| DOWNTOWN LUNCH TIME EXPRESS |
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Information for the above article was compiled from various Detroit area newspapers articles courtesy of the Stan Sycko newspaper
collection, and from the DDOT Route Update notices and bulletins archived in the author's collection.
collection, and from the DDOT Route Update notices and bulletins archived in the author's collection.
The former little–known DDOT route
#66 Downtown Lunch Time
Express (a.k.a. the Eastern Market
Lunch Time Shuttle) was a short–lived
shuttle service launched back on
Monday, June 27, 1994. The new
service lasted slightly longer than a
coordinated "route-swapping" service
agreement between DDOT and the
suburban bus system SMART
(Suburban Mobility Authority for
Regional Transportation), which
was launched just two days prior.
(see DDOT Suburban Bus Routes - 1994)
This new lunch time shuttle service
linked Eastern Market with portions
of the Medical Center, Greek Town,
Thirty–Sixth District Court and
(Stroh's) Brewery Park. The shuttle
was assigned out of the DDOT Gilbert
Terminal and operated from 10:00
a.m. until 2:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, with twelve minute headways.
#66 Downtown Lunch Time
Express (a.k.a. the Eastern Market
Lunch Time Shuttle) was a short–lived
shuttle service launched back on
Monday, June 27, 1994. The new
service lasted slightly longer than a
coordinated "route-swapping" service
agreement between DDOT and the
suburban bus system SMART
(Suburban Mobility Authority for
Regional Transportation), which
was launched just two days prior.
(see DDOT Suburban Bus Routes - 1994)
This new lunch time shuttle service
linked Eastern Market with portions
of the Medical Center, Greek Town,
Thirty–Sixth District Court and
(Stroh's) Brewery Park. The shuttle
was assigned out of the DDOT Gilbert
Terminal and operated from 10:00
a.m. until 2:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, with twelve minute headways.
However, after only a little over one year of operation, the #66 Downtown Lunch Time Express was discontinued,
effective with the operator's pick that went into effect on Saturday, September 2, 1995.
effective with the operator's pick that went into effect on Saturday, September 2, 1995.
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D-DOT Route #66 (Eastern Market Shuttle)
| The route-map for the "short-lived" DDOT Route #66 Downtown Lunch Time Express |
| Route operated under D-DOT |