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I-35W Relief: Free Bus Rides Downtown

May 19,2014

Star Telegram Ron Jenkins

Reposted from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Photo by Star-Telegram's Ron Jenkins

BY GORDON DICKSON
gdickson@star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH — A new express bus service from far north Fort Worth to downtown is open for residents who want an alternative to dealing with traffic on Interstate 35W.

The bus rides will be free through May 30 as an incentive to get motorists to try the new park-and-ride lot on the southbound side of I-35W, south of Golden Triangle Boulevard, according to officials at the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, also known as the T.

“It was very peaceful letting someone else take the wheel,” said Les Carpenter, an AT&T network technician who rode the bus for the first time Wednesday.

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