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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.
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.
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).
Metro Detroit is served by nine telephone area codes (six not including Windsor). The 313 area code, which used to encompass all of Southeast Michigan, is today confined exclusively to the City of Detroit and several neighboring Wayne County suburbs. The 248 area code along with the newer 947 area code overlay mostly serve Oakland County.
The QLINE is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States.Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue (M-1) for its entire route. [4]
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]
A map of the DUR network from 1904. Map of Detroit United Railway c 1907 First interurban cars on the Detroit, Almont and Northern Railroad, Almont, Michigan, July 1, 1914. The Detroit United Railway was a transport company which operated numerous streetcar and interurban lines in southeast Michigan. Although many of the lines were originally ...
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...