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The increased vehicles come in part from a $383,847 state grant that was recently approved.
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The agency is among many Illinois public transportation systems facing budget issues because the state is behind on payments to them.
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Has received no state money since June, missing payments in July and October and is owed almost $5 million, which constitutes one-third of its annual budget, according to the report.
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But not until last summer did DDOT launch the rides program for Detroit residents. Why DDOT didn't set up the program earlier was not immediately clear this week.
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The money will serve as a sort of bridge loan to help free up some of the money from longer-term pledges.
Read More →Will use the investment from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. to bolster efforts outlined in "Momentum," its strategic plan. Projects include laying the foundation for all eight-car trains, with power upgrades, station expansion designs and buses for priority corridors.
Read More →A state grant provided more than $800,000 for transit operations and approximately $1.5 million for the purchase of 10 new shuttles.
Read More →Plan would tap $250 million in funds from corporate fees on greenhouse gases in an effort to help make up for $9 billion in state funding that was blocked last year in a court ruling. Environmental groups want the funds go to projects that can have more immediate effects on climate change.
Read More →May stymy transportation goals for the region if the agency does not receive $1.7 million in a supplemental appropriations bill. Its only other option may be to draw money from local transit providers such as SMART and DDOT.
Read More →Would eliminate 9 of its 13 rail lines and shorten two others, close a subway line, and convert trolley routes to bus lines, if the state doesn't come up with more money for public transit this year.
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