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Add a new page. Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT). DDOT buses in 2003. Photo by Sean Marshall, CC-BY-NC. The Detroit Department of Transportation. Or DDOT, D-Dot) is the public transit operator in Detroit, Michigan, and the largest in the state. The department's budget has shrunk significantly in the late 2000s, and costs have increased significantly. In 2004, the City complained that costs per mile were over $1. The industry average was around $0.65/mile. Relationship with the suburbs. DDOT dr...
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Transport Michigan: July 2011
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Sunday, July 24, 2011. UAW Shifts on Fuel Economy, But After Thirty Years, Big Three Remain Slow Learners. Not good business. Associated Press. This blog rarely delves into the innards of the automobile. To build a better transportation system, weve got to do more than tinker with whats under the hood. Still, there are times when attention must be paid. Supporting strong fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards, and publicly criticized the automakers radio ads. By Pat M. Holt. While Detroit h...Holts...
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Transport Michigan: September 2011
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Thursday, September 29, 2011. Tenth Tour De Troit Breaks Records, Redistributes Regional Transport $. In a testament to the continued rise of bicycling in Americas automotive heartland, its biggest group ride has broken records yet again. 4300 bicyclists paraded down Motowns streets last Saturday in the tenth annual Tour de Troit. Not bad for an event that began in 2002 with a bike trailer serving as the sag vehicle. Tuesday, September 20, 2011. John powell talks regionalism for the cameras. A film scree...
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Transport Michigan: December 2010
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Sunday, December 26, 2010. Bike-Based Car Repair Shows Power in People. Detroits Malcolm Carey. Detroitblogger John. The winter holidays are as good a time as any to celebrate human resilience in cold, dark times. Detroitblogger John. Has shown us a compelling example in the transportation field: Malcolm Carey, also known as Mr. Bow-Tie, who has made a business of auto headlight restoration in the Motor City - working from a bicycle. Monday, December 6, 2010. 8220;Unfortunately, [Sawicki] wasn’t on...
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Transport Michigan: October 2010
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Saturday, October 30, 2010. Transport Yourself (and Your Fellow Citizens) to the Polls on Tuesday, November 2. Vote so the Michigan flag can fly over transformed transport. Transportation policy often sounds like such a technical matter. A bottomless alphabet soup-bowl of acronyms: MPO, SOV, BRT, DOT, TOD, VMT. Mystifying infrastructure alternatives: light rail or streetcar? On-street or off-street bikeways? Do we let everyone get to job centers, or shut out. Do we grow our cities, or drain them dry?
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Transport Michigan: January 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011. Faith Leaders Join Obama Call for Transport Lifelines, Ask Aid for "Stuck and Stranded". MOSES affiliates carry the banner of transit investment. Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength), its past time for us to give those modes new life. Monday, January 24, 2011. Weekly Trackback: Thank Canada. Governor Snyder came out for. Meanwhile, some hope. His new Office of Urban Initiatives brings an end to the state's neglect of its cities. Sunday, January 23, 2011. Youve hea...
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Transport Michigan: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Legislature Restores Bus Funding Following Lobby Day at Capitol. With push from advocates, transit funding finds a way in. The Michigan legislature appears to have thwarted Representative Dave Agema and other legislators attempted robbery. Max speed 7 knots.). Monday, May 23, 2011. Weekly Trackback: MI firm has bus riders' backs. Freep columnist Jeff Gerritt shares thoughts on Woodward light rail. Answer: "Anywhere but metro Detroit." Not funny, we know. Literally. U.S....In Traver...
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Transport Michigan: March 2011
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Thursday, March 24, 2011. Metro govt. legislation could alter transport - or not. Eight Mile Road: could this boundary be bridged? Almost forty years after proposals for consolidating Michigan municipal governments went down in flames, Governor Rick Snyder has resurrected the concept of regional governance. Yesterday, Snyder stated. Citizen planning project, which emerged as an alternative to a proposed highway bypass, and the West Michigan Strategic Alliance. Thursday, March 17, 2011. To "Reinventing So...
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Transport Michigan: February 2012
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Transit Love in Metro Detroit. These are heavy times, with sustainable transportation on the ropes in Washington and within the Great Lakes State. But the metro Detroit Millennial Mayors Congress. Is rallying Michigan transit proponents around a lighthearted Valentine's Day letter. To regional leaders, seeking their support for regional transit legislation in Lansing. They're requesting your own regional transit love poetry, so don't hold back. Thursday, February 9, 2012.
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