Polk County allocates $100K for DART's transit redesign

Catch up quick: Financial challenges in recent years have pushed Des Moines and the metro cities that receive and help pay for DART services to overhaul the system.

• DART commissioners hired consultants for $870,000 in October.

Flashback: Grimes and Pleasant Hill are opting out of DART membership and will not use the transit's regular services in upcoming years.

• Meanwhile, other metro cities recently agreed that previous funding disputes were resolved and decided to move forward with the "Reimagine DART" process.

What's next: Network redesign recommendations will be made in the coming months, and public input will be sought throughout next year.

• Services changes could be adopted by the DART commission in about a year and begin in the summer of 2026.