Talk:Detroit Department of Transportation

Woodward Avenue Light Rail
There needs to be made some mention somewhere on the page of Woodward Avenue Light Rail, which DDOT would manage and operate upon its completion. --Criticalthinker (talk) 02:15, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Copyright images
Many of the recently uploaded images her are blatent copyright violations. File:ThumbnailCA8LZY73.jpg and File:ThumbnailCAZ1GN0Z.jpg are sourced from http://www.transithub.net/ddot.htm and others come from http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Detroit_Department_of_Transportation. Nobody uploads thumbnails. Please check them all. 70.48.65.140 (talk) 19:07, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Facilities
As I do more research and get more information, I'll be adding a section to the article called "Facilities" which will detail the major depots (Coolidge and Shoemaker) and transfer stations/interchanges (Rose Parks, Northland, Eastland, Fairlane and Fair Grounds). However, if someone is able to get this information before I do, please add it, and I'll see what I can do to help or add. DDOT may have lost a lot of its infrastructure, but it's still a major transit agency, and the page needs to reflect that and not just its history. --Criticalthinker (talk) 00:20, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Wanted downtown Detroit 1978-2003 streetcar photos
c:Category:Detroit Citizens’ Railway: This category has an rather complete tree of subcategories (covered all but two fleet items) all pretty much categorized — it is only lacking photographs (or other media items). I tried to populate it using stuff already in Commons and in other free media repositories, to no avail. Any suggestions…? -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 23:44, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

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Former routes
This section is inconsistent with how most transit pages are done. Given that routes are modified fairly regularly, if this is to be kept, it should be in a closed drop-down menu. The current routes also take up much of the page inconsistent with how transit pages are done. --Criticalthinker (talk) 11:21, 15 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree. This section is trivia and should be deleted. 96.27.35.110 (talk) 06:11, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Daily ridership
Where did the figures go for "daily ridership", which consistent with other wiki tranist pages is a very important - and probably most important - measure of ridership to be included in the infobox? I see annual ridership now appears to be automated? I experimented with template, but couldn't figure it out. Anyway, we have daily (weekday) ridership for Q3 2022 reported to the APTA as is typical: https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022-Q3-Ridership-APTA.pdf Criticalthinker (talk) 07:48, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

DDOT Reimagined
As was more concern, before, people are adding information that is making sections too long, particularly given that this is a proposal and not just that but the draft of a proposal, not even necessarily the final one. This is not consistent with wiki articles; we don't do full punch-for-punch rundowns like this. Clean this article up. We don't need to list ALL the proposed route changes; we need a general description of some of the more significant changes (BRT routes, for instance) and that's it. People can click through the citation for greater detail. Criticalthinker (talk) 22:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC)