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The Phoenix Center and the stop at Perry & Pike will close at 6PM Friday and remain closed all day Saturday. Board Pontiac area routes on Huron east of Perry, a six minute walk north. Route 740 will be on detour during Berkley Cruise fest on Friday from 5PM to midnight. Stops on 12 Mile and Coolidge between Greenfield and Catalpa will close. Route 710 will be on detour Thursday through Sunday. Stops on 9 Mile between Woodward and Hilton will close Thursday and remain closed Friday and Saturday. Stops between Pinecrest and Woodward will close Friday and remain closed Saturday. On Saturday, transfer to detoured Woodward service at 9 Mile & Hilton.

A stylized detour line map showing the Woodward bypass route and shuttle service. During the Dream Cruise on Saturday, August 16th, all Woodward service will be on detour between the Jason Hargrove Transit Center and Downtown Pontiac. Both the 461 and 462 will travel to the Royal Oak Transit Center via Hilton, Campbell, and 11 Mile, then continue to Somerset Collection via Main, 13 Mile, and Coolidge. Riders may board and exit at any safe location along the detour route. Regular fares apply. Route 461 will start and end at the Troy Park & Ride as normal, and Route 460 will end at Somerset as normal. Routes 462 and 450 will travel nonstop between Somerset and the Grace Center in Downtown Pontiac via I-75 and M-59. North of Downtown Pontiac, Route 462 will follow its regular routing to and from Great Lakes Crossing. Route 450 will end at the Grace Center. Free, unscheduled shuttle service will operate along Woodward between Hargrove and Pontiac from 9AM to 10PM.

It's Dream Cruise time again 🏁

Same detours as in years past. Downtown Pontiac service will be temporarily moved from the Phoenix Center up to Huron & Perry starting Friday at 6pm. 710 and 740 have local event reroutes. Woodward service will be on bypass all day Saturday.

SEPTA cuts are moving forward, GM Scott Sauer says As the Pa. state budget impasse continues, SEPTA says funding has not yet been allocated to forestall the cuts.

I don't know what to say other than, Philly... I'm so sorry that this is happening

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The iconic blue-green dome of Longway Planetarium in Flint

happy 810 day

Exciting news! Michigan Flyer is increasing their frequency, adding two extra round trips a day! As of Aug 25th, the last bus will leave East Lansing at 6:30pm instead of 4:30, and the last bus will leave Metro Airport at 10:45pm instead of 8:15pm. 🎉

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let the watching of various municipal polls commence

or in the hyperlocal case, "hey is the train here or can I get through"

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

Thankfully I saw it coming and have a semi-recent backup but I still salvaged the hard drive for safekeeping. A decade of my life is sitting in a plastic bag in a desk drawer right now until I find a new home for it and it might be a desktop this time – my first!

Welp, it was a fantastic 8-year run but the ol' fella is finally toast. Stopped accepting power even when directly plugged in with the battery removed. Micro Center called time of death this morning (the tech literally wrote "no signs of life" in the diagnostic report).

RIP Dell Inspiron, 2017-2025

I tried one and it's close but not quite there. Vanilla flavoring isn't a substitute for the creaminess of actual blended ice cream – skip these and go get a regular Vernors with a pint of Purple Cow instead

Limited edition bottles of vanilla flavored Vernors on display at the start of the self checkout line

Boston Cooler in a Bottle is apparently a new limited-run thing and every local Meijer is making sure you know it

From left to right: Rep. Steele (Chair), House Fiscal Agency Analyst William Hamilton and staff, Rep. Morgan, and Rep. Edwards

A map of the 186 total municipalities that make up SEMCOG

The state legislature should hold in-district committee meetings like this more often. Really cool to hear from everyone without having to make the trip out to Lansing!

