Because of improved road conditions and rising temperatures, Trinity Metro will resume all bus service on Friday, Feb 25.
ACCESS paratransit and ZIPZONE services will also resume regular operations on Friday.
TEXRail will continue to operate on its regular schedule, and Trinity Railway Express will resume regular operations on Friday.
Customer care representatives are available at 817-215-8600 to assist customers.
***UPDATE***
Due to icy road conditions, bus service will have a delayed start today, Thursday, Feb. 24. Trinity Metro ACCESS paratransit service is operating but customers may experience delays. ZIPZONE services are suspended.
For questions specific to your trip, call customer care representatives at 817-215-8600.
Once services resume, they will be on a MODIFIED SCHEDULE as follows.
All bus services will operate on a Saturday schedule with the following exceptions:
TEXRail will operate on its regular schedule. TRE will operate on a Saturday schedule. ACCESS will be available for life-sustaining trips.
Customer care representatives will be available by phone at 817-215-8600.
To view full winter service plans including route detours, if needed, CLICK HERE.
(FORT WORTH, TX – Feb. 11, 2022) – Throughout early voting and on Tuesday, March 1, Tarrant County voters will once again be able to catch free rides to the polls on Trinity Metro, Arlington’s Via and other transit services.
Riders can show their voter registration card or current Texas ID and ride for free during early voting from Feb. 14-25 and on Election Day, March 1.
The Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved a partnership with transportation services in Tarrant County to pay for customer trips to voting locations, with an amount not to exceed $30,000. This program is a continuation of the Election Transportation Program that was offered in November 2019, March 2020, November 2020 and November 2021.
“It is crucial that people get out to vote in the primary election, and access to transportation should not be a barrier to getting to polling locations,” said Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley. “We are pleased to be able to once again offer free rides, including accessible services for the elderly and mobility-impaired, through this partnership.”
The transit services included in the program are Trinity Metro’s bus routes, ZIPZONE on-demand rideshare services, ACCESS paratransit, plus Tarrant County Transportation Services (TCTS), Northeast Transportation Services (NETS), and Arlington’s Via and Handitran.
To use Trinity Metro ZIPZONE, download the ZIPZONE app and book your ride. ZIPZONE rides will be free for customers who schedule a ride to or from a voting center within the ZIPZONE boundaries. For questions about ZIPZONE, bus or ACCESS rides to your polling place, call Trinity Metro at 817-215-8600.
To use Via’s on-demand service in Arlington, riders simply download Via’s app and enter the address of a Vote Center within Via’s service area or call 817-784-7382 to schedule a ride by phone. USE the promo code ARNVOTE22S.
Those who qualify and want to ride to vote on ACCESS, TCTS, NETS or Handitran should call the provider at least 48 hours ahead of the trip to schedule their free ride to any of the voting locations.
“We appreciate this partnership with the Tarrant County Commissioners Court to provide rides for voters,” said Trinity Metro President/CEO Paul J Ballard. “Voting is an essential right, and we are happy to help riders travel to the polls.”
Tarrant County has multiple locations for early voting and a list of locations for Election Day.
