Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal GRAND RIVER STREETCAR LINE CONVERTED TO MOTOR BUSES ON THIS DATE IN 1947 ...
Interesting footnote on the conversion of the Grand River streetcar line over to motor buses back on May 5, 1947. The conversion of the heavy Grand River car...
2 threads on the "Interchange" section of the "Railway Preservation News" website (http://www.rypn.org) contain info on the condition of the last surviving...
I have noticed that they have fenced off the area where the Rosa Parks Transit Center is to be built. Are we finally going to see construction begin?...
And Today we are Screwed by the Decisions of fools who came before us..if they had kept them street cars we would be set now...What a bunch of Dumb You know...
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May 6, 2007 7:08 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 ... many ... calendars ... are ... those ... Thanks for sharing that info. I too have often wondered the same thing ....Why my Detroit Corgi PCC has a...
I think that all Detroit PCCs had cream roofs (someone please confirm this). It's possible that the reflected sunlight washed out the cream color of the roof....
There was a Transit Police Rally held earlier today outside of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (City-County Building) to protest the City Council's...
Detroit City Council still discussing sheriff's deputies patrolling buses http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/NEWS01/70509023 You have...
In a 5-4 vote earlier today, the Detroit City Council voted down a plan to put Wayne County deputies on city buses. Three of those council members who voted...
... Parks ... construction ... Yeah I rode by there the other day as well. There were trailers set up, portajohns, a tractor, and some ground digging going on....
My office window looks out over the construction site. Work is being done every day. Right now, workers are digging up the park area. All of the trees and...
... money ... First, sorry for the delayed response. Second, I'd be surprised at this, if only due to DSR's policy, which dated to trolley days, of having...
While enjoying my vacation last week I received a couple of phone calls wondering if I was aware of the fact that DDOT had recently discontinued bus service...
... Nope. The last DDOT coaches with sign curtains were the #1900-series GM of Canada built "Classic" coaches. The last ones were retired around 2002....
Effective this past April 21, 2007, bus service was discontinued on one of the oldest running motor coach routes in Detroit. After nearly 100 years of...
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May 15, 2007 4:05 am
Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal THE D.S.R. BEGAN OPERATING ON THIS DATE IN 1922 Tuesday May 15, 2007 12:15 am...
THE CITY OWNED AND OPERATED DEPARTMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS (D.S.R.) It was eighty-five (85) years ago today, May 15, 1922, when the City of Detroit became one...
More security needed now on Detroit buses http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/OPINION04/705180339 You have been sent the following article...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
May 20, 2007 8:08 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...
Detroit bus drivers walk off job http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/NEWS01/70523004 You have been sent the following article from...
I didn't find out until someone driving by while I was in the bus stop told me about the buses. I called for a neighborhood cab, but after a 1/2 hour wait, I...
SMART says it won't pick up slack in bus routes http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/NEWS01/70523026 You have been sent the following...
The following 11:15AM update is from the online edition of the Detroit Free Press at: www.freep.com Detroit City Council says it won't be bullied by bus...
Wow! No sooner then I post one message there's another Freep update....this one at 12:45PM. City reaches deal to get bus drivers back to work by Thursday May...
DDOT busses are not running today. Bus drivers are refusing to drive until the City Council gets a dedicated security force on the busses. While today's...
this is a silly issue. SMART is a much smaller operation than DDOT. It is crazy to ask a system that provides 25% of the Region's service to fill-in for the...
