The Detroit Bus Company, a hip, independent little transportation start up, is on to something pretty cool in the city.
Donna Terek of the Detroit News reports that it's "building a program to pick up kids at 'safe spots' and drive them to summer and after-school programs and bring them safely home."
"We were approached by the Skillman Foundation to solve the problem in after-school program attendance," Andy Didorosi, owner of the company, told the News.
Terek writes:
The summer pilot project, called the Youth Transit Alliance and funded by the Skillman Foundation, ran from June to Aug. 15 and will pick up again when school starts and run the rest of this year. Skillman granted DBC $100,000 for the six-month pilot project.
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