if personal rapid transit is one of the alternatives to air pollution and car driving why microsoft ceo bill gates has not paid for the the proposed personal...
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Pictures of the 3 Washington Blvd Trolleys that were shipped to the West Coast for restoration work can be found on the Historic Railway Restoration website....
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Jun 6, 2007 4:05 am
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You have received a link to the following content from 3037@...: (The email address of the sender has not been verified.) mesa,AZ.new east-west bus...
From the Wednesday, June 6, 2007, online edition of The Detroit News at www.detnews.com Wednesday, June 06, 2007 Deputies begin Detroit bus patrols tonight ...
Did you know that back in June of 1975, the City of Detroit received its first fleet of new buses to be delivered under its recently formed Department of...
The first "Route History" page to take a look back at one of the city's former streetcar routes has been added to the "Detroit Transit History" web-site. The...
Did you know that at one time buses operated every two minutes on the Grand Belt line? Yes indeed! During its heyday, service actually operated that fast on...
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Jun 17, 2007 6:50 pm
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Good Morning, Everyone: June 18, 1951: Detroit's 59-day transit strike ended with the Trumbull, Oakland, and Mt. Elliott trolley lines converted to bus...
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Jun 19, 2007 4:07 am
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via jonathan st.thomas Yahoo! Alerts <alerts@...> wrote: Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Friday, June 15, 2007 9:05 AM PDT ...
OK, so this ISN't a DDOT question, but since this is perhaps one of the smartest group of Michigan busnuts I know, maybe you can help. I'm putting together a...
Okay Evan, this should help...... In the Oct-Dec 2003 edition of Motor Coach Age magazine, in the article titled "SEMTA and SMART" (by Campbell and Schramm), I...
Dan Dirks put SMART on the right road http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/OPINION01/706220326 You have been sent the following article...
... Good question D. Grooms, the service to Belle Isle was just quietly discontinued back in April. But I suspect it had to do with low ridership numbers. But...
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Jun 26, 2007 4:05 am
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... I have been driving for SMART since June of 95. This is the same year that the 80 and 84 Flxibles were retired. The 78 RTS (B.K.A.18oo series) 79 RTS and...
Thanks Tim Davis for passing along that link on the restoration of the former Washington Blvd. Trolley cars. Of those three cars sent to Tacoma, Washington for...
Good morning, I was just wondering how the new fare boxes are working out. Does anyone know how the passengers and or the coach operators feel abot the newest...
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Jul 1, 2007 4:05 am
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Of course, the "Detroit Transit History.info" web-site has a web-page devoted to the formation of the Detroit Department of Transportation, which began its...
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Jul 1, 2007 6:33 pm
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Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal SHOEMAKER TERMINAL OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1922 Wednesday July 4, 2007 12:15...