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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]
DDOT's 36 bus routes are given route numbers between 1 and 68, while SMART's 44 routes are numbered in the triple-digits, spanning from 125 to 851. Their numbering schemes correspond: routes 1-6 of the DDOT network travel roughly in the direction of the corresponding SMART number series.
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 boosting frequency on the 9-Jefferson route as a template for improvements elsewhere in the city.
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 ...
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.
Per federal policy, officials removed the bus driver from service and conducted drug and alcohol testing. The driver failed an alcohol breath test. DDOT bus driver on unpaid leave after accident ...