In addition to city council, Espino served as president of Cassata High School from 2006 to 2010 and has worked in the field of law since 1995. He has managed a title company in his law office since 2003 and has experience as a staff and litigation attorney. Earlier in his career, Espino worked in accounting roles at Accounting Professionals CPE Institute and NTCS, Inc.

Since 1995, he has held various leadership positions at All Saints Catholic Church. He has also served the community, volunteering with the St. Joseph Health Care Trust Grants Committee, Imagination Celebration Fort Worth, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Rose Marine Theater, and Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts/Texas Boys Choir.

Espino graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas Christian University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University.

About Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro is a regional transportation system that provides public transportation to meet the mobility needs in Tarrant County and offers connections throughout the North Central Texas region. Trinity Metro annually provides 10 million passenger trips on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE). Trinity Metro jointly owns and operates the TRE with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Trinity Metro is constructing TEXRail, a new commuter rail line that will operate from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B, with revenue service to begin in January 2019. Trinity Metro is governed by an 11-member board of directors, consisting of eight Fort Worth City Council appointments and three Tarrant County Commissioners Court appointments.

TEXRail and Trinity Habitat for Humanity to dedicate home near bus route

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contacts:

Laura Hanna

Director of Communications

Trinity Metro

817-215-8973 (office)

817-721-0734 (cell)

Laura.Hanna@ridetm.org

Mark Rummel

Marketing Manager

Trinity Habitat for Humanity

817-926-9219 ext. 107 (office)

214-223-9571 (cell)

Mark.Rummel@trinityhabitat.org

 

 TEXRail and Trinity Habitat for Humanity
to dedicate home near bus route

 TEXRail sponsors Trinity Habitat for Humanity home

 

(FORT WORTH, TEXAS) June 21, 2018 – Trinity Metro, owner of the new TEXRail commuter rail line from downtown Fort Worth to DFW International Airport, and Trinity Habitat for Humanity (THFH) will dedicate the home at 941 Irma Street, at 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 22. TEXRail is sponsoring the home, which is the 49th one that Trinity Habitat has built in Fort Worth’s Hillside Morningside neighborhood, and which is located near a Trinity Metro bus route.

Speakers for the dedication ceremony include Senior Vice President Bob Baulsir, THFH CEO Gage Yager, THFH Sponsor Relations Manager Sandra Houston and the Thang family, who are the new homeowners. After the ceremony, Trinity Metro’s senior leadership and employees will don hardhats to work on the home, which is currently under construction. June 22 is the third “build day” undertaken by Trinity Metro employees and volunteers.

“With TEXRail nearing completion, we think this is the perfect time to provide a home to a family in our community,” Baulsir said. “The construction phase of TEXRail will be finished by the end of the year and our Trinity Habitat for Humanity house will be completed in the same timeframe. We appreciate the support of Archer Western Herzog, Huitt-Zollars, Jacobs, Parsons/Transystems and other donors who made this project possible.”

President/CEO Paul Ballard said the Habitat project reflects Trinity Metro’s commitment to the community. “Our mission is to help Tarrant County residents have access to public transportation. We are delighted to sponsor this project. The location is ideal because we have Route 4, which runs on Irma Street, and provides access to downtown Fort Worth and TEXRail.”

About the Family

The TEXRail-sponsored home is being built for H. Lian Thang and his wife, Mary Kai. They moved to the United States in December 2009 from Myanmar. Nine years later, they will have their own home. The Habitat program allows families to have an affordable 30-year mortgage (averaging $550 per month). The Thangs will invest 250 “sweat equity” hours in place of a down payment.

H. Lian Thang, who works as a stocker at Walmart, is excited about this opportunity. “I am the only one working to help provide for my family. Owning a Habitat home is the best program for my family to help keep the payment affordable,” he said. “I love to read, play soccer and go on walks. A Habitat home will allow me to have more free time to do these activities I love.”

About Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro is a regional transportation system that provides public transportation to meet the mobility needs in Tarrant County and offers connections throughout the North Central Texas region. Trinity Metro annually provides 10 million passenger trips on buses, vanpools and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE). Trinity Metro jointly owns and operates the TRE with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). Trinity Metro is constructing TEXRail, a new commuter rail line that will operate from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B, with revenue service to begin in early January. Trinity Metro is governed by an 11-member board of directors, consisting of eight Fort Worth City Council appointments and three Tarrant County Commissioners Court appointments.

About Trinity Habitat for Humanity

Trinity Habitat for Humanity builds strength, stability and self-reliance through affordable housing. Together, with our supporters and volunteers, we empower low-income families to transform their lives and neighborhoods. As families need to dedicate more of their income to cover housing costs, they have less available for other basic needs such as food, clothing, and medications. Poverty housing casts low-income families into an unforgiving cycle of physical and emotional duress, compromising their health, academic achievement, and sense of security. Having a safe and adequate place to live can bring stability and hope to families who have spent years struggling to get ahead.

July 4, 2018 Independence Day Service

Trinity Metro bus services will operate on a Sunday and Major Holiday Schedule in observance of Independence Day.

Trinity Railway Express will not be in service.

Trinity Metro Customer Service locations and Lost and Found will be closed.

Customer Service phone lines will operate from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rail Safety Tips

1. STAY ALERT.
Trains can come from either direction at any time and can be very quiet.  Around train tracks or in stations, obey all warning signs and signals and use caution when using headsets or cell phones.

2. WATCH THE OVERHANG.
Trains are wider than the tracks; never sit on the edge of a station platform.

3. STAND AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM EDGE.
Pay attention to painted or raised markings at the platform edge, and stay at least three feet from the train while it is coming in or out of the station.

4. WHEN ON BOARD, HOLD ON.
Hold on tight to poles or seats, and listen carefully to directions from the train operator or conductor.

5. WATCH YOUR STEP.
Be careful getting on and off the train – there may be a gap between the train and platform or steps.

6. DON’T TAKE SHORTCUTS WITH YOUR LIFE!
Follow directional signs and markings that let you know where it is safe to cross the tracks. Crossing the tracks anywhere else is dangerous and illegal.