Any way you cut it, the bus system in Detroit -- and for that matter Metro Detroit -- is awfully inadequate.
Bill Shea of Crain's Detroit Business reports that Detroit hopes to change some of that.
He writes that the Detroit Department of Transportation is using a pro bono analytics service in an attempt to improve performance.
He writes:
A Washington, D.C.-based startup called Transit Labs is preparing a series of reports for the bus agency, and measurable changes — such as more buses running on time — could happen by summer.
The initial analysis has shown what everyone already knows: DDOT buses struggle to arrive on time, the routes are inefficient, some stations are not where people and jobs are located, and one-third of city buses never leave the garage because of maintenance problems.
