Detroit Department of Transportation
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| Parent | City of Detroit |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Headquarters | 1301 East Warren Avenue |
| Service area | Detroit, limited suburban service |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 37 routes |
| Hubs | Rosa Parks Transit Center, State Fairgrounds Transit Center |
| Fleet | 449 buses[1] |
| Daily ridership | 114,800 (Q2 2011)[2] |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| CEO | Ron Freeland |
| Web site | Detroit Department of Transportation |
The Detroit Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as DDOT (pronounced "D-Dot") is the public transportation operator of city bus service in Detroit, Michigan. In existence since 1922, it has headquarters in the Midtown section of Detroit and is a municipal department of the city government.
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[edit] Overview
As the largest public transit agency in the state of Michigan, DDOT primarily serves the entire city of Detroit, with some additional service to nearby cities of Dearborn, Hamtramck, Highland Park (both are Detroit enclaves), Harper Woods, Livonia, Redford Township, River Rouge and Southfield.[3] DDOT has a fare and ride agreement with the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation as it supplements the city with bus service linking further outside the city to the rest of Metro Detroit and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
DDOT bus service runs from 4 a.m. to 1 a.m. on the busiest corridors and principal arteries such as Woodward Avenue (where the route 53 is the most heavily used in the system)[4], Gratiot Avenue, Grand River Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. Otherwise, most other routes run between 5 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, while Sunday service starts approximately around 7 a.m. and ends between 8 and 9 p.m.[5]
[edit] History
The DDOT began its life as the Department of Street Railways (DSR) in 1922 after the acquisition of the privately-owned Detroit United Railway (DUR), which had controlled much of Detroit's mass transit operations since its incorporation in 1901. The DSR added bus service when it created the Motorbus Division in 1925. At the height of it's operation in 1941, the DSR operated 20 streetcar lines with 910 streetcars.[6] By 1952, only four streetcar lines remained: Woodward, Grand River, Michigan and Jefferson. Streetcar services was discontinued in April 1956 with the decommissioning of the Woodward line. Municipal rail transit would not resume service until the Detroit People Mover, operated by the separate city agency named the Detroit Transit Corporation, was added in 1987. The DSR formally became the DDOT in 1974 under the Detroit City Charter.[7]
Starting January 1, 2012, management of DDOT was contracted out to Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineering and management. The firm subsequently subcontracted the management of the system to Envisurage, LLC a consultant ran by the former CEO of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority.[8][9] On March 3, 2012, 24-hour service was discontinued, and other weekday and weekend routes and services were pared down or eliminated, entirely, in an attempt to produced savings for the department.[10]
[edit] Fares
- Adult Fare - $1.50
- Student Fare (w/DDOT student ID card) - $0.75
- Transfer - $0.25
- Medicare Card Holders (Half Fare) - $0.75
- Medicare Card Holders (Transfer) - $0.10
- DDOT Monthly GoPass Fare - $47.00
- DDOT Bi-Weekly GoPass Fare - $27.50
- DDOT Weekly GoPass Fare - $14.40
- DDOT $10 Value Card - $10.00
- DDOT Five Day Pass - $14.00
- Seniors/Disabled (with appropriate ID card) - $0.50 One-Way Fare; Transfer $0.10
- Children (limit 3/under 44" with adult) - Free
- DDOT/SMART Regional Monthly Pass - $49.50
[edit] Route list
- 7 Cadillac Ave.-Harper Ave. via Kercheval St.
- 9 Chalmers Ave.
- 10 Chene St. via Hamtramck (Joseph Campau St.) and Nevada St.
- 11 Clairmount St. (via Epworth St. and St. Jean St.)
- 12 Conant St. via Hamtramck/ Mt. Elliot St.
- 13 Conner Ave. via Gunston St. (extends to Korte/Philip St. Rush hour on weekdays)
- 14 Crosstown (via Culture Center Area, Dearborn and Forest Ave. Eastbound)
- 15 Chicago St.-Davison St. (via Oakman Blvd.)
- 16 Dexter Ave. via New Center Area
- 17 Eight Mile Rd. (via Fairgrounds and Northland Mall)
- 18 Fenkell St. via Rosa Parks Blvd. (12th St. Outbound), 14th St. Inbound
- 19 Fort St.
- 21 Grand River Ave.
- 22 Greenfield Rd.
- 23 Hamilton Ave. via Highland Park (2nd St. Outbound and 3rd St. Inbound)
- 25 Jefferson Ave.
- 27 Joy Rd. via W. Grand Blvd. (Southwest Detroit)
- 29 Linwood Ave. via Trumbull St.
- 30 Livernois Ave.
