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The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) (pronounced DEE-dot) is the primary public transportation operator serving Detroit, Michigan.In existence since 1922, DDOT is a division of the city government, headed by a director appointed by the mayor.
During the 1990s, two attempts were made to merge SMART and DDOT service. The first was in late 1994 and early 1995, when five routes were merged, however, that attempt was cancelled. Another attempt was made in late 1996 when SMART started operating full service in Detroit and DDOT launched five suburban routes, however that too never took off.
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 .
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 bus waits to pick people up inside the Detroit Department of Transportation's newest transit center, the Jason Hargrove Transit Center, at the State Fairgrounds in Detroit on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
DDOT (Detroit Department of Transportation) plans modified downtown routes as a result of road closures during the Draft. From 8 p.m. on April 23 to 6 a.m. on April 29, DDOT buses from the east ...
In 2006 the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) commissioned a study to determine expanded mass transit options along Woodward Avenue. [17] Concurrently, a private group of local business leaders decided to provide matching funds to government dollars to develop a $125 million, 3.4-mile (5.5 km) line through central Detroit (similar to ...
The transit center building was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff, and the canopy by FTL Design Engineering Studio of Detroit. [ 2 ] Besides acting as the central hub of DDOT, the station is a stop on many SMART routes which connect the city to its suburbs, the Transit Windsor Tunnel Bus, a commuter and special bus service connecting the ...