I imagine it complicates the travel logistics but hey, call it an incentive for better intercity transit

This time Lansing and Flint came to us

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The new Halo Burger location on Garfield Road as seen through the window of a bus on Route 550

I rode past Halo Burger on SMART en route to a meeting of the House Subcommittee on State and Local Transportation in Clinton Township. What a sentence

metro detroit storm watch, status report

Chalkboard sign outside the front door reads, "Welcome. All Invited. Where timeless journeys meet cherished memories – RTD" (Rochester Train Depot)

The restored wood floors inside the shop with restaurant-style seating at large tables

The menu of bon bons including peanut caramel, lemon honey, chocolate coffee, mango cookie, raspberry cookie, coconut almond, and strawberry lemon snap

The bonbons in a glass display next to dark chocolate bars for sale

The inside of the old train station in Downtown Rochester (MI) is open again, but it's neither a restaurant nor a coffee place as most of us guessed. It's a brand new chocolate shop!

Asterism Artisan Chocolate. Table seating inside – the owners want it to be a space where people stay a while 🍫

The final SMARTer Network and the Study is ready! Attend an ONLINE public information meeting to preview the final recommended network. Register at Smarter-Mobility.org. Session one is July 29th at 4pm. The second session is August 4th at 4pm.

¡La Red SMARTer definitiva y el Estudi están listos! Asista a una reunión pública EN LÍNEA para ver un avance de la red final recomendada. Registrese en Smarter-Mobility.org. La primera sesión es Julio 29 a las 4PM. La segunda sesión es Agosto 4 a las 4PM.

The final SMARTer Network and Study is ready! SMART will be holding two information meetings online to preview the final recommendations.

Both sessions are at 4pm, on Tuesday, July 29th, and the other on Monday, August 4th. Register online at www.smarter-mobility...

Today (Sunday) as well, 11 to 6

Where Do I Sign | Rank MI Vote

Petition circulators for RCV are out at Ferndale Market Days today until 8pm, go find them and sign!

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Several teams across all the providers will be working to get Transit's in-app integrations rolled out (yours truly included) so stay tuned. This is a long time coming for Metro Detroit 🎉

Typography in Transit's font and branding reads "Transit app for the RTA - Detroit, April 16, 2025, submitted by Transit to the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan"

Exciting transit news out of today's RTA Board of Directors meeting: If you're a regular rider on DDOT, SMART, TheRide, the People Mover, or the QLINE, or a regular MoGo user, @transit.app Royale is (finally) coming your way this fall!

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Yeah... if I want to see Philly and actually explore it by transit it might be now or never

For the 1st time since the mid-20th c, a major urban US transit network is going to be largely destroyed.

Philadelphia’s SEPTA must cut 45% of service, starting NEXT MONTH.

45% is not “waste fraud and abuse.” It’s “would you like to keep your heart or your lungs?”

wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/

Wow. This is an upgrade if I do say so myself

Calendar - Ferndale

One of our local festivals, which has been in a downward spiral due to mismanagement, pulled out at the last second. Ferndale city government stepped up and replaced it with Ferndale Market Days, happening this weekend. They could’ve advertised better but it’s the first year, so go check it out!!!!

Map Showing The Maximum PDF Document Size Of 15 million x 15 million Inches

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Riders Rise Up to Save Transit · Better Streets Chicago ## It's time for state legislators to get back to work to fix and FUND transit! Transit is in crisis because this Spring, the Illinois General Assembly failed to do their job and secure funding neces...

Legislators failed to fund transit in May, forcing agencies to begin planning 40% service cuts.

This is unacceptable – rise up with us Saturday and demand Gov. Pritzker and legislators return to Springfield this summer to save transit NOW!

⏰ July 12th @ 12pm
📍 Daley Plaza
➡️ rally.savetransit.org

Yes you can commission a Power Lines Drawing from me!

If you're interested, contact me and we can work out the details (DM here or email, marcusjmerritt@gmail)

But basically, have some power lines you want me to draw? $200 and send me some photos of it and I'll mail you the finished drawing

Update: I had my tickets refunded but if anyone's still interested in going this Saturday, there are now four open slots and you can book them here

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If there are no takers by 11am today I'm just going to try to have these tickets refunded so last call