Death of Public Transportation

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SMART had discontinued one its most busiest line from running into and from Detroit when the pandemic had started. That was the 610 Kercheval/Harper line. The least used line , 620 line, resumed traveling into Detroit in 2021 while the 610 continued to end at the city limits. I had suggested to SMART to resume their most busiest Grosse Pointe line[[610) to run to downtown Detroit. My suggestion had fallen on deaf ears. How is the millage money being spent? SMART had taken backward steps since the end of the Pandemic in improving it's services and increasing ridership. A few will say that there are more workers remotely working and are not using public transportation. Many workers are returning to their offices. SMART also is not doing a good job encouraging metro Detroiters to use SMART especially as an alternative to paying high parking lots and meter rate while attending events such as The Grand Prix, The Movement Festival, or sporting, or entertainment events occurring in Downtown Detroit

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SMART had discontinued one its most busiest line from running into and from Detroit when the pandemic had started. That was the 610 Kercheval/Harper line. The least used line , 620 line, resumed traveling into Detroit in 2021 while the 610 continued to end at the city limits. I had suggested to SMART to resume their most busiest Grosse Pointe line[[610) to run to downtown Detroit. My suggestion had fallen on deaf ears. How is the millage money being spent? SMART had taken backward steps since the end of the Pandemic in improving it's services and increasing ridership. A few will say that there are more workers remotely working and are not using public transportation. Many workers are returning to their offices. SMART also is not doing a good job encouraging metro Detroiters to use SMART especially as an alternative to paying high parking lots and meter rate while attending events such as The Grand Prix, The Movement Festival, or sporting, or entertainment events occurring in Downtown Detroit

SMART still runs the 635 down Jefferson, but just twice a day in the very early morning and early afternoon, presumably for downtown workers. I have no idea if they have lots of riders.

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SMART still runs the 635 down Jefferson, but just twice a day in the very early morning and early afternoon, presumably for downtown workers. I have no idea if they have lots of riders.

I don't know. As the Grosse Pointe/St Clair Shores workforce that once lined Michigan, Griswold, Larned, and Jefferson grew older and retired during the past 13 years the ridership decreased as well. The focus should be redirected to the techies and artist whom live in the above mentioned suburban areas and want to commute to Detroit for numerous reasons