"Big announcement regarding Detroit transportation"

[SpartanDawg]

The link shows pictures of bus stops [[specifically the 53 bus).

Any guesses? i'm assuming it has to do with the 26 mill they got for 50 new buses.

https://twitter.com/DetroitCityGov/s...85067592200192

[Crumbled_pavement]

$26M for 50 buses? My math may be off, but that sounds like roughly $520K per bus. Do buses generally run that much? Or is that price tag including other things like personnel to service and maintenance, etc?

[Smirnoff]

$26M for 50 buses? My math may be off, but that sounds like roughly $520K per bus. Do buses generally run that much? Or is that price tag including other things like personnel to service and maintenance, etc?

It's the detroit political corruption [[RICO) price.....

[douglasm]

Transit busses run between $300,000 and $600,000 each depending on size and options. The Chicago Transit Authority recently spent $600k per bus for their new ones. There's an interesting article about purchase and operating costs of busses here:

http://publictransport.about.com/od/...nd-Operate.htm

[Crumbled_pavement]

Transit busses run between $300,000 and $600,000 each depending on size and options. The Chicago Transit Authority recently spent $600k per bus for their new ones. There's an interesting article about purchase and operating costs of busses here:

http://publictransport.about.com/od/...nd-Operate.htm

Thanks. That number sounds exorbitant, but I'll educate myself by reading the article you posted.

[animatedmartian]

Is this the big announcement? Crain's reporting Detroit will get $32M for 50 new buses. Hybrid and clean diesel engines. $26M is coming from the feds and the rest is from the state.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...w-public-buses

[SpartanDawg]

Is this the big announcement? Crain's reporting Detroit will get $32M for 50 new buses. Hybrid and clean diesel engines. $26M is coming from the feds and the rest is from the state.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...w-public-buses

yep that's it... any upgrade is welcome. great news!

[Scottathew]

Isn't the current fleet something like 250? A 20% increase in buses could make a huge difference.

[animatedmartian]

Isn't the current fleet something like 250? A 20% increase in buses could make a huge difference.

According to that Crain article, Detroit has 421 but only 180 are ever running on a daily basis. 158 buses out of the total fleet are more than 10 years old. Duggan needs atleast 225 to keep the routes on time.

[Hypestyles]

the decrepit buses need to be sold/scrapped immediately. Why keep them around at all?

[TKshreve]

"Big announcement regarding Detroit transportation"

The time has arrived when "pigs fly" is the announcement. Detroit has risen from its ashes.