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The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) is the public transit operator serving the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, United States.Beginning operations in 1967 as the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA), the agency was reorganized and renamed SMART in 1989.
Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque-styled radial avenues and Grand Circus Park Streetcars on Woodward Avenue, circa 1900s. The period from 1800 to 1929 was one of considerable growth of the city, from 1,800 people in 1820 to 1.56 million in 1930 (2.3 million for the metropolitan area).
The agency also provides a Complementary ADA Paratransit Service that operates within 3/4 mile of the fixed routes. A micro-transit service called Go2 provides on-demand service Monday-Saturday. Go2 is sponsored by MATS and provided by Via. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 242,300, or about 900 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
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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]
From there, a new light rail system would take over and extend beyond Detroit and into Royal Oak, and possibly later into Pontiac. Total costs were forecast at $1.5 billion, with $1.1 billion for ...
G. Michael Staley, Program Manager for Paratransit speaks at a press conference to provide an update on the paratransit program at DDOT Administrative Building in Detroit on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
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, [1] and coordinates and oversees public transit operations by other agencies, including DDOT, SMART, and the Detroit People Mover.