BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190718T163000Z DTEND:20190718T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Membership Luncheon Combined with the Hurst Euless Bedford Chamber DESCRIPTION:Program: Gary Thomas President\, DART The Cotton Belt Rail Line The Next Regional Game Changer\n\nSponsor: Texas Health Harris Methodist Southlake\n\nCaterer: Brio Tuscan Grille\n\n\n\n\n\nGary C. Thomas is president/executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). He is responsible for a 13-city transit system covering 700-square mile service area with bus\, light rail\, commuter rail\, and paratransit services.\n\n\n\nUnder his leadership DART has doubled its light rail system - twice - to become the nation's longest at 93 miles. The agency has been recognized for innovation in developing a progressive clean fuels program for its bus fleet\, advancing new models for local bus and paratransit service and customer-facing communication technology and service. DART is also a recognized leader in the global advancement of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) movement with its use of targeted demand-response transit service matched with new customer tools for fare payment and trip planning.\n\n\n\nThomas administers the goals and policies of the DART Board of Directors and directs the agency's top managers and approximately 3\,700 employees\, emphasizing a strong customer focus. He works closely with service area city governments and the public in developing short- and long-term transportation and \n\nmobility goals. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Program: Gary Thomas &ndash\; President\, DART The Cotton Belt Rail Line &ndash\; The Next Regional Game Changer
\nSponsor: \; Texas Health Harris Methodist Southlake
\nCaterer: Brio Tuscan Grille
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\nGary C. Thomas is president/executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). He is responsible for a 13-city transit system covering 700-square mile service area with bus\, light rail\, commuter rail\, and paratransit services.
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\nUnder his leadership DART has doubled its light rail system - twice - to become the nation'\;s longest at 93 miles. The agency has been recognized for innovation in developing a progressive clean fuels program for its bus fleet\, advancing new models for local bus and paratransit service and customer-facing communication technology and service. DART is also a recognized leader in the global advancement of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) movement with its use of targeted demand-response transit service matched with new customer tools for fare payment and trip planning.
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\nThomas administers the goals and policies of the DART Board of Directors and directs the agency'\;s top managers and approximately 3\,700 employees\, emphasizing a strong customer focus. He works closely with service area city governments and the public in developing short- and long-term transportation and \;
\nmobility goals.

\n LOCATION:Grapevine Convention Center 1209 S. Main St. Grapevine\, TX 76051 (Corner of Vine St. & Municipal Way) UID:e.770.185694 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260510T232147Z URL:https://business.grapevinechamber.org/events/details/membership-luncheon-combined-with-the-hurst-euless-bedford-chamber-07-18-2019-185694 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR