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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.
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]
Most intercity buses in Detroit originate at the city's main bus terminal, an MDOT-owned facility located on Howard Street just southwest of downtown. [34] Others, like the D2A2, depart from Grand Circus Park. Some buses also stop in the suburbs: select Greyhound buses stop at a Southfield terminal and the Pontiac and Dearborn Amtrak stations ...
The Detroit People Mover (DPM) is a 2.94-mile (4.73 km) elevated automated people mover system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. [3] The system operates in a one-way loop on a single track encircling downtown Detroit, using Intermediate Capacity Transit System linear induction motor technology developed by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation.
The first intercity bus station in Detroit was the Union Bus Terminal, which opened in the 1920s at 502 West Grand River Ave. [1] Until the construction of the first Greyhound Terminal in 1937, this was the primary point of departure for buses in Detroit.
The plant was also often known by the name of operator Detroit Renewable Power. [4] It covered 15 acres. [5] While operating, the plant processed 5,000 tons of waste on a daily basis [5] and provided energy to 75,000 nearby homes. [1] The plant was described by Detroit authorities as "the largest municipal solid waste incinerator in Michigan." [6]
Interior of Detroit station. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) bought the 3.1 acre site of the station for $889,000 – which also includes land directly across the tracks – in 1994 from General Motors. [2] The station was built in 1994 as a replacement for the former Michigan Central Station, which closed in 1988. From the ...
Party bus interior view Party bus exterior view. A party bus (also known as a party ride, limo bus, limousine bus, party van, or luxury bus) is a large motor vehicle usually derived from a conventional bus or coach, but modified and designed to carry 10 or more people for recreational purposes. Party buses can often include music systems, on ...