DETROIT – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced a major Detroit Department of Transportation bus service expansion.
Duggan and DDOT officials spoke Monday morning at the Rosa Parks Transit Center.
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A total of 650 weekly trips and three more 24-hour routes were added, as well as threee more express routes from city neighborhoods to major job centers.
Detroiters who use the routes will also see more buses and longer hours. Some riders will be able to catch a bus every 20 minutes compared to the previous 40-minute wait. A news release says the first phase of the expansion occurred in August and was the first major expansion of Detroit service in more than a decade.
"Every chance we get, we are going to keep expanding our bus service so Detroiters can connect to jobs and other opportunities," Duggan said. "We have made significant strides in our service over the past few years and are going to move in that direction until Detroiters have a world class public transportation system."
A smaller expansion is planned for April whcih will add another new route, 200 more weekly trips, bringing the full service expansion to 1,500 added since September.
For more information about the expansion, click here.
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