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One of Detroit’s busier east-side bus routes is getting a boost. The Detroit Department of Transportation launched a pilot project for the 9-Jefferson bus on Monday that’s designed to boost ...
A new route (70) was also proposed, planned to run near the Detroit Riverfront, connecting Belle Isle with the Gordie Howe International Bridge. [25] DDOT states that the planned redesign would mean 99% of regular riders would live within walking distance of a DDOT route, though the planned rerouting eliminates service on a number of streets.
The transit center is named for DDOT bus driver Jason Hargrove, who died on April 1, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. Hargrove, a father of six, had worked for DDOT since 2016, and was an active member of the Amalgamated Transit Union. [11] [12]
In addition, commuter express routes, operating during weekday rush hours, connect suburban park-and-ride lots to downtown. DDOT's 36 bus routes are given route numbers between 1 and 68, while SMART's 44 routes are numbered in the triple-digits, spanning from 125 to 851.
The city of Detroit announced its plans today for road closures leading up to next week's Grand Prix event The three-day event will be in downtown from Friday, May 31, until Sunday, June 2.
Detroit is one such community, as its own DDOT provides fixed-route bus service to the city, though it is served by SMART's FAST limited-stop routes, as well as other routes during peak hours. Communities in Macomb County and Oakland County are not able to opt out of SMART, as their millages have been levied countywide since 1995 and 2023 ...
RefleX started operation on Labor Day weekend in 2016. [9] The Woodward route, operated by DDOT, ran to a northern terminus at Somerset Collection in Troy, while two Gratiot routes, operated by SMART, ran from Mount Clemens to termini in Downtown and Midtown Detroit. [9] RefleX was discontinued in early 2018, and replaced by SMART's similar ...
On January 15, 2003, two cars were shipped to Seattle for rehabilitation, with a third shipped later. However, in late June the line would indefinitely shut down. DDOT had decided to use a $20 million dollar grant (equivalent to $31.8 million in 2023 [4]) to rebuild Washington Boulevard for car traffic ahead of the 2006 Super Bowl. [5] [6] [7]