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Icewear Vezzo is providing free bus rides in Detroit (again)

The promotion covers select DDOT routes from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30

By Kahn Santori Davison
Oct 29, 2024

Tags: Michigan Music, Music, Transportation, Icewear Vezzo, Detroit hip-hop, Detroit rap, DDOT
Metro Detroit

Opinion: A decade after construction the QLine began, we still need more opportunity for riders

Public transportation should be subsidized across the region, not just in downtown and Midtown

By Renard Monczunski
Oct 25, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Transportation, Views & Opinions, Qline, DDOT, public transportation in metro Detroit, Regional Transit Authority
Metro Detroit

DDOT bus driver with history of crashes sentenced for killing pedestrian in downtown Detroit

Geraldine Johnson was involved in 19 bus crashes during her career

By Steve Neavling
Oct 3, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, News, Detroit Department of Transportation, DDOT, Detroit, bus, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy
Metro Detroit

Severe bus driver shortage plagues metro Detroit’s public transit, study finds

Public transit riders are waiting an excessive amount of time for DDOT, SMART rides

By Steve Neavling
Jul 27, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Transportation, Detroit, metro Detroit, public transit, SMART, DDOT, Transportation Riders United
Metro Detroit

Duggan uses emergency powers to continue providing paratransit services in Detroit

Detroit was at risk of federal oversight if it didn’t find a quick solution

By Steve Neavling
Dec 8, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, DDOT, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, paratransit services, people with disabilities
Metro Detroit

Paratransit debate fractures relationship between Detroit’s mayor and council

Duggan called the city council ‘dysfunctional’ after it rejected a contract for transportation services for people with disabilities

By Steve Neavling
Dec 7, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Politics & Elections, Paratransit, DDOT, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, Trandev
Metro Detroit

Mask mandates lifted for local transit authorities in metro Detroit

The decision comes after a Trump-appointed judge overturned the mask mandate in Florida

By Steve Neavling
Apr 20, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, President Biden, COVID-19, public transit, QLINE, Smart, DDOT, mask mandate, health, transportation
Metro Detroit

Rep. Tlaib introduces bill to name Detroit post office after Rosa Parks

By Steve Neavling
Feb 4, 2022

Tags: Detroit News, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, bill, legislation, Rosa Parks, history, post office, U.S. Postal Service, DDOT
Metro Detroit

COVID-19 surge causes service disruptions in metro Detroit bus systems

By Steve Neavling
Jan 10, 2022

Tags: SMART, DDOT, buses, COVID-19
Metro Detroit

Detroit's grim coronavirus death toll has a 'glimmer of light,' Mayor Duggan says

By Steve Neavling
Apr 8, 2020

Tags: Coronavirus, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, buses, DDOT, poverty, testing, COVID-19, death rate, fatalities, Abbott Laboratories, police, firefighters, medics, Denise fair, public health
Metro Detroit

Detroit has a higher coronavirus death rate than New York City

By Steve Neavling
Apr 7, 2020

Tags: Coronavirus, Wayne County, death rate, health, poverty, Mayor Duggan, infections, Detroit, Gov. Whitmer, COVID-19, Michigan State Fairgrounds, testing, quarantine, testing, police, medics, firefighters, bus driver, DDOT
Metro Detroit

DDOT buses to resume service Wednesday after drivers reach deal to ease coronavirus fears

By Steve Neavling
Mar 17, 2020

Tags: News Hits, DDOT, buses, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, public transportation, coronavirus, COVID-19
Metro Detroit

DDOT shuts down bus services after drivers refuse to work amid coronavirus fears

By Steve Neavling
Mar 17, 2020

Tags: DDOT, buses, Detroit, transportation, coronavirus, SMART
Metro Detroit

Meanwhile, 35 miles west of Detroit, a transit funding measure faces certain victory

By Michael Jackman
Jul 6, 2018

Tags: News Hits, AAATA, Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, SMART, Southeastern Michigan Area Rapid Transit, DDOT, Detroit Department of Transportation, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan
Metro Detroit

Detroit to buy Michigan State Fairgrounds for $7 million

By Violet Ikonomova
Mar 21, 2018

Tags: News Hits, state fair, detroit, ddot, michigan state fair grounds, state fair grounds, Detroit buys state fair grounds
Metro Detroit

Despite six collisions, the QLine is still twice as safe as a city bus

By Violet Ikonomova
Dec 5, 2017

Tags: News Hits, Public transportation, Detroit, Q Line, DDoT, Detroit department of public transportation, bus, Woodward 53 bus, New Center, Downtown
Metro Detroit

Artisans wanted: Detroit officials will accept business proposals for downtown transit hub

By Violet Ikonomova
Jun 15, 2017

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, DDOT, Rosa Parks Transit Center, transit hub
Metro Detroit

How I learned to stop worrying and love Detroit's buses

By Sarah Cox
May 17, 2017

Tags: Local News, Detroit, public transit, DDOT, SMART, cars
Arts

How a Detroit bus driver named 'Boo-Yah' brightens passengers' days

By Michael Jackman
Apr 12, 2017

Tags: The Scene, DDOT, bus drivers, Detroit Department of Transportation, short subject documentaries, Detroit videography
Metro Detroit

Oakland and Macomb officials deny RTA plan, screw southeast Michigan over

By Allie Gross
Jul 29, 2016

Tags: News Hits, RTA, RTA plan, transit, Southeast Michigan Detroit, DDOT, SMART, busses, Detroit busses, Detroit transit, politics

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