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Service Cuts Spark Civil Rights Complaint Against DDOT

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.09.2012

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A transit advocacy group announced Wednesday it will file a Title VI Civil Rights complaint against the Detroit Department of Transportation, alleging...

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Beer, Twitter And Graffiti Art: Not Your Standard Bus

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, Detroit Bus Company, Detroit Development, Ddot, Andy Didorosi, Detroit Private Bus Company, Detroit Impact, Detroit Buses, Detroit Transportation, Private Bus Company, Detroit Business, Detroit News

After a last-minute route change on Saturday night led driver Dupree Bee to encounter -- and avoid -- a low bridge on Detroit's Grand Boulevard, the...

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New Bus Plan Promises To Limit Wait Times On Some Routes

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Transportation Riders United, 415 Plan, Video, Detroit Bus, Ron Freeland, Ddot, DDOT 415 Plan, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Bus Cuts, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit Bus Service, Detroit News

The Detroit Department of Transportation is rolling out its new "415" plan Monday, promising bus service every 15 minutes on the city's four busiest r...

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DDOT's Grade: D-

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.24.2012

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Poor bus service is putting Detroit's financial recovery at risk, according to a report issued Tuesday by transportation advocacy group Transit Riders...

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Warm Weather Impacts Bike Lane Expansion

Posted 04.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Warm weather conditions this winter may have contributed to the early bloom of the cherry blossoms. But it also helped something else bl...

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DDOT Plans Even More Service Changes

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Transportation Riders United, Video, Detroit Service Changes, Ddot, Ron Freeland, DDOT Cuts, Detroit Buses, Detroit News, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit Bus Service, Megan Owens, Ddot Service Changes, Detroit News

A public hearing at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit drew a sparse crowd Thursday, but those who attended expressed frustration with the Det...

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'Transportation Is A Human Right'

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Video, Detroit Financial Crisis, Ddot, Transit Riders United, Public Transportation, Occupy Wall Street, Public Transportation Detroit, Ows, Detroit Buses, Occupy Detroit, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Detroit Public Transportation, Detroit Bus Cuts, Slidepollajax, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

Detroiters used the occasion of the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination to call attention to recent cuts to bus service in the c...

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How To Get From Detroit To Traverse City Without A Car

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Transportation Riders United, Video, trans4m, SMART Buses, Transit Riders United, Michigan Transportation Odysset, Ddot, Detroit Public Transit, Regional Transit Authority Michigan, Detroit Buses, Michigan Public Transit, Public Transit, Regional Transit Authority, Transportation for Michigan, Megan Owens, Detroit News

How do you get from Detroit's Metropolitan Airport to Traverse City, some 260 miles north, without a car? It might sound like an unsolvable riddle, bu...

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PHOTOS: Local Pinterests From Around D.C.

The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 02.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Although one study has found that 97 percent of its users are female, Pinterest isn't just for women who like to look at pretty home dec...

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City Council Grills DDOT On Bus Cuts, Management

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Ron Freeland, Ddot, DDOT Cuts, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Buses, Detroit News, Detroit Bus Cuts, Parsons-Brinckerhoff, Envisurage, Detroit City Council, Detroit News

After less than a week on the job, Detroit Department of Transportation CEO Ron Freeland painted a grim portrait of Detroit's bus service at a Monday ...

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Officials No-Shows At DDOT Cuts Hearings, Bus Riders Outraged

Free Press | Posted 02.25.2012

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The shouting at the Northwest Activities Center reflected the frustration that many said they felt Friday at a Detroit Department of Transportation pu...

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New Detroit Bus Company Wants To Be Answer To City's Transit Woes

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Private Transportation, Detroit Bus Company, Ddot, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26, Andy Didorosi, Slows-Bar-B-Q, Jitney Bus, Detroit Transit, Detroit Transportation, Smart Bus, ATU Local 26, Detroit News

Bus riders in Detroit have not wanted for bad news in the last few months. In November, drivers walked off the job to protest poor security. In a ...

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Bing Announces New DDOT CEO, Unveils New Green Fleet

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Video, Detroit Financial Crisis, Dave Bing, Ron Freeland, Ddot, Detroit Buses, Detroit Bus Cuts, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit News

Mayor Dave Bing named a new CEO for the Detroit Department of Transportation and unveiled a new green bus fleet Wednesday at a bus terminal on the cit...

