Just gotta say, living in a walkable neighborhood with a group chat is the coolest thing. Need a torx screwdriver? Hi, come borrow ours six doors down. Super specific hardware adapter? Person with the same hobby has a bunch. Wanna swap some peach jars for our extra coffee? Sweet, check your porch

rainy night vibe: you can hear the bus coming before you can see it

You may be an industry nerd if you’re talking to @coreyjrowe.bsky.social about the GTFS feed late on a weeeknight

As Metro Detroit goes to sleep, the transit data cutover team behind the curtain gets to work. Happy service change day!!

Starting tomorrow and until the new facility is completed, the SMART transfer point on Water east of Saginaw will simply be called "Downtown Pontiac." Service won't be affected. The Phoenix Center gets one final farewell tonight as buses call out its name for the last time 🌇

Well that was a year, huh? I really only have one resolution for 2026: Travel somewhere new. I haven't left the Midwest in almost a decade and it's time we changed that. Catch you on the flip 🚌

Post a transit selfie from 2025

Happy New Year, but more importantly, happy final day of the iconic MetroCard! We embarked on what truly became a disaster of a trip to send off New York's 30-year-old fare medium. youtu.be/1UMmhbU8W8o

SMART realtime tracking in Google Maps will be temporarily unavailable until Monday morning due to a software limitation with how updates are processed. Use Transit, Apple Maps, Citymapper, or bustime.smartbus.org in the meantime – these apps are functioning normally.

Transit and other normal trip planning apps: "Oh, the GTFS changed a lot. We'll queue it up and keep the current one active until its calendar end date for continuity of service" Google Maps: "Oh, the GTFS changed a lot. Let's just delete it and show nothing until the date the new one takes effect"

Having memories of that windstorm almost exactly four years ago that ripped up the Phoenix Center because I think this one is worse

office space was a documentary

If anyone still has an $82 Park & Ride pass, you can trade it in starting Mon 12/29 at the Royal Oak TC or the Buhl ticket window downtown. You'll get the difference back in DART passes. If your pass is blue or you're using a mobile ticket, no action is needed – it'll just work.

I've been an Oakland County resident for seven total years and somehow I've never been here before today. First time for everything

how your email finds me this week

Well, if anyone still wants to go to Chicago it's definitely not gonna be a primetime evening game so it'll be an easier day trip lol

gg lions see you next year

this is how void week feels

you know, these days, many people time of year. but this season, try when to everything a special time — it just might become which with you

The French/Spanish broadcasters are more excited about this game than the English crew

the way my entire life on days off has started revolving around DTE's peak-hour pricing

okay i've been saving up for this cart because it's the exact size and color I need for my kitchen but it's out of stock in canton. could get it delivered, but also... chicagoland day trip rationale

You'll hear more from official comms channels next week, but an early present for everyone: Frequency on FAST Woodward is *finally* increasing! Preview the improved schedules for FAST Woodward, FAST Gratiot, and Route 710 (Nine Mile) on SMART's website: www.smartbus.org/About/News/j...

An update on Route 100: Following community input, left turn exemptions are being pursued at Woodward / Holbrook and Caniff / Jos Campau. This will allow for safe operation of the routing within Hamtramck proposed in earlier SMARTer Mobility sessions. Launch slated for mid-2026.

looking at this shelf like "did technology connections post that annual LED rant yet" (he did)

eleven mile road salem concord lincoln CHICKEN AND RIBS detroit zoo

yes, yes, well done Lions, well done Lions, HOWEVER–

There's about to be one angry crowd leaving Ford Field

well, can't say we didn't get an interesting last home game

google's new procedural map tile engine really does not like the woodward bike lanes

*one (1) sunny, 40 degree day with no wind in december* michiganders: is this... summer

*technical difficulties*

Aww man, heard the news too late that this is the final night of Pinball Pete's Ann Arbor in its current location. Hope the transition is smooth – excited to check out the new space when it opens up

yes, let's look away from the road and pretend to conduct an orchestra while driving because "hands-free steering" how do some of these commercials get through

Spin Bicycle Shop in Old Town Lansing is closing its doors. Sadly Zeke the shop cat is no longer with us but the same staff are still there and everything's on clearance. Final day is either Tuesday or Wednesday depending on remaining inventory. Get your cheap bike gear 🚴‍♂️

All right, everybody post your Transit Wrapped stats 🥨

wandering through an empty menards after a snowstorm is peak december in michigan

The free People Mover t-shirt promo runs through the end of tonight! gotta get it in SEMTA burnt orange www.moq1.com/detroit-tran...

this is the most delightfully evil thing i've ever seen out of a transit agency's comms team

Discover the inside story of the recent Michigan train incident on Thanksgiving night. Our Director of Community Engagement & Organizing shares firsthand details and pressing questions for those in charge. For more: www.railpassengers.o...

Fantastic and necessary writeup on Amtrak Midwest. I know better than most how painful it is to publish a sharp critique when you'd be defending transit on any other day. But when failures are this severe, spotlighting them is the right thing to do. www.railpassengers.org/happening-no...

how excited must one be to gain admission to the excitement zone

Tomorrow's annual parade detour in Pontiac will be a little more circuitous than usual as we've temporarily lost Orchard Lake/Auburn across the loop due to the Phoenix Center demolition. All buses in all directions, including FAST 462, will stop on NB Perry past Pike 5:00a-4:30p.

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ferndale to flint in 30 seconds 🥨

everybody wants a mall pretzel today

this happened AGAIN

Seeing the Miller Road Flix stop show up in search results as "Flint Bus Center" with MTA's station photo and contact info got me so incensed I just posted my first ever review on Google Maps. Intercity trip planning in this state is already confusing enough, don't get me started