| Location | Address | City | ZIP Code | Trinity Metro Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County College Southeast Campus | 2100 Southeast Parkway | Arlington | 76018 | RT 067 |
| Crouch Event Center in Bicentennial Park | 900 E Glendale Street | Crowley | 76036 | South Tarrant ZIPZONE |
| Como Community Center | 4660 Horne Street | Fort Worth | 76107 | RT 051 Horne & Helmick |
| Diamond Hill-Jarvis Branch Library | 1300 NE 35th Street | Fort Worth | 76106 | RT 012 Long & Lulu |
| Griffin-Poly Sub-Courthouse | 3212 Miller Avenue | Fort Worth | 76119 | RT 024 or RT 025 Miller & Berry |
| Handley-Meadowbrook Community Center | 6201 Beaty Street | Fort Worth | 76112 | RT 89 Lancaster & Haynie |
| James Avenue Service Center | 5001 James Avenue | Fort Worth | 76115 | RT 033 James & Yates |
| Southside Community Center | 959 E Rosedale Street | Fort Worth | 76104 | RT 004 Rosedale & New York |
| Southwest Sub-Courthouse | 6551 Granbury Road | Fort Worth | 76133 | RT 051 Granbury & Dan Dancinger |
| Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 1900 W Boyce Avenue | Fort Worth | 76115 | RT 006 McCart & Seminary, 16 min walk |
| Summerglen Branch Library | 4205 Basswood Boulevard | Fort Worth | 76137 | RT 016 N Beach & Basswood |
| Tarrant County College Northwest Campus | 4801 Marine Creek Parkway | Fort Worth | 76179 | RT 45 |
| Tarrant County College South Campus | 5301 Campus Drive | Fort Worth | 76119 | RT 054 |
| Tarrant County Elections Center | 2700 Premier Street | Fort Worth | 76111 | RT 054 Sylvania & Ivey, 11 min walk |
| Tarrant County Plaza Building | 201 Burnett Street | Fort Worth | 76102 | RT 046 Belknap & Burnett |
| UNT - Health Science Center | 3430 Camp Bowie Boulevard | Fort Worth | 76107 | RT 002 Camp Bowie & Montgomery |
| Worth Heights Community Center | 3551 New York Avenue | Fort Worth | 76110 | RT 024 Berry & Evans, 14 min walk |
| The REC of Grapevine | 1175 Municipal Way | Grapevine | 76051 | TEXRail + 7 min walk |
| Tarrant County College Northeast Campus | 828 W Harwood Road | Hurst | 76054 | RT 023 |
(FORT WORTH, TX – Feb. 7, 2022) – Fort Worth Bike Sharing and Blue Zones Project have teamed up once again to offer the Free First Fri-Yay bike share program throughout the year. That means once a month, bike rentals are fre
e for area cyclists or anyone looking for a fun way to explore the city on two wheels.
The Free Fri-Yay falls on the first Friday of the month. Because the first Friday of February was less than hospitable, the free day has been moved to Friday, Feb. 11.
How does it work?
Access the full-day bike sharing pass at no cost by using promo code 92020 at any one of 55 Fort Worth Bike sharing kiosks located around Fort Worth. You can also use promo code 92020APP on the BCycle app.
Free First Fri-Yay dates for 2022
About the program
Since Free First Fri-Yay kicked off in 2020, 584 free full-day passes have been claimed.
“The entire sharing system saw a record number of rides and users in 2021, and Free First Fri-Yay has proven to be really popular,” said Jennifer Grissom, executive director of Fort Worth Bike Sharing. “We added 12 new stations last year and plan to introduce 14 more in 2022.”
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, providing passenger trips on buses, TEXRail, ACCESS paratransit, ZIPZONEs, Fort Worth Bike Sharing, 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 the sole owner and operator of TEXRail, a 27-mile commuter rail line that runs between downtown Fort Worth and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal B.
About Blue Zones Project Fort Worth
Blue Zones Project is led by Texas Health Resources and partners with businesses, schools, community leaders, and residents to support longer and better lives. More than 94,500 people and 364 groups and organizations have worked together to improve well-being. Fort Worth is the nation’s largest Blue Zones Community.
Because of improved road conditions and rising temperatures, Trinity Metro will resume all bus service on Sunday, Feb 6.
ACCESS paratransit and Southside ZIPZONE will resume service on Sunday.
TEXRail will continue to operate on its regular schedule throughout the weekend. Trinity Railway Express does not operate on Sunday, but will be back on its regular schedule Monday.
Customer care representatives are available at 817-215-8600 to assist customers.
Bus service suspended Saturday, Feb. 5
Because of the winter weather and icy road conditions, Trinity Metro has suspended all bus service on Saturday, Feb 5.
With the exception of life-sustaining trips such as dialysis, ACCESS paratransit services has been suspended for Saturday. ZIPZONE will not operate Saturday.
TEXRail will continue to operate on its regular schedule throughout the weekend. Trinity Railway Express is operating its regular schedule on Saturday.
Customer care representatives are available at 817-215-8600 to assist customers.
Because of the winter weather and icy road conditions, Trinity Metro is suspending all bus service for the remainder of Friday, Feb. 4, and all day Saturday, Feb 5. Trinity Metro will continue to evaluate conditions for operations on Sunday, Feb. 6.
