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SUBURBAN DETROIT TRANSIT

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SUBURBAN DETROIT BUS COMPANIES (PRE-SEMTA):
Page 1: LAKE SHORE COACH LINES
Page 2: METROPOLITAN TRANSIT
Page 3: GREAT LAKES TRANSIT
Page 4: MARTIN LINES

SEMTA HISTORY:
PART 1: THE MOVE TOWARD REGIONAL MASS TRANSIT
PART 2: THE NEW REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY MOVES FOR WARD
PART 3: THE MOVEMENT TO DISSOLVE REGIONAL TRANSIT :(currently unavailable)

SEMTA BUSES (future)

SMART BUSES (future)

A look back at the History of Public Transportation in and around the City of Detroit.

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PRE-D.S.R. YEARS

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On July 10, 1967, the Michigan Legislature passed the Metropolitan Transportation Authorities Act of
1967 (Public Act 204), which authorized the formation of metropolitan transportation authorities across the
state. One provision within that legislation specified the formation of the Southeastern Michigan
Transportation Authority (SEMTA) to develop and coordinate public transit within the seven-county Detroit
Metropolitan region. By 1975, SEMTA had taken over operations of five suburban Detroit bus companies.
Coach #8011 was a GMC RTS-II (Model T8H-203) purchased by SEMTA in 1980 for suburban-route operation.
(Photo courtesy of the Clifford Kuhl collection, used by permission of Clifford Kuhl)

Great Lakes Transit was one of five suburban Detroit bus companies taken over by SEMTA between
1971-75. In this Aug. 1961 photo, Great Lakes Transit GM "New-Look" coach #2929 is south along
Woodward Avenue at Michigan Avenue in downtown Detroit.
(Jim Husing Collection photo, courtesy of James Husing)

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