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SMART transit official and a regional rep report ridership totals; new local bus service to launch this spring
Summary
SMART senior scheduler Sean Saisbury briefed Wixom council on route ridership—route 740 carries about 900'to 1,000 riders a day across its full route, while Wixom stops see only a few dozen daily riders—and a SMART representative later said a tailored seven-day-a-week local service for Wixom is planned for mid-April to mid-June.
A SMART representative gave the Wixom City Council ridership context for routes that would connect to the city and a separate SMART commenter said a tailored local service is planned for rollout this spring.
Sean Saisbury, SMART's senior scheduler, told council members that SMART's service area covers about 2,000 square miles across suburban Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and that ridership is spread over long routes. He said route 740 (12 Mile) serves passengers across its full run at roughly "900 to 1,000…
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