Your premise is correct but there is a subtle difference that makes your conclusion [["nope") not as certain as you think. I will put it in the form of a question, which I won't answer.
Is there any conceivable way for the RTA to implement the routes now being served by DDOT - perhaps, let's say, even using DDOT's buses and maintenance people, drivers and facilities, under some sort of arrangement - without absorbing any of the aforementioned legacy costs?
One thing is completely off the table: the RTA cannot "take over" DDOT. It is theoretically possible [[though highly unlikely) for the RTA to take over SMART, because SMART exists; it is an incorporated service provider owned by three county transportation authorities. DDOT is not a corporation and has no separate existence of its own; it is simply a department of a large corporation [[Detroit).
We live in fascinating times.
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