I DISGREE THIS MAYOR HAS ALLOWED THE SERVICE TO HIT ROCK BOTTOM REMEMBER WHEN NIGHT SERVICE WAS CUT IN 1992. ARCHER PUT THE NIGHT SERVICE BACK IN 1996 REMEMBER...
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...
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Oct 1, 2005 10:29 pm
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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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Oct 1, 2005 10:29 pm
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I agree with you. In April 2004, when the mayor announced lay-offs to the mechanics, the service got really bad. Bus drivers were getting yelled at for being...
THIS WEEK WE'LL LOOK AT THE OLD EAST WARREN LINE THE EAST WARREN LINE STARTED AT MACK AND WARREN AND WENT WEST ON WARREN TO GRATIOT TO FARMER AND GRAND RIVER...
DETROIT: Do You Remember? THE BELLE ISLE COACH STATION Remember when there use to be a brick and concrete shelter located at the northeast corner entrance to...
i've been reading with some interest the articles in the press dealing with the bus drivers supporting the current mayor. of course that's their right to do...
As I said before this is not a prudent move this a really bad move...the other unions at DDOT are not even thinking about the incumbent(well the one that...
I guess as group moderator here I'll try to remain as non-partial and as objective as possible. I guess whether service has improved or not depends on your...
Wouldn't you know it... Right after DDOT received the last of its new fleet of 121 NewFlyer D40LF's the folks at NewFlyer have decided to redesign their...
... A friend of mine test-drove Vancouver's new E40LF trolley bus in Winnipeg (which has the same facelift), and told me that they would be going offering that...
I AGREE WITH THAT TEO, I THINK LOCAL 26 SHOULD HAD STAY OUT OF THIS ONE YES HE BROUGHT NEW COACH'S BUT THAT DON'T MEAN A THING TO THOSE PASSENGERS WHO LOST...
COULD SOMONE TELL ME WHY IS SMART ALLOWED TO RUN REGULAR SERVICE ON OUR LINES? FOR EXAMPLE(410 -WOODWARD RUNS FROM NORTHLAND TO DOWNTOWN,710 RUNS FROM ...
You can thank Dennis Archer for that. That deal with smart running on our lines was made in Lansing...signed and sealed ..... and we can't do anything about...
Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal NEW FOUR-DIGIT BADGES ISSUED BY D-DOT ON THIS DATE IN 1978 Sunday October...
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Oct 9, 2005 4:05 am
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HEY fOLKS! Yahoo! recently launched a new feature over in Y!Groups. For those members who usually post messages from the web-site, you can now post those...
No you can thank Coleman Young for that.....See it goes back to the Hasting Street Negroes....When the population was leaving in a mass exodus...They didn`t...
THIS WEEK WE'LL LOOK AT THE CROSSTOWN LINE. IT WAS GIVEN THIS NAME BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY LINE THAT WENT FROM DEEP EAST TO DEEP WESTSIDE OF DETROIT. ALSO...
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...
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Oct 9, 2005 9:10 pm
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It was DDOT's decision to stop running outside of the city limits. The budget shortfall has continued that pattern (until January 2006). As for SMART picking...
I DISAGREE WITH THAT MEMBER WHO SAID TAX PAYERS(DETROIT) SHOULD WAIT FOR THE FRIST COACH THAT SHOWS UP(DDOT OR SMART) I THINK THE TAX PAYERS OF DETROIT...
... HB pointed out elsewhere that certain buses may have had a different funding history, hence their use of certain numbers. In this case, the 3200's were...
Hi all. A month or two back I wrote about seeing a DDOT RTS driving north on I- 75 between Saginaw and Flint. Well, I think I may have seen this bus...
hmmmn! Coach #3747 .....I'll have to do a lil' research on that one. But as member D Grooms replied, it was probably coming from a vendor up north.....I would...
THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CLAIRMOUNT LINE THE CLAIRMOUNT LINE WAS THE THIRD LONGEST LINE IN THE CITY, NEXT TO ONLY THE CROSSTOWN AND THE PLYMOUTH...
Again, we'll piggy-back some more on member "D. Grooms" recent comments on the #14 Crosstown line, which definitely has a very long history here in the city of...
... up ... But ... on ... October ... the ... north ... Flint... ... I saw a D-DOT coach out on I-94 around Albion once. Wondered what it was doing so far from...
Anything new on these proposed changes in January ? From the 6/13/05 e-mail from Mr. Craig - "increase the number of lines to service a number of current and...
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