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Ex. MET-DET-034 Order Primary source read

Service notice: Effective Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Additional service reductions: hourly frequency at a minimum on all routes; commuter and Park & Ride routes one trip each way; SMART Shuttles and Dial-A-Ride suspended

Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), a Michigan public transportation authority · Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties (SMART service area) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties (SMART service area) · Detroit · Michigan
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Public Transportation Authority Act, 1986 PA 196 (MCL 124.451 et seq.); Executive Order 2020-21 (critical infrastructure designation recited)
Issued
2020-03-29 Mar. 29, 2020
Effective
2020-03-31
End
Restored in steps (Apr. 8, Apr. 27, June 8, 2020 service changes); full restoration date not verified (read as 2020-06-08)
In force
Mar. 31, 2020 to June 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • riders and employers in the SMART service area
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting (hourly service; commuter routes cut to one trip)
  • TR travel
  • CB customers reaching businesses
Collection
Detroit MET-DET

Operative words

Effective Tuesday, March 31, 2020 additional service reductions will begin. Service Reductions include: Frequency is hourly at a minimum for all routes; Commuter and Park & Ride Routes will operate only one trip into downtown in the morning and only one trip out of downtown in the afternoon; SMART Shuttles and the Farmington/Farmington Hills Dial A Ride service will not operate.... As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, SMART is committed to providing service for those who have no other alternative transportation to make essential trips

Enforcement

Operating decision of a public authority (service availability)

Notes

Suburban transit for the three counties outside Detroit

Retrieval note

Transit agency operating notice; graded on the authority's own page.