Detroit City Buses worse than gas prices

[seoulkidd1]

soon tke ddot and smart systems will merge

[siuwed]

I hear a lot of complaining and talking about "working people". Like the drivers aren't working people?

Why don't YOU drive a bus in Detroit then if you can do better? It's America, you have a choice, you can buy a car or walk. My guess is that people riding the bus, are not really the one's paying the true cost of Mass Transit, since fares don't come near covering the costs. Property taxes do, who pays those in Detroit?

[n2355g]

There is something wrong with this video. Is this a prank? They are on Fenkell and Linwood and then they move over to Fenkell and Princeton to the post office on the north side of the street. They are going west, away from downtown. Then they board a bus, the west bound Fenkell bus. This bus is going away from downtown. Look at the end of the video, they pass F.D. Stella Products on Fenkell just past Livernois, this is west of where they were. This is a prank or some very lost people.

[n2355g]

This comment was below the video. "A ride on the Detroit Dept. of Transportation (DDOT) bus from Six Mile Road to downtown Detroit." They were on the Fenkell bus. Fenkell is sometimes called 5 Mile. BTW they were going away from downtown. The Fenkell bus runs a mile south of the Six Mile line, and will not go to Six Mile as part of its normal operation.

[qwandiddy]

Chicago Transit Authority is fucked up too but Chicago Gas Prices are WAY WORSE than their Public Transportation. Michigan Gas prices ain't shit.

[neicyjordan]

the buses do come about 40 to 50% of the time but they are most likely over crowded and late. I have been on the Grand River bus twice now and the bus has gotten jacked. The reporter said she couldn't do it evryday, think of those who have too. Then with Mayor Bing closing down more bus lines...Bananas! I hate the freaking bus!

[environrien]

I am sorry but a 'reporter' doesn't ask for 'percentages' from a random bus rider and infer them as fact. What is he a busologist? The city population dropped from its peak in 1950 of 1,849,568 to 916,952 in 2007. This is attributable to the construction of an extensive freeway system during the 1950s,making public transport in 2010 unnecessarily widespread; yeah likely unreliable... consider actual demand. Again. come up with real suggestions. This is not reporting. I will stop watching now.

[qwandiddy]

Ohh Get Real!! In Chicago, most people depending on CTA because of Gas Prices which is always twice higher than Detroit. Chicago's Gas Prices has been the Nation's highest for last few years now.

[good03boy]

For buses to come on time 40-45% of the time is terrible. I feel sorry for those that live in Detroit. In Pittsburgh, where l'm from, the bus system is very accurate. The buses are on time 85-90% of the time. So come to Pittsburgh for great bus service.

[vexacon]

I'd give her a ride!

[CoastersNSich]

In a town dominated by automakers who want everyone to drive their cars, is this any surprise?!

[RTD8481]

Detroit is such an upside down city. Im glad I dont live there.  Detroit is so disgusting!

[keepthapinit]

Good I hope that your trailer park living is going well for you...

[RTD8481]

Disgusting City! :)

[keepthapinit]

Yeah your trailer parks are...

[RTD8481]

Suck it!

[wendellww]

jack is cool. He is wise as well.

[studpuppy69]

Wheres the footage of you getting on the bus? Getting off the bus because the bus driver says its going to break down and catch on fire?

[DetroitCityKev]

I used to HATE to catch the bus during high school... Im thankful that there are many new measures in place to help re-vamp things and create a Metropolitan Detroit Transit system we can love and appreciate.

[whitecastle10014]

The Detroit buses sadly are better than the ones here in charlotte, NC

[twatpopper72]

... better than the service in wilmington NC. hated that fuck'n hick town....

[DetroitTransit]

One person's experience, one time.

While Detroit buses need to be much better, they do get a hundred thousand people where they need to go every day.

And ridership is hitting record levels - because of gas prices and improving bus service.

[madman3]

Easy for you to say when you have the luxury of driving your car to where you need to go. Have you ever lost a job due to the bus being late AGAIN? Of course not, you probably drive a bus for a living. I've ridden the bus for years and it's always been the same problem. Buses being late (if they come at all) and faulty vehicles. I'm convinced that public transportation is punishment for not owning a car.

[MichiganMessenger]

Hate to break it to you, QD, but the driver was white.

[qwandiddy]

Just like Chicago CTA/Pace.

[gotenksu22]

Cool story. A lot of peopole don't realize that the public transportation really does suck...

[qwandiddy]

Thats Black bus drivers for ya!!!