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DDOT Riders Will See Route Eliminations, Weekend, Overnight Service Cuts

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Transportation Riders United, Detroit Fiscal Crisis, DDOT Route Changes, Detroit Bus Routes, Detroit News, Envisurage, DDOT Public Hearing, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Parsons Brinckerhof, Henry Gaffney, Video, Dave Bing, DDOT Cuts, Ddot, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Bus Cuts, Detroit Bus System, Detroit News

Mayor Dave Bing's office and the Detroit Department of Transportation confirmed Thursday that starting March 3, major route changes will hit the city'...

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Valentine's Day Protest Draws Bus Riders Concerned About DDOT Cuts

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.15.2012

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Members of the advocacy group Transportation Riders United (TRU) rallied in front of Detroit City Hall Tuesday to deliver a Valentine's Day message ab...

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Drastic Bus Service Cuts Planned For Detroit

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Henry Gaffney, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ddot, Detroit Bus Drivers, Detroit Buses, Mayor Dave Bing, Almagamated Transit Union Local 26, Detroit Bus Cuts, Detroit Department of Transportation, Envisurage, Detroit Bus Service, Detroit Bus Mechanics, Detroit News

Big cuts to Detroit bus service could come as soon as Feb. 24, according to the president of the union that represents the city's bus drivers and mech...

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Norah O'Donnell's Husband Is Finally Caught

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Foxhall Road can tempt even the most cautious of D.C. drivers. The hilly route lined with some of the city's priciest real estate has a ...

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This Is Not the End of the Line for Transit

Neil Greenberg | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Detroit Light Rail, Mass Transit, Rapid Bus Transit, Ddot, Detroit Mass Transit, Gilbert and Penske, Light Rail, Ray Lahood, People Mover, Detroit News

I am fully confident that we will have rail in Detroit. That said, the cancellation of this specific light rail project does not surprise me -- nor does it particularly disappoint me.

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Light Rail Out, Bus Plan In

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Detroit Light Rail, M1 Light Rail, Dave Bing, Michigan Transportation Authority, Ddot, Woodward Light Rail, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Real Estate, Detroit Department of Transportation, Smart Bus, Ray Lahood, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

The Free Press reports that Detroit will cancel its plans to build a light rail line down Woodward Avenue in favor of beefing up the city's bus system...

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Efforts To Modernize Detroit's Transportation Grid Roll Forward

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Regional Transportation, Woodward Light Rail, Light Rail Authority, Snyder, Smart, Bing, Ddot, Lahood, Detroit News

Efforts to coordinate and modernize Detroit's regional transportation system are slowly rolling forward, despite some remaining obstacles. State Se...

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Detroit City Council: How To Come Up With $60 Million?

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Detroit Financial Crisis, Detroit Budget, Detroit Public Schools, Ddot, Detroit Layoffs, Mayor Dave Bing, Cobo Hall, Detroit City Council, People Mover, Detroit News

Detroit City Council members met Tuesday afternoon to continue a discussion about the city financial crisis and come to agreement on a plan to offer M...

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Wyandotte Students Will Lose SMART Busing Dec. 12

Wyandotte Patch | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ddot, Public Transportation, Wyandotte, Detroit Buses, Detroit Public Transportation, Smart Bus, Wyandotte Schools, Smart Bus Cuts, Detroit News

About 70 Wyandotte students have less than a month to find a new way to get to school. The SMART bus system is eliminating 20 routes on Dec. 12, in...

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DDOT's Grade? A Big F

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Transportation Riders United, Detroit Buses, Occupy Detroit, Dave Bing, Detroit Department of Transportation, Ddot, Detroit Bus Mechanics, Detroit City Buses, Detroit News

DETROIT -- The group Transportation Riders United issued a scathing report on the performance of city buses Tuesday. The "report card" grades the Detr...

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Streetcar Setback: 11th Street Bridge To Be Built Without Tracks

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Tommy Wells, 11th Street Bridge, Video, Capitol Hill, District Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Ddot, Streetcars, Anacostia, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A critical link for the District of Columbia's future streetcar network will be built without rails necessary to run trolley vehicles. A...

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D.C. Circulator's New Route To Anacostia, Skyland Starting Service

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There have been some big changes to the District of Columbia's Circulator bus system, a network of limited-stop routes meant to suppleme...

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