Two DDOTÂ employees, Sonya Thornton and Daniel Fluker (both Transportation Terminal Assistants at the Coolidge Terminal), were featured in an article in the...
Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal SHOEMAKER TERMINAL OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1922 Friday July 4, 2008 12:15 am -...
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Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal GRAND RIVER LINE CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC TROLLEY-COACHES ON THIS DATE IN 1951 ...
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Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal THE FORMER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY 'SEMTA' WAS FORMED ON THIS DATE IN 1967...
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ATTENTION "DSR-2-DOT" MEMBERS: For those members who might have missed our announcement made here nearly two weeks ago, a new video clip web-page has recently...
Look out folks, here they come!!.... It looks like bicycle racks on DDOT buses will soon become a reality much sooner that we thought. We're checking more into...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. Plans for a light rail system along Woodward Avenue within the city of Detroit progressed this...
Well folks, for those out there who keep records on these things, yesterday, Friday, July 18, 2008, marked the end of the use of paper transfers by the city's...
It looks like our neighbors across the river will soon be using "green" buses, in other words, the environmentally friendly diesel-electric "hybrid" bus will...
Hmmm! Speaking of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It looks like the immediate Detroit area isn't the only city having problems with its transit bus system.  Check...
That's right, we're going green. All 18 buses are supposed to be arriving in May 2009. Right now the order is for diesel and they're gonna(not official yet but...
I'm glad to hear transit is looking up there in Windsor. I look forward to seeing you photos. So are these new Windsor hybrid buses going to be New Flyers,...
They are already ordered from New flyer, and a lot of people are assuming that the new buses will have the new restyled front(DE40LFR) since it's an...
Imagine this one. All your life you were in love with buses and you always wanted to be a bus driver. As a teenager folks would often times call you names,...
Here's the latest update on the addition of bike racks on DDOT buses. Information has been passed along to me that "eight" bicycle ranks have been donated to...
how much time will add to each run for passenger load bikes . Here's the latest update on the addition of bike racks on DDOT buses. Information has been passed...
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Probably none, since it would be like loading three children and a stroller. Martin Edwards - Clark Walden ID: 0387768 PhD in Applied Management and Decision...
Ludicrous to put them on RTS's!!!!!! They/their toooo high off the ground for a person to load & unload the/their bike. Please take a look at Smart busses....
You've got to be kidding... 1. SMART uses Gilligs, not New Flyers. 2. At the most, you'd see a 4-5 inch difference between a LF rack and a HF rack. 3. I say...
AATA in Ann Arbor uses New Flyer, I think Flint MTA still has Flers too. Now TARTA in Toledo has a number of RTS coaches still in service; all with bike racks....
SMART has a bike rack mounted on the Woodward Dream Cruise RTS (our only RTS left) and there is only a matter of inches difference between where it is mounted...
Sorry to hear about the cruise...maybe they can get the cruise to pay for a bus! As for DDOT, we rarely make a full commitment off the bat...and the...
... only RTS left) and there is only a matter of inches difference between where it is mounted on the RTS and the Gilligs and there has been no complaints...
Latest update.... The new bike racks should be installed on eight DDOT coaches by this coming Tuesday, with driver instruction on the racks scheduled to begin...
Child if someone leaves a bike behind they don't need it & they must be drunk to leave it behind so therefore don't need to be riding a bike. As far as the...
Okay, I'm staying tuned!!!!!! I shall ride this Russell to see how it is working & I will be the voice of the people & my co-workers who don't want to be...
Just an added footnote on the use of bicycle racks on RTS coaches—a concern raised here recently by another member. It does appear that other cities with...
Speaking of the RTS coach... ....A little over a week ago I received my copy of "Rapid Transit Series Buses: General Motors and Beyond" — a paperback...
the racks have begun to be installed and the test route has been chosen...Russell. The logic is that since it has a low coach requirement, all buses can use...
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