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-DOT" message archives...
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Jul 1, 2004 11:48 am
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Help me understand this: we are laying off, yet hiring drivers? Why not allow the CSAs and Mechanics slated for lay-off to simply transfer over as drivers?...
WHY THE CHANGE FROM DSR TO D-DOT? Even though it's now been decades, many still ask the question, Why was the city transit system changed from the former DSR...
... Same here! I was also badged with a five-digit DSR badge back in Sept 1976. Actually, the department continued to issue DSR badges for four years after the...
As many of you are aware by now, a judge had issued an injunction that forced the City to wait 30 days before it could lay-off any DDOT workers. The layoffs...
A CITY OF DETROIT FACTOID: THE MILE ROADS Did you know? ...That the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue serves as the point of origin for...
Anniversary Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
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SHOEMAKER TERMINAL OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1922
Sunday July 4,...
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Jul 4, 2004 4:05 am
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(updated 08/12/03) Here's a tip that can make maneuvering thru the web-site a little faster for you. Whether you're a new member, or you just haven't visited...
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Jul 4, 2004 11:51 am
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Hello "NEW" Members! We here at "DSR-2-DOT" would like to say "WELCOME ABOARD!!" to the following members (listed by their Yahoo! ID names) who joined our...
... not allow the CSAs and Mechanics slated for lay-off to simply transfer over as drivers? They already have their CDLs, and know how to drive a coach. They...
Last winter, Simon had made a proposal to Paul Bowen in this regard, but I am unsure what came of it. I always heard that Leamon Wilson refused to meet with...
I guess it's not a good sign to start things off on the wrong foot. Like majoring on the minors, for example. In July 1974, the Detroit Department of...
Just a footnote on the issue of mechanics and CSA's being offered TEO positions instead of layoffs. I understand that they WERE offered the opportunity to...
A DETROIT TRANSIT FACTOID: THE DDOT LAYOFFS OF '92 Did you know? ...That DDOT was also hit the hardest by layoffs during the FY 1992-93 budget. Twelve years...
DETROIT: Do You Remember? (KINSEL DRUGS) Remember when Kinsel Drugs occupied the NW corner of Michigan Avenue and Griswold? Although just a fenced-in vacant...
A CITY OF DETROIT FACTOID: WOODWARD AVENUE - EAST SIDE/WEST SIDE Did you know? ...That Woodward Avenue is not the only street in Detroit which divides the east...
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Jul 18, 2004 12:07 pm
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This past Friday (July, 16, 2004), The Detroit News posted an article on how SMART (the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation) was able to...
Here's a better link to the "SMART lures more riders" article. http://www.detnews.com/2004/commuting/0407/16/a01-214596.htm Thanks to member "dsrsemtafan" for...
hey man! you're right. I rode by there myself just to check out those west and east side streets and they do change at john R street and not woodward. Not...
John R (street) was selfnamed by John R Williams, apparently a prominent Detroiter in the first half of the 19th century. The guy was "a landowner, a...
... in ... fame!!!) ... Great info you shared there "allan james." I'd might also add that John R Williams also became the first "elected" mayor of Detroit in...
PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY COUNCIL MEETING The following according to last Sunday's joint edition of the The Detroit News and Free Press: On Wednesday July 21, 2004,...
A DETROIT TRANSIT FACTOID: USED BUSES FROM SEMTA Did you know? ...That S.E.M.T.A. (the former Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority) had at one time...
Anniversary Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
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DETROIT PEOPLE MOVER SERVICE BEGAN ON THIS DATE IN 1987...
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Jul 23, 2004 4:08 am
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DETROIT: Do You Remember? (DOWNTOWN CROWLEY'S) Remember when the Crowley's Department Store occupied the two downtown blocks bounded by Farmer, Gratiot,...
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