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Local routes. SMART's 33 local routes serve as the main public transit connection between Detroit's suburbs. [2] Each is classified as either a high-ridership "main corridor" route, a long-distance "crosstown" route, or a "community" route focused on serving denser areas. Almost all connect to FAST, enabling connections to downtown Detroit.
The station includes 12 bays for the transit center and a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m 2) maintenance building for SMART buses. [7] Future plans call for a mixed-use development to include SMART offices, retail shops and restaurants, along with public restrooms, bicycle storage and an outdoor play area. [7] A SMART bus at the transit center in 2018
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. [11] [12]
The center connects five DDOT routes — 4 Woodward, 12 Conant, 17 Eight Mile, 30 Livernois and 54 Wyoming — and eight SMART bus routes to service an estimated 25,000 riders a week, as well as ...
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Other routes would be rerouted, with some seeing extensions: of note was a proposed extension of route 17 into Livonia, a neighboring community which opts out of the suburban SMART system. A new route (70) was also proposed, planned to run near the Detroit Riverfront, connecting Belle Isle with the Gordie Howe International Bridge. [25]
30-foot Gillig Phantom bus at SMART Central transit center in 2018. Until fall 2005, no fares were charged for any SMART routes. In 2009, TriMet's Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail line began connecting with SMART buses at Wilsonville Station. [7] SMART opened a new bus transit center next to the rail station, named SMART Central ...