DART First State

DART First State
(Delaware Transit Corporation)

A DART First State bus at Christiana Mall Park & Ride
Parent	Delaware Department of Transportation
Founded	1994
Headquarters	900 Public Safety Boulevard Dover, Delaware 119 Lower Beech Street Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Locale	Delaware
Service area	Delaware
Service type	Local and intercity bus service
Routes	54 bus 3 on-demand zones
Stops	2,295 (April 2024)[1]
Fleet	246 bus 286 paratransit[2]
Daily ridership	30,700 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[3]
Annual ridership	8,034,800 (2023)[4]
Chief executive	John Sisson
Website	dartfirststate.com

The Delaware Transit Corporation, operating as DART First State, is the only public transportation system that operates throughout the U.S. state of Delaware. DART First State provides local and inter-county bus service throughout the state and also funds commuter rail service along SEPTA Regional Rail's Wilmington/Newark Line serving the northern part of the state. The agency also operates statewide paratransit service for people with disabilities. DART First State is a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT).

Although most of its bus routes run in and around Wilmington and Newark in New Castle County, DART operates bus route networks in the Dover area of Kent County; seven year-round bus routes serving Georgetown and Sussex County; and additional seasonal routes connecting Rehoboth Beach, other beach towns in Sussex County, and Ocean City, Maryland. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,034,800, or about 30,700 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.

DART was awarded the prestigious Public Transportation System Outstanding Achievement Award by the American Public Transportation Association in 2003.^[5]