Caught on tape! Check out this link to a video showing a city bus driver texting on his cell photo while driving his bus and plows into traffic ahead....
Ever wonder what happens to DDOT buses after life at DDOT? Although most go to that transit bus graveyard in the sky, a few do see life with other properties....
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 ...
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May 5, 2009 4:06 am
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This Monday, May 11, 2009, launches National Transportation Week 2009 (May 11-17). A number of local transit agencies, including DDOT, SMART, SEMCOG, TRUÂ and...
OKay, let's try this again. It seems like my bulleted listing was completely ignored in that last message and everything just got jumbled together by the time...
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 Friday May 15, 2009 12:15 am...
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May 15, 2009 4:05 am
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While looking at the "Today in History" page for May 17Â of the "World.nycsubway.org" website, I came across 3 picture of a "railbus" taken by Doug Grotjahn...
Tim, that was definitely a strange looking vehicle. If I'm not mistaken, I do remember reading somewhere a few years ago that these were tried by a small...
I would guess that GMC fishbowl railbus was originally instigated by the Philadelphia Suburban Transp Co.....in the latter 1960s PSTC toyed with the idea of...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. Leaders of a $125 million M-1 light rail project said Thursday they have reached an agreement...
As many of you are aware, the downtown DDOT Rosa Parks Transit Center is nearing completion and scheduled for a possible grand opening sometime next month....
 Backers of the $125 Million M-1 RAIL project recently released their first visual rendering of light-rail cars running in the city's Midtown area. It looks...
IT'S SOUNDS GOOD,BUT WHY STOP AT THE NEW CENTER.WHAT ABOUT STOPPING AT THE FAIRGROUND WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PASSENGER'S TRANFERING TO OTHER COACH'S? ... ...
Hopefully D. Grooms that will happen. The privately funded portion from Hart Plaza to New Center is suppose to be phase one. Â The "original" proposed...
When and if light rail cars finally come to Detroit, many Detroiters will definitely have to sharpen up on their driving skills, especially those who...
Just as a reminder to all, the private light rail is to service the business district; they are not trying to get into the public transit business! Secondly,...
The following appeared in the Thursday, May 28, 2009, print and online editions of the Detroit Free Press.... METRO DETROIT: SMART officials consider bus...
UPDATE! Well group, it appears that after it was announced more than a week ago that DDOT and the privately-funded M-1 Rail group had reached a compromise...
Mr. Craig, you have a pretty good memory. I placed an inquiry for info on the railbus on the "Railway Preservation News" website and I got the following reply:...
Hi Group!, I guess this is as "official" as we can get so far. According to the official DDOT website www.RideDetroitTransit.com (just posted this past...
Thanks Tim for passing along that update on those railbus photos. I guess they tried to get the best of both worlds, but it just wasn't gonna happen. (For...
A recent view along the Cass Avenue side of the Rosa Parks Transit Center (RPTC February 2009 photo from hotfudgedetroit.com - taken by member "ANDY") That...
From the Wednesday June 3, 2009 online and print editions of The Detroit News.... New bus signs: The Detroit Department of Transportation will install 1,000...
The word is out, it's now official!...... (June 4, 2009 photos from hotfudgedetroit.com - taken by member "ANDY") As was posted in a previous email by member...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. Over the next four months, Detroiters will see new, larger, color-coded city bus signs that...
Reminder from: DSR-2-DOT Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal THE SAMUEL T. GILBERT TERMINAL OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1948 Saturday June 6,...
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Jun 6, 2009 4:05 am
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Hi Group! From time to time people ask me about those old DSR (DDOT)Â buses that use to have the "Come Ride With Us!" slogan painted along the top sides of the...
The Detroit Police are way understaffed and for them to take on another job of policing DOT coaches does not bode well for the coach operators or the public. ...
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