With the exception of life-sustaining trips such as dialysis, ACCESS paratransit services will also be suspended for the remainder of Friday and all day Saturday, Feb. 5. ZIPZONE will not operate on Friday or Saturday.
TEXRail will continue to operate on its regular schedule throughout the weekend. Trinity Railway Express (TRE) is operating on a Saturday schedule on Friday. TRE will resume its regular schedule on Saturday.
Customer care representatives are available at 817-215-8600 to assist customers.
ALL FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE IS STILL SUSPENDED PENDING A DELAYED START ON FRIDAY, FEB. 4 DUE TO THE ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. ROUTES WILL RESUME A MODIFIED SCHEDULE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
ZIPZONE service is suspended.
ACCESS customers may experience delays.
Trinity Metro TEXRail will operate as planned with a regular schedule.
Trinity Railway Express (TRE) will operate on a Saturday schedule on Friday, Feb. 4.
Customers with specific route or service questions can call Customer Care at 817-215-8600.
In the event of inclement weather, all Trinity Metro bus routes will run on a Saturday schedule. Full service details follow.
All normal Saturday services will operate as scheduled with the following exceptions:
Note that the following routes do not have normal Saturday service, 23, 30, 111, Burnett Plaza Lunch Line, Express Routes 61, 63, 65, 66 & 67. These routes will not operate during Severe Winter Weather.
Routing/Detours
To the extent possible, Operations will try to follow regular routes. It is not unusual for some portion of the service area to experience icy conditions while another portion is clear. Operations supervisors will survey the situation and determine if it is safe to use regular routing. However, there are many segments of routes that may be considered too hazardous to traverse in icy conditions and staff have proactively worked out detours to avoid them. Most hazards involve steep slopes and bridges, however, other hazards may include areas that remain shaded thus slowing the ice melt, narrow residential streets with on-street parking, or even shallow slopes with stops where there is insufficient traction to overcome both gravity and inertia. Detours are described below.
Weather detours (Routes not listed below will run regular route.)
Route 2
Route 4 (Regular Route (Use caution on Stalcup))
Route 12
Route 15
Route 24
Route 45 (No service to TCC Northwest Campus)
Route 46
Route 51 (No Stop at Ridgemar Mall)
Route 54 (Will not serve TCC South unless a 10am delay)
Route 55
Route 72
Route 91 (Serving part of Normandale Loop – does not go into Ridgmar Mall)
Did you know?
When the weather turns cold, keeping the rails from freezing is an important safety measure. Individual containers, known as smudge pots, are lit to produce heat beneath the rail. In weather conditions that involve moisture and near-freezing temperatures, it’s important to generate heat to keep rain or sleet from freezing on the switch points that enable a train to shift to a different track as needed. This safety measure is not needed when the weather is cold and dry.
Use of smudge pots is a common practice in warmer climates. Both Trinity Metro TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express utilize these as needed.
(FORT WORTH, TX – Jan. 31, 2022) – Donna Walker is a professional artist who has been painting full-time for more than a decade. She exhibits her paintings through galleries in Fort Worth, Dallas, Boston and Atlanta. Her work is in many private collections across the country.
Walker’s artwork depicts the large, bright vistas of the rugged Texas landscape. Simple homesteads, native plants, rough hills and open skies showcase the natural beauty of our state. Her bright colors and impactful compositions contrast with the urban scenes of downtown Fort Worth around the train station and the bustle of people and schedules. Fort Worth is a busy city, but it is also on the edge of the countryside. Within a few miles, you are in the open range, with ranches, farms, and large, expansive vistas. It is a wonderful combination that makes this city a unique place. Her work invites the traveler to let their mind wander to what lies beyond the city.
As you move through the six images of the artwork, with their rich, saturated colors, the perspective changes, and there is a rhythm to the abstracted landscape, imagined homesteads and changing horizons. There is a different pace to life represented in Walker’s scenes, with a hint of nostalgia.
Donna’s art has a strong composition and a simple, straight forward design that creates an impact on a viewer, and perhaps an emotional connection. The images can be read quickly by a commuter or, if they have time, can be looked at more closely, with the panels’ small details, texture and connected themes. It is a gift, especially in today’s busy world, to take time to look, to slow down, to reflect and be transported to a new colorful space.
You can learn more about her work at www.donna-walker.com.
