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The Connect AV shuttle.
The pilot was initially launched last summer to offer sustainable transportation and address the growing need for efficient, modern transit options in urban areas.
June 20, 2025
City of Detroit
Detroit DOT launches same-day paratransit service.
Trips via DDOT Now can be booked as quickly as one hour in advance.
June 17, 2025
The new safety measures are now in place at Rosa Parks Transit Center and Jason Hargrove Transit Center as part of a multi-faceted security initiative.
May 27, 2025
The intensive program focused on nationally recognized transit industry-specific instructional techniques.
May 12, 2025
DDOT
The Operations and Administration building will include amenities to improve employees' work life experience.
The 200,000 square-foot, three-building terminal complex will have the capacity to house a total of 144 buses, with future expansion to house and maintain a total of 216 buses...
Aug. 19, 2024
Detroit Department of Transportation
Detroit Fire Department Training Division Lt. Virgil Wyatt teaches DDOT employees how to correctly use the AEDs. 10 will be placed on board DDOT buses in the case of cardiac arrest.
This new partnership will work towards training more Detroit employees and residents to be ready in the case of a sudden cardiac arrest situation.
Aug. 7, 2024
Detroit Department of Transportation
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The DDOT's new transit center was named after the late bus operator Jason Hargrove, whose advocacy for driver safety resonated deeply with the community.
May 14, 2024
City of Detroit
City of Detroit names new transit center after DDOT operator Jason Hargrove.
Hargrove was a bus driver for DDOT who died in April 2020 due to COVID-19.
March 19, 2024
DDOT
New DDOT Transit Equipment Operator Richard Smith joins Mayor Duggan, Deputy Mayor Bettison and DDOT officials to celebrate his graduation..
The ceremony for the 30 new bus operators was held shortly after the DDOT announced a $3 increase in wages for operators.
Jan. 8, 2024
DDOT
DDOT has broken ground on first wireless-charging public roadway.
Using technology from Electreon, 14th St. between Marantette and Dalzelle streets is now equipped with inductive-charging coils that will charge electric vehicles equipped with...
Dec. 4, 2023

Articles

Transportation Riders United
A FAST bus in Michigan.
According to TRU, the state of transit in metro Detroit in 2024 was adequate for some users and non-existent for others while MPTA is calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the ...
Feb. 3, 2025
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT), Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) and the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT)
AC Transit Board of Directors has appointed Kathleen Kelly as its new transit district's interim general manager, Veronica P. McBeth has been named its new director of BCDOT, CDTA Vice President of Finance and Administration Michael Collins will be taking on the position of interim CEO and Detroit People Mover General Manager (GM) Robert Cramer has been named Detroit, Mich,’sthe new executive director of transit for Detroit.
Personnel updates from around the transit industry.
Dec. 20, 2024
IDOT, DDOT
Gia Biagi and Machel Staley
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
Dec. 13, 2024
City of Detroit
The Detroit Department of Transportation welcomed 28 new clean diesel buses to its fleet in early August. The buses will replace vehicles that will be decommissioned.
The 40-foot clean diesel buses were supplied by New Flyer and will replace 28 decommissioned buses that have been in service since 2010.
Aug. 16, 2022

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DDOT
Mayor Duggan thanks President Biden and Governor Whitmer for their investments in the new Coolidge Terminal.
The former terminal, which ceased operations in 2011 after being damaged by fire and has been vacant since, is being demolished to make room for the new $150 million facility....
Nov. 10, 2023
DDOT
G. Michael Stayley
Staley, the current executive paratransit manager at DDOT, is taking the position from Mikel Oglesby, who is leaving the organization after three years.
Aug. 23, 2023
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July 28, 2023
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May 22, 2023
Detroit DOT
A rendering of the new Detroit DOT transit center
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May 3, 2023
Detroit DOT
The Detroit Department of Transportation has switched to a new app for mobile ticketing from Token Transit.
Payment with the current app, Passport, will be phased out after Feb. 28.
Feb. 24, 2023
City of Detroit
DDOT's newest additions, making Detroit one step closer to an entirely new fleet of buses.
The new coaches are in addition to the 28 added in August and supports DDOT’s goal of having emission-free vehicles.
Feb. 14, 2023
City of Detroit Twitter
C. Mikel Oglesby, executive director of transit, city of Detroit
Oglesby will oversee DDOT and the Detroit People Mover.
May 14, 2020