D-DOT Route #96
| JOY-VERNOR |
In 1992, DDOT management announced that the following eight bus routes; Baker, Gratiot,
Jefferson, Joy Rd., Michigan, Oakland, Vernor and Woodward, would no longer terminate
downtown, but would now be combined to form four new routes. These lines were to provide
DDOT passengers with non-stop "through-routing" service in-and-out of the downtown area.
Effective on Saturday, September 5, 1992, DDOT routes #27 Joy Road and #49 E. Vernor
were combined and through-routed out of downtown. This newly combined route would now
be known as Route #96 JOY-VERNOR. Service would operate from the Redford Plaza near
Telegraph & Chicago on the far west end, to the Eastland Shopping Center on the east side.
Despite the numerous problems encountered during the mid-seventies after the combining
of the Michigan and Gratiot routes, DDOT management was determined to implement this
combining of routes on a much larger scale. Consequently, numerous service problems were
encountered with the operation of the new routes being assigned to two different terminals.
Unpredictable coach and manpower shortages, compounded with a lack of communication
between the terminal locations, resulted in numerous sporadic gaps within the service.
Jefferson, Joy Rd., Michigan, Oakland, Vernor and Woodward, would no longer terminate
downtown, but would now be combined to form four new routes. These lines were to provide
DDOT passengers with non-stop "through-routing" service in-and-out of the downtown area.
Effective on Saturday, September 5, 1992, DDOT routes #27 Joy Road and #49 E. Vernor
were combined and through-routed out of downtown. This newly combined route would now
be known as Route #96 JOY-VERNOR. Service would operate from the Redford Plaza near
Telegraph & Chicago on the far west end, to the Eastland Shopping Center on the east side.
Despite the numerous problems encountered during the mid-seventies after the combining
of the Michigan and Gratiot routes, DDOT management was determined to implement this
combining of routes on a much larger scale. Consequently, numerous service problems were
encountered with the operation of the new routes being assigned to two different terminals.
Unpredictable coach and manpower shortages, compounded with a lack of communication
between the terminal locations, resulted in numerous sporadic gaps within the service.
However, the combined routing arrangement
didn't last long. The service was discontinued,
for the most part, after DDOT and SMART
joined forces in a cooperative (but short-lived)
route swapping project. Effective on Saturday,
June 25, 1994, SMART took over operation of
DDOT's Michigan and Jefferson routes. As a
result the Gratiot & Michigan and Woodward
& Jefferson combined routing was separated.
The #90 Baker-Oakland and #96 Joy-Vernor
line separation followed a year later, on June
17, 1995, but this time resulted in the former
#3 Baker (W. Vernor) and the #49 E. Vernor
routes being combined. This created the new
"through-routed" route #49 Vernor line.
This newly combined DDOT route resulted in
both W. Vernor and E. Vernor streets -- for the
first time in the city's transit history -- being
serviced by the same bus route.
didn't last long. The service was discontinued,
for the most part, after DDOT and SMART
joined forces in a cooperative (but short-lived)
route swapping project. Effective on Saturday,
June 25, 1994, SMART took over operation of
DDOT's Michigan and Jefferson routes. As a
result the Gratiot & Michigan and Woodward
& Jefferson combined routing was separated.
The #90 Baker-Oakland and #96 Joy-Vernor
line separation followed a year later, on June
17, 1995, but this time resulted in the former
#3 Baker (W. Vernor) and the #49 E. Vernor
routes being combined. This created the new
"through-routed" route #49 Vernor line.
This newly combined DDOT route resulted in
both W. Vernor and E. Vernor streets -- for the
first time in the city's transit history -- being
serviced by the same bus route.
| The route map for DDOT Route #96 Joy Vernor during its few years of operation. |
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