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Committee advances DDOT mobile-fare and real-time tracking contracts to formal review

Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · April 20, 2026
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Summary

The committee voted to send to new business two DDOT contracts: a one-year extension for Token Transit mobile ticketing (increasing contract funds while DDOT upgrades fareboxes) and a three-year contract with Swiftly to improve real-time bus-prediction accuracy and rider alerts.

The Detroit Department of Transportation’s technology contracts to support mobile ticketing and real-time vehicle tracking advanced from committee to the full council with recommendations to approve.

Director Robert Kramer described an amendment to the Token Transit contract (6004802) that adds $2,000,901 and reduces the renewal term to one year while the city installs new…

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