- 31 Mack Ave.
- 32 McNichols Rd. via Seymour St.
- 34 Gratoit Ave.*
- 36 Oakland Ave. (via Medical Center Area/ Dequindre Rd.)
- 37 Michigan Ave.
- 38 Plymouth Rd. via Hamtramck (Caniff Ave.)-Extending to Eight Mile Rd./Gratiot Ave. via (Hayes St.) during rush hours on weekdays
- 39 Puritan St.
- 40 Russell St. (via Hamtramck and E. Outer Dr.)
- 41 Schaefer Hwy.
- 43 Schoolcraft St.
- 45 Seven Mile Rd. via Morang Dr.
- 46 Southfield Fwy.
- 47 Tireman via W. Grand Blvd (Southwest Detroit)
- 48 Van Dyke St.-Lafayette St.
- 49 Vernor Hwy. W. (Southwest Detroit)
- 53 Woodward Ave. (via Highland Park/Cultural Center Area/Mediacl Center Area and New Center Area)
- 54 Wyoming St.
- 60 Evergreen Rd.
DDOT System Route Map[1]
[edit] Current Fleet Roster
| Year | Picture | Builder | Model | Length (ft) | Propulsion | Engine | Fleet series | Quantity | Garage |
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| 2001 | NovaBus | RTS-06 | 40 | Diesel | Detroit Diesel Series 50 | 3700-3749 | 50 | Coolidge | |
| 3750-3789 | 40 | Gilbert | |||||||
| 3790-3799 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2002 | 3800-3829 | 30 | Coolidge | ||||||
| 3830-3859 | 30 | Gilbert | |||||||
| 2004 |  |
New Flyer | D40LF | 3900-3929 | 30 | Coolidge | |||
| 3930-3959 | 30 | Gilbert | |||||||
| 3975-3982 | 8 | Coolidge | |||||||
| 3983-3989 | 7 | Gilbert | |||||||
| 2005 | Cummins ISL | 4100-4160 | 61 | Coolidge | |||||
| 4161-4220 | 60 | Gilbert | |||||||
| 2010 | 1001-1025 | 25 | Coolidge | ||||||
| 1026-1050 | 25 | Gilbert | |||||||
| <<< Future Fleet >>> | |||||||||
| 2012 | Gillig | Low Floor | 40 | Diesel | Cummins | ??? | 42 | ??? | |
| 2012 | Diesel-electric Hybrid | Cummins ISB | ??? | 4 | ??? | ||||
[edit] Gallery
[edit] Rosa Parks Bus Terminal
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Rosa Parks Transit Center.
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Rosa Parks Transit Center from the People Mover.
[edit] Detroit Area Buses
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A (SMART) Gillig low-floor bus along Woodward Avenue.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ Esparza, Santiago (25 October 2011). "Workers, students riled by late DDOT buses". The Detroit News. http://detnews.com/article/20111025/METRO05/110250372/Workers--students-riled-by-late-DDOT-buses. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ APTA Public Transportation Ridership Report, Second Quarter 2011, released March 2011
- ^ http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/Portals/0/docs/deptoftransportation/pdfs/DDOT_System_Map_2009.pdf
- ^ http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/deptoftransportation/New_Bus_Scheds092010/green/53WoodwardMS.pdf
- ^ http://www.detroitmi.gov/Departments/DetroitDepartmentofTransportation/BusInformation/PocketSchedules/tabid/1255/Default.aspx
- ^ "DEPARTMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS (D.S.R.) 1941 STREETCAR ROUTE MAP". http://www.detroittransithistory.com. http://www.detroittransithistory.info/DSR/RailMap-1941.html. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ Detroit Transit History website, accessed 24 October, 2011
- ^ Kaffer, Nancy (5 January 2012). "Bing: Detroit won't run out of cash in April — thanks to cuts, more revenue". Crain's Detroit Business. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20120105/FREE/120109964/bing-detroit-wont-run-out-of-cash-in-april-thanks-to-cuts-more-revenue. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ Bukowski, Diane (9 February 2012). "Bing to slash bus routes; DDOT routes Feb. 24". Voice of Detroit. http://voiceofdetroit.net/2012/02/09/bing-to-slash-bus-routes-d-dot-jobs-feb-24-contractor-gets-big/. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ Phelps, Greenwood, Laura, Tom (3 March 2012). "Changes to Detroit bus service in effect". The Detroit News. http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120303/METRO05/203030348/Changes-Detroit-bus-service-effect?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ http://71.159.22.28/DepartmentsandAgencies/DetroitDepartmentofTransportation/BusSchedules/Fares/tabid/1256/Default.aspx
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