HELLO MEMBERS! Here's a tip that can make maneuvering thru the past messages on our web-site a bit faster for you. Whether you're a new member, or you just ...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Aug 1, 2005 8:14 pm
JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED A TOPIC OR TWO! In case you haven't checked them out yet, we have a number of messages posted over in the "DSR-2-DDOT" message archives...
DETROIT TRANSIT FACTOID: THOSE MERGED DDOT/SMART BUS ROUTES Did your know??? ....That during the mid-nineties, DDOT and SMART officials attempted a cooperative...
DETROIT TRANSIT FACTOID: DDOT SUBURBAN BUS LINES Did your know??? ....That during the late nineties, DDOT began operating five of its bus routes far into the...
THIS WEEK WE LOOK AT THE HOLBROOK LINE BACK IN THE DAY THE HOLBROOK LINE CARRIED A LOT OF AUTO WORKERS FROM KING AND WOODWARD TO CHICAGO ROAD, IT EVEN WENT...
The following editorial recently appeared in both the on-line edition and on the Editorial page of the Monday, August 8, 2005, edition of the Detroit Free...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Aug 14, 2005 5:44 pm
From time to time, we here at "DSR-2-DDOT" like to post little known facts, figures and trivia messages, we call "Factoids," to help inform our membership of...
THIS WEEK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BELLE ISLE LINE THE BELLE ISLE LINE CARRIED A LOT OF CITY WORKERS TO BELLE ISLE AND NON WORKERS TOO SERVICE WAS GOOD, IT STARTED...
I know this is a bit late folks....but back in late March, DDOT officials, along with Mayor Kilpatrick, unveiled the first of our new fleet of 121 NewFlyer...
Hey all- I saw a DDOT RTS coach northbound on I-75 in Saginaw County, just south of the Zilwaukee Bridge. I could not get the coach number - but I am sure it...
I had to laugh a little when I read this one....I encountered an almost identical situation one morning a few years go, also along northbound I-75. I could...
Hi - thought I might come to the experts for a little help. I am looking for information about Detroit public buses in 1973. Particularly on Woodward Ave. ...
I'll try to help you out with what I've got.....unfortunately it's not much. But you were right....by 1973 almost the entire DSR bus fleet were GMC "new...
... but ... sign - ... flatbed ... I've been asking around some about your encounter with that DDOT RTS on upstate I-75, although I might add that none I asked...
To piggy back some on what member "D. Grooms" posted recently, I thought I'd add a little further history....not only regarding the former Belle Isle bus line,...
HEY fOLKS!! .....Although new DDOT route changes are scheduled to take effect this upcoming Saturday, August 27, 2005, those three routes that will experience...
THERE'S ONLY A FEW CHANGES THAT I AGREE WITH AND THAT IS, THE CROSSTOWN IS A GOOD ONE AND SO IS THE 6 MILE THE JOY ROAD IS A BAD ONE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC...
THIS WEEK WE'LL LOOK AT THE JEFFERSON LINE THE JEFFERSON LINE HAS NOT CHANGED THAT MUCH IN YEARS. THE ONLY CHANGE CAME BACK IN 1992-94 WHEN DOT COMBINED...
Points of clarity: the proposals for Wyoming was to turn at Ford Road into Fairlane via Evergreen. Since this would cut off West End service, it originally...
It's a good idea for these proposed bus routes to go into the western suburbs. There are 2 route proposals that would cause hardship for the passengers living...
Again, the change to Wyoming was replaced with the change to Grand Belt. The Vernor connection to Wyoming would remain intact, the connection to the Grand Belt...
I'm glad the info helped a little. I will be posting some photos within the next few days. I'll probably send them as email attachments. They're only a...
Dear Friends, Last Friday, July 29th, 2005, after nearly three years of hand- wringing, Congress finally passed a six-year reauthorization of the federal...
Good Evening, Everyone: August 26, 1955: DSR ended PCC service on the Michigan-Gratiot line's extension to the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant as Ford...
Hey Dennis! What are the changes proposed for the Crosstown line. Murphy ... From: DGROOMS14@... To: DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 21,...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Aug 28, 2005 7:28 pm
From time to time, we here at "DSR-2-DDOT" like to post little known facts, figures and trivia messages, we call "Factoids," to help inform our membership of...
THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE EAST VERNOR LINE THE EAST VERNOR BACK IN THE DAY WENT FROM CAPITAL PARK TO EASTLAND IT EVEN HAD EXPRESS SERVICE IT CARRIED...
For the record, the proposed Crosstown changes are to extend the line to Telegraph and Ford Road. The proposed route from the Pierson Loop would be Warren Ave...
Some weeks ago, in a recent "Factoid" message posted here, we discussed one of the first fleet of buses to be put into service under DDOT (see Msg #1222). Five...
