Public Evicted from Detroit Transit Center

The public was evicted from Rosa Parks Transit Center Wednesday January 15 near noon. The temperature was about 20, with gusting wind. The reason was to fix ticket dispensers that had money in them.

Wouldn't this maintenance activity be better performmed at another time of day rather than a peak hour of usage and with poor weather conditions?

A new DDOT Director was installed Wednesday.... does he understand human needs? This is not just maintenance of a system... this is a social service that people depend on for their safety, well-being, employment, and quality of life. Mobility is a human need that must be addressed humanely. 

The Mayor's office has been requested to take action in a few areas:

• Bus schedules need uploaded to Google for mapping. Plus sending info to Bing maps, Mapquest, and other mapping services needing mass transit information. Can the information be made easy to access in a uniform industry accepted format?
• Text-My-Bus (phone 50646) is still not working eight days after requests to have it fixed.
• Bus shelters need to be INSTALLED *NOT* REMOVED. Those that were in the city have been disappearing over the past year to the point only a handful remain in very specific locations (i.e. WSU/DIA, City-County Bldg).

When's The Next Bus?

I've been using the text messaging system a few months. It's been interesting to see more clearly how the buses are flowing. Finally I noticed the sign in the bus showing the system.

The system works with the Automated Vehicle Locator that buses have been delivered with for the past decade or more. Thankfully this is a low technology solution enabling people with basic phones access to the information.

I would suspect the delay in utilizing the technology simply was a matter of neglect, which would be made worse through lack of maintenance.

There are more technologies that would be very easy to implement, it takes people saying it matters. For what it's worth - I'd like internet access on the buses.