

| Reminder from: | DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group | |
| Title: | THE FORMER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY 'SEMTA' WAS FORMED ON THIS DATE IN 1967 | |
| Date: | Friday July 10, 2009 | |
| Time: | 12:15 am - 12:15 am | |
| Repeats: | This event repeats every year. | |
| Notes: | On this date in Detroit Transit History: SEMTA BEGAN On July 10, 1967, the state legislature passed Public Act 204, which authorized the formation of the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA). Its long-range goal was to provide coordinated mass transportation within the seven-county southeast Michigan area. On Sept. 1, 1971, SEMTA acquired its first bus company, Lake Shore Coach Lines, and became an official operating agency, and by 1975 had acquired a number of suburban companies in the region. In 1988, Act 204 was amended, and on Jan. 17, 1989, SEMTA became SMART. | |
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