Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) CEO Amanda Wanke discusses the funding shortfall DART faces a funding shortfall in fiscal year 2027 as seven stakeholder cities threatened to pull out ...

The city of Pleasant Hill will officially withdraw from the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) in 2026 following a city council vote Tuesday night. That could mean DART will no longer ...

Des Moines and its suburban neighbors are fighting over how to fund DART, the regional bus system. Accusations from both sides were aired this week.

DART's new initiative to bring fiscal stability to services in the future is facing backlash because cities don't agree on funding breakdown.

“DART was created by visionary leaders in 2006 as the regional solution for residents to travel between our communities,” said Amanda Wanke, DART CEO. “We have provided an essential service ...

But Amanda Wanke, DART’s CEO, said it’s bigger than that. “It’s really that collaborative effort to transform public transportation,” she said. She said with all the changes that have been seen in the ...

Amanda Holden had a bittersweet moment this month as her eldest daughter, Lexi, left the family home as she started attending university. However, in the days after Lexi's departure, Amanda has ...