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DPM was closed from Monday the 10th until Friday the 21st for crews to replace the switch at Times Square. When it reopened, car #4 (previously purple) was rewrapped in the Priority Health livery to match #2, and #4 and #11 are now running as a pair. #5 and #8 have been in a new Meijer wrap (in a promo with the Lions) since September. Hitachi has been greenlit to upgrade the control systems on the TTC cars, which are currently being stored at Easton Railcar Services in Milton, PA. It's still possible we see them in service in Detroit next year.

DDOT got $50M in grants this year for more new hybrid buses. Word on the street is that orders for the next round (to replace the '14s, with last year's grant) should go out soon.

2529 hit the streets a week ago today, and I think today was the first run for -30. The newest round do not have the "hybrid electric" printed on the side, I've now only seen that up to -26.

A friend of mine saw the Xcelsior running the Linq last week.

2513 has those words, so I think it's safe to assume they're on every bus after 2512.

2513, 15, 18 are running as of today.

I talked to the head of DDOT a while back and he didn't know anything about 2550, so that bus is still a mystery.

2521 entered today, those two are the most recent additions (that makes 15 total in service now). This is per DDOT staff

I created a new wiki page with the roster. I suspect that the flyer has not yet been registered with USDOT, since the registration only notes one bus.

In Michigan, commercial vehicle code enforcement is carried out by the Michigan State Police. That agency is usually not present at the tunnel, likely because the majority of commercial trucks use the bridge.

As of yesterday the registration now lists them as authorized.

They advertised revenue service today and I saw passengers boarding the buses. A friend of mine successfully rode from Detroit to Canada this morning. I'd bet the government shutdown has not helped processing and website updates, but the website (updated Sunday) currently shows their USDOT registration #4455380 as "not authorized." I would find it a bit hard to believe that the status would've changed yesterday morning (I first checked around 2 p.m. Monday) but it also seems odd that CBP would allow them to cross the border without their licensure apparently incomplete. Their registration only lists one power unit (presumably that Nova) and one driver.

Yeah it launched this morning with very little prior announcement, just a Facebook post a couple days ago. Only the nova has run so far from what I've seen. I've been looking at their USDOT reg and they don't appear to even have all their papers in order yet.

I do mean 3039, it was not retired. It is getting a new livery (assuming the same as the newer buses) as part of the refurbishment.

3039-40 are being refurbished and will continue to run for a while, per a driver I know. #3038 was retired and sold last year.