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Restored ex-DSR bus 7618 built by Checker Cab at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The DDOT began its life as the Department of Street Railways (DSR) in 1922 after the municipalization of the privately-owned Detroit United Railway (DUR), which had controlled much of Detroit's mass transit operations since its incorporation in 1901. [3]
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. Their numbering schemes correspond: routes 1-6 of the DDOT network travel roughly in the direction of the corresponding SMART number series.
SMART and DDOT share a unified fare structure, known as Dart, with most of their passes accepted by both agencies. [ 19 ] [ 21 ] A four-hour pass (the equivalent of a single bus ride) costs US$ 2 for most riders, with a reduced fare of 50¢ for riders aged 6–18 or over 64, as well as disabled riders.
Southfield Civic Center bus terminal, 24350 Civic Center Drive. Westland Police Department, 36701 Ford Road. Fairlane Town Center, 18900 Michigan Ave., Dearborn.
The service plans 16 round trips per day from 3:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. with $6 advance fares or $8 at the bus. The bus stops downtown near 1119 Washington Blvd. (between Michigan Avenue and State ...
Transit systems have not fully recovered from COVID-19. In Detroit, officials face low ridership, hiring challenges and ongoing service disruptions.
The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) is a public transit agency serving Metro Detroit and the Ann Arbor area in the U.S. state of Michigan. It operates the QLINE streetcar in Detroit, [1] and coordinates and oversees the public transit services operated by DDOT, SMART, TheRide, and the Detroit People Mover.
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]