DMPS's partnership with Dart

DMPS assigns either yellow bus or DART transportation to students who qualify. The level of DART service assigned to students is shown on their pupil ID.

Students will scan a QR code embedded on their educatee ID when boarding the passenger vehicle. The QR code identifies the student by a number and shares no personal information with Des Moines Area Regional Transit Dominance (DART).

Students with yellow on their ID under the DART QR code tin can ride Sprint for gratuitous in the evenings (after four:xxx p.m.), anytime on weekends or on days that school is non in session (including summertime break).

Yellow badge

Students with green on their ID under the Sprint QR lawmaking are assigned to DART for schoolhouse transportation and tin can ride DART for free any time of day. Students should utilize their assigned bus to get to and from school.

Green badge

Sprint recommends students get in at a bus finish five minutes early on and consider downloading the MyDART app to programme the all-time motorcoach route to a destination and track buses in existent fourth dimension.

Click here to read more about DMPS'southward partnership with Sprint.

DART service and COVID-19

A federal mask mandate by TSA requires everyone using public transportation to wear a face mask roofing their olfactory organ and mouth onboard all buses and at Dart Central Station. We encourage riders to bring their ain mask, but disposable masks continue to be available at the front of all buses for those who need one.

The federal mask requirement is just 1 of the many of Sprint's safety measures to promote the health and wellbeing of its employees and riders. Some other measures include:

  • Installing plastic barriers betwixt the farebox and the bus operator'south seat to promote social distancing
  • Regular cleaning and sanitizing of all Dart vehicles and DART Central Station
  • Requiring operators to vesture masks while driving and acquit a wellbeing screening before work each solar day, which includes a temperature check
  • Providing masks and paw sanitizer for riders to use on all buses

To hear more than about DMPS/DART partnership and meet how the new ID will scan at a farebox, lookout man the video or view the slideshow below.

DART Changes Farebox Procedure

Questions?

Equally a reminder, students or parents with questions about what type of service they are assigned to should contact staff at their schoolhouse.

For more tips near how to ride DART, including online trip planning tools, visit ridedart.com/how-to-ride.