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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.
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]
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.
Transit systems have not fully recovered from COVID-19. In Detroit, officials face low ridership, hiring challenges and ongoing service disruptions.
The Detroit Department of Transportation is offering $3 hourly pay raises and an attendance bonus increase, pending approval. DDOT bus drivers to get starting pay boost to $19.15 per hour under ...
Richmond first eliminated fares in March of 2020 and extended that policy through June of 2025. Agency leaders say eliminating fares has helped city buses grow ridership by 6% in 2022 from 2019 ...
Similarly, DDOT routes 7 and 17, crosstown routes following 7 Mile and 8 Mile respectively, run parallel to SMART's mile-road crosstown routes, whose numbers begin with 7. The agencies' buses can easily be told apart by their color schemes. DDOT's older buses are white with yellow-and-green stripes, while their newer buses are mint green.
The QLINE is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States.Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue (M-1) for its entire route. [4]