Detroit Department of Transportation

A couple of teens from Mary Grove and Detroit School of Arts, they wanted to see the board work with administrators to add more after school programming.

A couple of students mentioned transportation, wanting more transportation options beyond the free DDOT rides that they already have access to.

One girl mentioned that she wants to see the district observe the holiday Eid so that Muslim students don't have to take an excused absence on that day.

I know there's been some advocacy building over the years about that especially.

Getting back to the transportation options, did you get a sense that the people who mentioned that, the young people who mentioned that, had something particular in mind?

Yes, they've mentioned that the DDOT bus isn't always reliable.

And they weren't necessarily having transportation issues themselves, but they want to see their classmates have more options, like a yellow bus service, which most Detroit high schools don't have.

Another big problem is the safety aspect.

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Detroit is adding more than 200 bus shelters and 200 benches at DDOT bus stops through 2027.

The city says 107 shelters and 76 benches are already installed.

The remaining 100 shelters are planned out for next year, while 124 benches will be installed later this fall and into next year.

The upgrades are aimed at busy stops, with DDOT saying benches are going to locations that score highly in its evaluation process but do not have enough sidewalk space for a full shelter.

Some of that shelter work is happening along East Jefferson, where DDOT has also been adding elevated boarding platforms designed to make getting on the bus faster and reduce the time that buses spend pulling in and out of traffic.

The shelters are being paid for with city, state, and federal funding.

The long-term goal is for 75% of passenger boardings in the city to happen at sheltered stops as funding becomes available.

That's out loud.

The DDOT, that's not in the basement.

That's out loud.

My question is, and I know you're going to Alan X for his outrage.