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MagicBus Detroit, a shuttle service that launched in Metro Detroit last fall, is adding more routes as the I-75 construction closure begins this weekend, WXYZ reports.
The company runs commuter shuttles that pick people up near their homes and drop them off at the office.
Starting next Monday, MagicBus will run new daily routes from Wyandotte, Riverview, Trenton, Southgate, Lincoln Park and Ecorse to downtown Detroit, the station reports.
Riders book ahead using their phones or computers.They’ll then be sent details of the pickup location. The mini buses have WiFi.
Customers sign up for the service and enter their starting point and destination. Once about 15 people enter a similar route onto the website, service will be provided, Crain's Detroit Business reports.
A single trip for a short drive is about $4 and $10-$11 for a longer one from like Birmingham to Detroit. There's also a monthly unlimited membership.
Chris Upjohn, founder of Silicon Valley-based MagicBus, started the service in San Francisco in 2015 as a way to "give people back their time," according to a report last October in Crain's Detroit Business.
He told Crain's he chose to expand MagicBus to Detroit first because the "cost of car ownership is pretty high, parking in downtown (Detroit) is high, and there are tough commutes and not great public transportation infrastructure."
For more details, go to the website.
